Blowback

Experiencing blowback is humbling.  I was the first of the 2012 candidates to visit Dixville Notch.  I was hoping that visit might have been enough to secure a win or at least get enough votes to be competitive and set the tone for today’s primary in New Hampshire.  Dixville Notch voters vote at midnight and announce their results soon after.  I did not get any votes in either the Republican or Democratic primaries.   I looked back at my campaigning notes to try to figure out why I did so poorly.  It took me a while to find it, but I found out why:  I had made a terrible faux-pas when I visited Dixville Notch.

The faux-pas involved handing out Celine Dion and William Shatner CDs when I was there.  Dixville Notch might be near Canada, but their hearts are all-American.  I don’t know if this translate into wanting to go to war with Canada, but I lost my trust after trying to unload the CDs.

I am hoping the rest of New Hampshire doesn’t find out about the debacle in Dixville Notch and I can fare well.  Not hearing my name among votes received isn’t going to help.  I will be in New Hampshire tomorrow afternoon and access the results of today’s primaries and come up with a campaign strategy to have my name and platform resonate with the people of New Hampshire.

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No Vacation

I was supposed to leave Des Moines tomorrow and head to San Diego for a week, but I decided to head home instead.  It’s a gut feeling more than anything.  There’s no reason for me not to go to San Diego, it’s just a personal decision made on a whim.

Some people are skeptical about somebody making decisions on a whim being President of the United States.  I will have that problem remedied by having a highly-qualified cabinet.  I will be in constant communication with my cabinet and they will console me so I can make informed and thought out decisions.

There is a problem I am having with the Rasmussen poll released yesterday.  In their latest poll, Barack Obama narrowly beat Ron Paul 42-41%.  I have no problem with that part of the poll.  The problem I have is that they said 11% prefer “some other candidate.”  Why can’t they say my name?  Six percent of those polled were undecided.  I believe a good portion of these people think I am not running for president and they couldn’t decide between Obama and Paul.

This isn’t the first time I have had issues with polling companies.  They seem to ignore me when polling.  For some reason, they are afraid of my becoming president so they never include me in their polls.

I was doing some work when I wasn’t campaigning.  I will finish up both the campaigning and the work tonight.  While I will be home instead of San Diego next, I should add that I probably won’t be doing much work.  Any work that I do do will be done in the condo I am living in.  I will save that decision until I come back tomorrow.

Tonight at 9:00PM Eastern (8:00PM here in Des Moines), I will be opening my virtual campaign headquarters for a brainstorming session.  All are invited to attend and brainstorm along.