The first call-to-action on GOPrising is to grow the GOP by calling on YOU, Ron Paul supporters to i) ensure that you are Republican voters, ii) tell your friends (see how it works) that you are a Ron Paul Republican, and iii) ask your friends to get on the bandwagon too. Then watch the effect of the emails you sent to your friends spread across the land.

We can provide you with a way to make this happen. But only YOU can make it happen.

Ron Paul is a Republican. He is running for President as a Republican. The Republican Party will decide who their nominee for President is. And in many states, listed below, only Republicans can vote in the primary. These states include:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado (Dec 5), Connecticut, Delaware, DC, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (Dec 16), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey (Dec 17), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (Dec 5), South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia (Nov 30), Wyoming.

This information is almost certainly incomplete and will change. For reliable info, the official Ron Paul campaign. My reason for putting this info here is to make a point. The states in boldface have 2007 party change registration deadlines. Some of those deadlines have already passed. In other words, if you actually want a voice in choosing who the Presidential nominees are in 2008, you need to act NOW. Or better yet, yesterday.

If you know someone in the bolded states, you must contact them TODAY and ask them to become Republican. If you live in a state that is striked-out, it is too late for you to change affiliation and vote personally - but you can still change party affiliation and send the call to action on to everyone you know in other states. If you live in a state that is not listed, you may (or may not) be able to vote - but you can only influence the nomination and selection of delegates by becoming a Republican. Your voice can not be silenced unless you choose not to make it heard and choose to do nothing.

It is quite sad that Presidential elections and internal party politics have gotten so distorted and insider-driven that people have to pay attention to elections a year in advance. But them's the facts. Both parties have a wing of their party that has no interest in expanding the party (aka - the imploding wing). Their interest lies in remaining the big fish in their pond and they don't care how small their pond becomes as long as it remains theirs. They prefer to drive people out of the party - and indeed to drive people from voting altogether.

And just as sadly, that has often been our individual response. To get so disgusted with the games and the politics and a choice between Tweedledee and Tweedledum that we just drop out. We become apathetic or drop party affiliation or even drop our voter registration when we move. Well this year enough is enough. For the first time in years not only do we have a real nominee to choose in Ron Paul, we have the opportunity to truly change things. The imploders have succeeded in making the party so demoralized that it is easier to take it back. And we will find that there are many in the GOP who welcome a GOP that is energized and growing. But we must show them that that is what we are doing. All it will take to do so is our confidence, our will, and our IMMEDIATE action.

That is what we hope to achieve with our Grow the GOP campaign. Join us. Join the GOPrising!