ron paul – the real winner of the gop primary
Paul supporters recently caused a disturbance at the 2008 Nevada Republican Convention.
Long shot presidential candidates are usually vanity candidates. But once in a while you get someone who wants to make a point and really doesn’t care if they win. This year’s “candidate with a cause” is Ron Paul, who ran on a distinctly anti-war stance in the GOP primary. The underlying issue is that the Iraq War is actually a divisive issue within the GOP. Paul is the vehicle for this mood.
This issue is not going away. Paul came in 2nd in the Nevada caucus. Paul routinely polls 10-15% in the last round of GOP primaries, suggesting that about 1/8 of the GOP, at least, will not just roll over and support McCain, who supports the war. Furthermore, the Paulists have adopted the mode of contentious antiwar activists. For example, they recently stormed the Nevada GOP state convention and got their people voted in, which lead to a walk out by mainstream Republicans.
Turns out that the Paul people won’t let up. There are news items about protests planned at the GOP convention, which is coming up this August in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The idea is they will hijack the convention and publicly embarrass McCain during his nomination. People will quickly forget Huckabee and Romney, but Paul will be remembered as the beginning of the conservative crack up of 2008.
And it gets worse. Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr will run – and likely win – the Libertarian Party nomination. As a real politician, Barr understands that if he plays his cards right, he can peel of 1-2% of the national GOP vote, which might be enough to help Obama win in Ohio, Colorado and other swing states. So while this may be the year of Obama, he’ll enjoy the assistance of radical republicans and their anti-war supporters.
“This year’s “candidate with a cause” is Ron Paul, who ran on a distinctly anti-war stance in the GOP primary”????
Lat I heard, he is still running, it is not over yet, McCain may kill over with a heart attack and he may end up winning. Never know!
marlin
May 13, 2008 at 4:51 am
Ron Paul getting the nomination is about the only chance the GOP has to win. The republican base has shrunk by nearly 50% since 2004 due to the war in Iraq. The only person bringing them back to the party was Ron Paul.
I would be an example of that. I won’t vote for the GOP/McCain. As I see it, they had control of the house/senate and presidency and not a single conservative issue was passed or even pushed. We spend more money defending Iraq’s borders than we do our own borders, meanwhile the American citizens are expected to take up the lack of border security by giving up their own freedoms. To vote for McCain is like giving a gardener who never touched your yard and mowed the neighbors instead for the past 8 years another 4 year contract.
Ron Paul brought me back to the GOP. And I will leave just as quickly as I came if McCain does indeed win the nomination as it looks.
McCain changes election laws. McCain wins next nomination. Laws which btw limit the amount the people can donate, giving the media even more power over the elections as they are able to promote the candidates they choose for free. Hmmmm, nothing fishy about that.
Btw to the McCain campagin – you can quick sending me letters asking for donations anytime, I gave $2300 to Ron Paul, but I won’t give you a penny.
The GOP is gonna fall flat on it’s face, and it deserves every bit of it.
badmedia
May 13, 2008 at 6:11 am
“Paul routinely polls 10-15% in the last round of GOP primaries, suggesting that about 1/8 of the GOP, at least, will not just roll over and support McCain”
Hmmm.. no.
I mean he is getting 10-15% but the turn-out is low. His numbers are simply inflated by the fact that many republicans are staying home because they got their nominee.
aflakete
May 13, 2008 at 2:02 pm