Originally Posted by danda Originally Posted by

Agreed 1000%. I have been telling people for a long time (in 2007 even) that if this campaign (especially RP) would just go POSITIVE and talk about a vision for an America unencumbered by regulations and debt, it would be a lot further ahead.



Example: In one of the latest debates, Ron Paul was thrown a softball question: "Please describe your vision for America going forward" (or close to that anyway). That was his chance for a Reagan moment. His chance to talk about how much more wonderful everything would be in a free society. Instead he went negative and talked about all our problems again. I cringed. People have already heard that message.



Likewise the campaign advertising. While I think the attack ads have been effective, they need to be balanced by "Morning in America" type ads that inspire people and make them feel like we can get out of this and not just get out of it, but get to a better place than we have ever been, and that Ron Paul is the person with that vision and the know-how to get us there.



RP does sometimes say "Imagine if we didn't have all these regulations, or the Fed Reserve"... etc. But then he usually kind of leaves it up to people to imagine on their own. And I think most people can't really connect the dots. He needs to spell out with concrete examples how these changes will benefit people and bring us to a level of freedom and prosperity never before enjoyed in the world.



I am sad to say that if he (and we) do not figure out how to articulate this POSITIVE vision, our guy will not be the nominee. People want someone that can lead -- not just criticize. And the perception right now is of the latter.



I really hope that RP and the rest of the campaign figures this out before it is too late.