Starboard Prescience Watch II
Huckabeemania! Ron Paul places a distant fifth. Honestly, I don’t know what the point of building up a $2m cash hoard is if you’re not going to blow a hundred grand or two on one of the few events you really can buy.
Do Duncan Hunter and Tommy Thompson bail now?
Comment by bbartlog —
August 11, 2007 @ 10:09 pm
Except you can only kinda sorta buy it. Even if you buy a bunch of tickets, you need to have people show up to use them. 25000 tickets sold, but only 14000 votes cast - so clearly just buying the tickets doesn’t work. Tommy Thompson chartered 75 buses (enough for 3000+ voters) and did it help him? Not very much. If anything, since Huckabee bought no advertising and chartered no buses, the results suggest that throwing money at the event is not necessary to do well.
In any case, Ron Paul’s results are about what I expected percentagewise, though I was expecting more voters all around. I think keeping some money in the bank to compete in Wyoming and New Hampshire makes good sense; his message should be well-received in those states.
Comment by wellbasically —
August 12, 2007 @ 11:27 am
You can blow all sorts of money on these “make-or-break” events. You’re giving money to the Republican Party to compete in Iowa for C’s sake. STill RP’s results were good but not spectacular. Tancredo?
Comment by Happy Jack —
August 12, 2007 @ 9:16 pm
Tancredo?
Think IBP (Iowa Beef Processors) and their workforce.
Comment by weldon berger —
August 12, 2007 @ 9:22 pm
Hunter has to stay the course. I don’t care if Thompson first name Tommy bows out — I’d forgotten he was even in the race — provided Thompson first name Fred bows in and leaves intact my dream of a Hunter Thompson ticket.
Huckabee’s success probably marks the beginning of the end for him. The last thing he needs is anyone actually paying attention to what he says and does.
Trackback by Kuff's World —
August 13, 2007 @ 8:08 pm
Where have all the Pioneers gone?…
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