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Subscribe to RSSCOLUMBIA, S.C. -- Ron Paul says this is now a "two-man race" for the GOP nomination between him and Mitt Romney.
Paul said recent South Carolina endorsements show "it is a two-man race.” He acknowledged Romney’s lead, but added, “That doesn’t mean things can’t change."
Ron Paul was flanked at the event here inside the state capitol by Republican State Sen. Tom Davis, who endorsed Paul on Sunday; and three other state Sens. Kevin Bryant, Lee Bright and Danny Verdin, endorsed him today. They said Paul reflects their values and belief in the constitution.
“I am very pleased," Paul said, "and I thank them for coming forward. It represents another shot in the arm for the campaign. The campaign has been doing very, very well. We did very well in Iowa. We did well in New Hampshire, and it looks like with the momentum that’s building now.”
The Texas Congressman was asked if Romney wins the primary, would he continue to challenge the former Massachusetts governor or be pressured to coalesce behind him.
“Of course, he’s not going to win the nomination on Saturday,” Paul said with a laugh. “Why should everybody walk away if he wins this primary? You have to wait and see where all the delegates are. An election is to get the maximum number of delegates, so I will continue to do it. To think a debate is non-productive? To me, capitulation and going along and being pressured by the establishment leadership and just say, 'Hey, we don’t want any debate. We don’t want to be rocking the boat and cutting a trillion dollars out of the budget.' We don’t want to hear that. Well, I might just continue to talk about cutting a trillion dollars out of the budget. I think that’s legitimate, I think I have a responsibility.
Paul will hold two more events today, in Spartanburg and Rock Hill.
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Is Rep.Paul INTENTIONALLY running interference for Romney to ensure his nomination? What would his motivation be?
Bueller?
Poor Ron Paul. I think Ron Paul has been consistent on this for umpteen years because he wants to run as a libertarian.
Ron Paul was the 1988 Libertarian nominee for president. He has said often that he is running as a Republican because he gets in the debates that way. It's up to Ron Paul to decide if he wants to be considered for the Libertarian Party's nomination, and it's up to the delegates at our national convention to choose our presidential nominee.
http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/lp-monday-message-10-ron-paul-questions
I also think he is a bigoted old fool leading our young adults astray. I saw some pumped up, belligerent, young guy during the Huckabee forum tell Willard, he couldn't win the nomination without Ron Paul support (paraphrasing). Was that a threat or a strategy for the future?
I don't think so, dangerfield. Ron Paul is running an info campaign to "educate" voters on libertarian ideas. He doesn't expect the nomination (he'd take it if it was offered, but doesn't really expect it), and he doesn't care which of the "statist" Republicans gets the nomination. He's got his purpose, and he'll pursue that purpose as long as the campaign cash holds out, period.
When you aren't really expecting any significant tally of delegates, there's no sense in dropping out after any given state primary. There's always voters to "educate" in the next state. And, actually, I'll amend that first sentence in this paragraph by noting that what may constitute significance in delegate tally for an info campaign might be a completely different calculation than that which the "running the win the nomination" candidates are eyeing.
I think that by now Representative Paul actually believes the stuff he's saying- so that would make him a true believer. What is unfortunate is that all of the Republican candidates seem to be seriously out of touch with Human and social reality. The ONLY reason that some individuals are able to do so very, very well in today's world is because of the society in which they live. Of course the most successful of us must pay more. WE can be content with the knowledge that we have done well and won one of life's major struggles, either through luck in the family area, good luck in the gene department or perhaps a bit of both. We can take our share but must realize that a lot of what we won must go back in the game. We must pay enough to maintain the current society (or perhaps even improve it). It would certainly be the best approach to offer up this money before they come and demand it. And they will.
The only candidate on the trail that actually frightens me is Ron Paul. If by any wild assumption he would be president, our country would be so much worse off than it is now. Obama's created a lot of damage but Paul would deepen the damage even further in a much different direction. Thank goodness Paul doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell to get in the White House.
You don't even have to really dig to see how Romney and Obama are both primarily funded by the same people.
