The Ron Paul campaign is combating the usual strategy of winning the Iowa Straw Poll this coming weekend in Ames, Iowa.
The usual strategy is to buy the votes of republican activists, paying for their $35 admission ticket in exchange for their votes in the straw poll.
The Paul campaign is twisting that around a little... they are asking people who live outside of Iowa to "adopt an Iowan" and pay for their ticket so they may attend the event. The Iowa Straw Poll is essentially just a fundraiser for the Iowa GOP, financed by republican campaigns desperate to win the first big presidential pissing match of the year.
Whatever, Paul People. It's not going to work. Romney is going to win by paying for the ticket, the ride to Ames and then paying people simply to show up.
The Paul campaign has nothing to do with the Adopt-an-Iowan program. That was put together independently by supporters unassociated with his campaign.
Posted by: PK | August 6, 2007 8:45 PM | Permalink to Comment