Ron Paul MeetUp confab sets big rally!

September 14, 2007 - A recent, internal Ron Paul campaign phone conference among the New England 'Net MeetUp groups should help maximize attendance at the upcoming Ron Paul Family Rally in New Hampshire, where the Ron Paul campaign is hoping to put 1,000 volunteers “on the street.” The Internet MeetUp groups network the Paul campaign has cultivated has been instrumental in expanding the Ron Paul campaign and providing decentralized volunteerism.

The rally will be held on Saturday, September 29th, and then turn into a “Family Walk" with up to 30 or more Ron Paul family members. Teams of volunteers will distribute literature and also proceed to canvass the cities of Manchester and Nashua. The goal: to knock on 50,000 doors in a weekend.

Volunteers are said to be coming from up and down the East Coast, as far away Baltimore, though many are bound to come from New England thanks to the MeetUp group cooperation.

Unlike in many other presidential campaigns, cameras are being encouraged so that volunteers can videotape the proceedings. “Ron Paul has no fear of being filmed in an informal setting,” explained one source close to the campaign. “He’s confident of his message, and the increasing popularity he’s getting.”

With polls showing that Ron Paul already has a five percent approval share in New Hampshire - and climbing - sources close to the campaign are sensing swelling support that could drive Ron Paul much higher.

It is fairly easy for a non-republican to vote in the New Hampshire primary, and Ron Paul’s message of limited government and a peaceful, free market approach is resonating in New Hampshire well beyond the boundaries of a “conservative” republican core.

Ron Paul has a good chance to do very well and maybe even win in New Hampshire, if enough hear his message and respond. Were Ron Paul to be the GOP presidential candidate, his anti-war, pro-growth, free-market message might well appeal to enough voters to put him "over the top" in a head-to-head race with a democratic candidate such as Hillary Clinton.