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Entry: Ron Paul Update Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_update#17821 Post contents: "He’s got the money, he’s got the grassroots organization, and his supporters are full of frustrated energy and ready to go to work for the cause." Actually, he has SOME money (probably $6 Million left, which is a lot, more than the campaign has had on hand for any length of time previously) -- but even that will only go so far. And unless it is put into the hands of someone with some actual managerial skills, will get squandered like the previous 20+ Million was. This could also be a very dangerous point; the money left was raised recently under the virtually FALSE pretense that it was needed for Feb 5th primaries -- but NONE of it was spent on that; if those funds are diverted to something OTHER than the campaign (say some foundation employing Snyder, Moore & Co) then they could find themselves facing lawsuits, FEC fines, and a host of other problems (and they will then WISH they had spent it all on a "bltiz" TV ad buy). The grassroots "organization" (if it can be called that) is currently and rapidly falling apart. As the campaign is utterly failing to do ANYTHING to support their efforts in the states that have primaries, they are pissing people off left, right and center. Meetup groups are dropping like flies and member counts are down as well, as the local supporters are coming out of the "spell" and beginning to deal with the reality that the campaign HAS (de facto) ended and is abandoning them -- so they are "closing up shop." People who had previously vowed to support the campaign "forever" are now going back to their daily lives in disgust. And the supporters are full of frustrated energy... but frustrated with WHO... they are not yet sure. The campaign has been feeding the movement "media bias" (the standard GOP ploy) and assorted other conspiracies as a CYA ploy. But among the supporters are many (the saner, cooler heads -- but also the savviest) who are NOT so stupid as to drink the Kool-Aid, they have examined the FEC data, they KNOW (or are starting to realize) that the campaign managers screwed this up and wasted $20 Million. And they are capable of writing and creating SOLID documentation that proves exactly that. If that foolish March on Washington actually happens -- they would be able to spread THAT info pretty wide within a single day -- and to a literal "mob" hungry for blood. If my name were Kent Snyder or Lew Moore or Jon Bydlak, I would be hull-down over the horizon well before then. Tarring and Feathering ARE an American tradition, and still a possibility with a "frustrated" mob. And even Ron Paul himself -- with his FULL retreat to defend his job -- is being looked at "askance" by some as they come back out of the worshipful delusional mindset. So final point is that all those "assets" you list are also potential liabilities. In the end, if they are not careful, Ron Paul AND his chosen "inner circle" may find themselves on the wrong side of the "mob" they have created. Sent at: 2008 11 22