Then offer your talents if you are so wicked cool, Eric.

I’ll tell you what I liked about the ad…because it was a bit cheesy it works. It doesn’t have the used car salesman slime ‘smile’ of Romney, or the ‘I alone lived thru 9/11 and I will save you’ pomposity of gouliani. Fred will lose speed on his own, and Bush/GOP already sold out McCain- again so he too will faulter. Bush fairly nominated Billary already so the GOP is meant to fall this cycle anyway.

I saw the 2nd ad and its much more polished which shows how there are different audiences and how difficult it is to pack a complex idea into 30 seconds.

Put run in front of the camera. Let him speak about his bright vision of America’s future with him as President. Simple.

(p.s. By the way, we don’t call ourselves NewHampshironians or whatever, it’s New Hampshire-ites.)

I think the ad is where most Americans are. At some level they are ill at ease, and understand that the empire is headed for catastrophe, but nobody, not in the press, not in Washington, can talk about the enormity of the disconnect between the reality of the American position, it’s financial fragility, it’s military overstretch, the DEBT! No more manufacturing! and the overt and ridiculous propaganda held up each night as a realistic picture of ourselves through the networks.

The people in the ad? They’re the people to whom we wish to give back power.

It’s a simple, sound-bite ad. It makes the points clearly and quickly. It’s crisp and clean and it works for 30 seconds. It’s not overproduced, either.

All these critics need to learn marketing.

This campaign, for the most part, has been on the ball and deserves a round of applause for how far they’ve taken this thing! They have even managed to start breaking through the ice-walled media, albeit only at turns.

I think everyone in the campaign is doing a fantastic job, but that’s not to say there isn’t room for improvement or constructive criticism from those of us outside the ‘official’ campaign. For instance, here in Indiana (a late primary state, but every one counts right?) we have YET to find out what stinking name to put on our petitions to get him on our primary ballot! We have been put in touch with someone who is supposed to be coordinating, but nothing is coming from this right now.

The deadline is in February and the clock is ticking. People aren’t going to like going door to door in the snow to collect signatures and winter is approaching! They are dropping the ball on this one.

Also, I’ve been calling them for weeks now telling them they need their 1-800-RON-2008 phone number to have a menu where callers can just listen to the man speak! That way, those of us holding signs on the freeways and streets of the country can just hold up a sign with that number on it so those with cell phones can find out immediately what he’s all about! This is very simple and can be done in less than a day by a knowledgeable person.

I realize we can’t all steer this campaign, and I realize that there are people with more experience in running a political campaign than I at the helm, but there are cases where things can be improved and the people have some pretty good ideas… We are only suggesting they be taken into account.

Take the “Granny Warriors” http://www.grannywarriors.com/ … I don’t know these people, but they have a GREAT idea. They are flying Ron Paul banners at NASCAR events! HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, many Republicans, attend these events! This is BRILLIANT targeted advertising…and relatively cheap! They reckoned about $2400 for 8 passes around the speedway. 200,000 South Carolinians were almost compelled to see “RON PAUL 4 PRESIDENT 2008″ in the sky for the peanut sum of $2400.

That is an excellent value and something the official campaign should encourage people to help support, or possibly chip in a little to help out.

Read some of the details here:
http://www.grannywarriors.com/grannynews.htm
http://www.grannywarriors.com/martinsville.htm

It’s an utter shame that to win a presidential election in this country you have to appear to sell out.

Someone on YouTube put up the idea of just saying, “Ron Paul – apply directly to the government,” over and over in a Head-On spoof. I thought that might have even been a better idea than this. It gets attention precisely BECAUSE it’s unconventional. Hell, he’d probably get tons of free airplay on comedy late night TV just because it was funny.

Without the $100 MILLION coffers of a Hillary Clinton, these are the kinds of things that will make or break you.

There needs to be a contest, plain and simple. The makers of this video had every good intention, but it’s just not the best it can be. I GUARANTEE you the army of media and computer geeks backing Ron Paul could come up with 30 or 40 better commercials in less than a day if the campaign simply directed them to do so!

The only thing that bothers me is that we will be making ads that appeal to us – and we’re already convinced of Dr. Paul’s appeal. Kind of a preaching to the choir problem.

I think we should have the youtube contest and do our own research by testing them on our neighbors and family members – you know, the offline people.

I’m a big Ron Paul supporter, but thats after years of reading history, economics, and seeing how Ron Paul has a deep and consistent understanding of liberty and free trade.

But you watch this ad, and you see some shallow phrases like “Hes a doctor, and he understands the mess behind our healthcare system” .. and “he’s catching on !”

It makes me laugh.. they could be talking about any random politician. But I guess it makes a nice soundbyte. It will be interesting to see how much the glossy ads improve his standing in the polls :)

It says a lot about people and how much research they do before they vote.

Introduce America to the Jeffersonian, not another politician with a cheezy commerical. Look to youtube Dr. Paul, the world will follow you, do not listen to politicos and never let them make your commericals with our money.