The bus is part of the Ron Paul playbook. The Paul camp tends to charter busses, pay for admission and any "contribution" required to vote, and generally buy the entire result.
justsaynomore wrote:
I’m not sure what the Ron Paul playbook is ....
<snip> Granted, Cain staff chartered a bus of supporters from north of the Perimeter, but many like my family, drove down.
Because of this, Ron Paul wins a lot of straw polls like this. But his support in the straw polls represents every person in the state who will vote for him in any election. It doesn't represent his potential strength among the general public.
I do think he has better name recognition in the Atlanta area than he does nationally.
MNJohnnie wrote:
Cain is genuinely popular with the Georgia GOP. He gave a whale of a good speech at our state convention. I think Cain does well here simply because most people know who he is and understand what he stands for.
Also, being a FairTax proponent in Neil Boortz's back yard helps a lot.
I explained in my post after that, Cain did not PAY for the bus, people bought tickets for the bus - cost between $20 and $50 and included bus fare and ticket. A volunteer arranged the bus is all. Only about 30 folks even went on the bus.
That is completely different than buying votes, it is just glorified carpooling with everyone pitching in.
Herman Cain is running between 46 - 57% name recognition nationwide. But he has been at the top of the Gallup positive intensity poll for 13 of the last 14 weeks.
It doesn’t help that the media has their darlings and pooh-pooh everyone else.