Thread: A Note About Losing a Campaign

Friends,

I have experienced the joy of victory on many election day nights. I have also felt the bitter sting of defeat. In the past I have won by a mile, won by a hair, lost by a fraction, and been completely plowed under!

There is truly a good thing to remember about losing one.

Losing stinks. It is depressing, you work very hard, you do all you can and then ... boom.. you lose.

Savor that feeling. Get to know it, but not to become at peace with it.

Savor that bitter and depressing feeling so you can recall it in the future. Stress and fret and run different scenarios through your mind of "what if I had only done this or that..."

I once ran for city council and lost to a 10 year incumbent, that usually vanquished her foes 3 to 1, by only 38 votes. Over the next few years, I wrote a book in my mind called "101 ways NOT to lose by 38 votes!"

Because the pain of losing, if you harness it, and remember it, can drive you to work harder and smarter in the future.

We often remember the things that hurt us more than the pleasures of life. I can remember falling off my bike when I was seven and injuring myself but I cannot remember the best ice cream from my childhood.

There is an old saying that I believe is true that goes "success breeds failure" meaning those that succeed often become complacent and start to make big mistakes.

I believe failure can breed success.

Take that pain and harness it for future battles.

You are all becoming more battle hardened and experienced.

Remember how it feels tonight and the next time we fight our foes, we will be hungry for a win and driven to avoid the feelings we have tonight.

W

New Hampshire next. I'm ready!

Encouraging words, thanks

I think an "ALIPAC Action Alert" for NH would be very good medicine right now.

I think its wrong to say we lost this

We didn't win ?

Who didn't win?

Who are we supporting ?

You have to have a viable person running to win

Right now we are split up 4 ways

They only have to elect Huck
We have Paul , Romney , Hunter and Thompson

I hope this doesn't offend anyone but we are fractured ,split and
not on the same page at all

I say it was one battle and the war wages on....

I believe failure can breed success.

Absolutely!!!

Originally Posted by Bulldogger

I think an "ALIPAC Action Alert" for NH would be very good medicine right now.

Good ideal.

We need to get back on the bicycle.

Wise words, W. and so true. This race has just started and we have a long way to go. But there is still a lot in fight in ALIPACers and we'll keep on going because to stop is not an option.

Originally Posted by Bulldogger

I think an "ALIPAC Action Alert" for NH would be very good medicine right now.

Great idea! I am not only looking forward to working on New Hampshire, but I am ready to dig up sites to contact in South Carolina where Huckabee is favored.