If the false fiscal conservatives (Perry, Gingrich, Santorum) were to drop out of the race, what you would be left with is Dr. Ron Paul and Willard Mitt Romney. While many people may not agree with the positions Dr. Paul has taken (following the rule of law before executing someone, limiting the federal government to the enumerated powers in the Constitution) you are able to consistently follow his position. Most people would not be happy with all of the results, yet most Republicans have been saying consistently that we need to get federal government regulation out of our lives.
Republicans "say" they want to make cuts, yet when someone comes along to actually do it, those same republicans say "he's crazy."
If you want everything both ways, vote for Mitt Romney, he'll be in favor of all 7 sides of every possible issue. If you want consistent, real conservative values, vote for Ron Paul 2012.
So...Ron Paul thinks that we should not just follow along with the majority...and yet Ron Paul is running as a Republican because he doesn't have a chance running as a Libertarian. If Ron Paul is truly a man of his convictions, he would be running as a Libertarian.
Can we really trust a man that would go against his own convictions just to pick up a few votes? Seems to me that Paul and Romney have the same problem when it comes to having no back bone.
Ron Paul. Leave the Republican party and try....again....in '16.
Shockedanddisgusted If you can find a way to get elected as a Libertarian then let me know. If you can find a way to dismantle our crooked two party system, then I'm sure Ron Paul and many Libertarians would like to know. Until then don't run your mouth about other people when you have no solutions yourself.
Shockedanddisgusted......
Rep. Paul will NEVER be nominated by the GOPeaParty. He probably would stand a better chance as a democrat.
Your best option is to convince Rep. Paul to run on a third party ticket. Just the mere (credible) threat of this would bring the GOPeaParty nominee to Rep. Paul on his knees. Who knows what you could achieve with this strategy? Otherwise, Paul will receive only condescension.
My hope is that Paul rides this Republican primary campaign on down. I'd love it if he garnered 25% or more, earned a spot at the convention podium and used that platform to announce the launch of a Libertarian 3rd party campaign.
Watchin' a little CNN; if John Boehner doesn't stop tanning so much he'll be darker than Obama.
There are six candidates vying for the Libertarian nomination ~
Lee Wrights
R.J. Harris
Carl Person
Roger Gary
Bill Still
James Ogle
The party convention will be held in Las Vegas on May 2, 2012.
The two party power system has a strangle hold on our elections. Any thinking person has begun to come to that understanding. The differences between Democrats and Republicans are negligible despite daily propaganda to the contrary.
Ron Paul has a support base that is quite powerful. His base is more solid than that of any other candidate. If there were a way to loosen the grip of the establishment power brokers, this would be a good thing for our country in my opinion. He is getting my vote in the Tennessee primary on March 6.
An honest politician is a term that has no meaning, except when speaking of Ron Paul.
Rodney, How do you always get on the stories first?
Are you making them up as you go along?
15 trillion divided by 350 million Americans = $42,857.14 (EACH) that's not including INTEREST, and obuma needs to barrow another 1.2 trillion.
Obuma's pastor Jeremiah A. Wright and Farrakhan should be proud of him because all Americans have been enslaved in debt.
Mitt Romney is just like Obuma pretending to have conservative values and a conservative record. And just like Obuma, Romney just uses catch phrases with no solid plans on how to achieve them.
16.5 trillion divided by 350 million americans = $47,142.86 each (NOT INCLUDING INTEREST)
So go to any school classroom and you will see about 25 kids per classroom. 25 x $47,142.86= $1,178,571.5 each class owes more than 1.1 million (THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE INTEREST OR THE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE DEFLATION OF THE DOLLAR).
I DON'T WANT MY SONS TO BE ENSLAVED IN DEBT.
I DON'T WANT A POLITICIAN TO GIVE MY SONS A M-16 AND A PARACHUTE AND DROP THEM IN SOME GOD FORSAKEN COUNTRY TO FIGHT IN A WAR THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL / ILLEGAL.
TO: daniel cooper who wrote:
Ok, just don't vote Republican and none of that will happen, because you're right, if a Republican gets in we will probably be going to war with Iran because Republicans believe that war helps the economy. I guess they think that way because they know they're never going to re-pay all that money they have to borrow to finance their wars.
Who was it that said "we can't just keep on printing money" and "the United States is bankrupt"? Oh yeah, the Republicans who are ready for another war in another foreign country.
