From New Hampshire: Help Ron Paul Doesn’t Need

Jane Aiken report to Ron Paul Supporters from New Hampshire, and while generally positive, she makes it clear that some out of state visitors’ help hasn’t helped:

Some folks outside the state have decided to do “auto-calls” on their own. Given the amount of auto-calls the campaign is doing, this is getting on peoples nerves. Also, someone forgot to take the time zone into account, and people were getting calls in the middle of the night!!! You can’t imagine how painful it is for us to hear “I was supporting Ron Paul, but all this calls are pissing me off, and I won’t vote for him”. This has happened several times, and is really a problem. If you know who this is – STOP IT. In fact, this is hurting so much, I wonder if it is coming from one of our opponents.

Some folks have come into the state, and handed out flyers for marijuana, or 9-11 truth. That’s help we DON’T need. No matter what your opinion is on these things, you don’t hand this stuff to someone you don’t know well! We almost had a die-hard meetup member drop out because of this. The key to winning people over is to find out THEIR issue, and speak to that. Don’t push your issue. If you come out to NH, please keep this in mind.

Ms. Aiken lays out a sound strategy, the problem remains that Ron Paul’s supporters are still the candidate’s greatest assets and his greatest liability.

Poor Timing

Political attacks are considered a bit of a faux pas on Christmas day, which raised the question of why the Club for Growth decided to launch an attack on Huckabee in the middle of Christmas Day. Jim Geraghty at the Campaign Spot wonders whether it will create sympathy for Huckabee. As hardly anyone saw it, I doubt it.

Any Surprise

Given how Arnold governed in California, I’m not in the least bit surprised that Barack Obama would consider him for a cabinet post.