Obama / Biden 2012
Ron Paul doesn't want an endless war, and he wants to cut the debt.
Besides, Obama is getting involved in overseas scuffles as it is.
As much a lot of voters say they don't want to go to war. A lot of them that I've spoken with say that they don't like Ron Paul because of his policy of non-intervention.
You clearly have no idea what Ron Paul stands for. One of his major campaign platforms is to withdrawl all troops from foreign soils and to "stop borrowing money to blow up bridges in the middle east, then borrow more money to rebuild those bridges, while our bridges at home are falling down." He also wants to cut the deficit by $1 Trillion in his first year as president. The reason that more people don't support Ron Paul is because they have no idea what he truly stands for because their only source of information is the mainstream media and the GOP establishment.
Oh and by the way, on the topic of wars, Obama promised to withdrawl troops 3 years ago from Iraq, now that he has (in accordance with Bush's original plan), people like you think he deserves praise.
Ron Paul 2012
Ron Paul is the only one in contention with Mutt Romney.
None of the other candidates are even on the ballot in all the states.
I can see why he thinks it's a 2 man race.
Personally, I'd still count Gingrich in.
Perry and Santorum are done though.
War in a foreign country? Obama is right along there with the Republican candidates (except Ron Paul). Continuation of Gitmo? Obama right there again, continuing Bush, aligning with the Republican candidates (except Ron Paul). The new NDAA with indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial? Obama's administration specifically asked that the "non-citizens" part be removed. Bush would be proud. Corporate welfare, big bank bailouts? Again, Obama was right there with the other Republican candidates (except Ron Paul). Obama not only continued Bush's faith-based initiative, he expanded it. Borrowing money from China to pay to have troops in Australia - to protect ourselves from China? Sounds like a neo-con thing to me. Oh wait, but that move is under Obama, and the Republicans aren't complaining (except Ron Paul). Increased military spending? Obama right there again, alongside the Republican candidates (except Ron Paul), proposing an increase over the next 10 years. Transparency? Obama along with the other Republicans, sounding no different than Sarah Palin (but not Ron Paul) in regards to Wikileaks. Only one said, "Wikileaks? There should be MORE Wikileaks." So what's that about change?
Dear Dr. Paul,
I'm sory that they booed you last night when you advocated "The Golden Rule" in foreign policy. I guess that was really more of a guideline.
I didn't think your Mom let you watch movies like that while living in the basement.
TO: alberto_ny who wrote:
You ain't in Florida alberto.
You know something is wrong when the idea of "doing unto others as you would like done unto you" is boo worthy. When he started saying that I thought to myself, "Great idea, will do nothing but make stupid people mad." Majority of the voting block are pretty damn stupid, so making them mad is a bad way to get elected.
The voters of SC should do us all a big favor and not cast a single vote for Ron Paul. The man is a total idiot and a danger to our national security. Can anyone please tell us how Mr.Paul intends to protect our national security and run any semblance of a federal government with ZERO taxes. I'm a fiscal conservative and believe in a limited federal government, but there has to be some government and some means of national defense. And you can't have any if taxes are ZERO.
And we can all see that his views on foreign policy are childish.
Please, SC voters, do not vote for Ron Paul.
1. We'lll increase our security by having troops at home!! Wow what a thought.. defend your country, by being in your country. It doesn't do much good to have troops murdering people in other countries and inciting hate against us.
2. Zero taxes? Are you living in reality? Who said our government would survive with zero taxes? You might want to take a math class and quit putting words in Ron Pauls mouth.
If you want to fight a war, then YOU pick up a gun and go fight it. Don't sit on your butt whining and complaining like a little pansy while you vote to send soldiers off to die NOT for defense but for military contracts. Grow up. Grow some balls, and quit being a whiny little @$^$^.
How is occupying another country securing us here at home? We wouldn't allow China to send military here to set up a base, who in their right mind would think we can just march into any country we feel like and set up a base there? The only thing our current administration's foreign policy does is create amnosity towards the US, and that makes it more dangerous for us. Ron Paul's foreign policy would make us less of a threat to other countries, thus making us safer here at home, plus it would bring our troops back here where they belong, instead of getting killed just so that the industrial war machine can make a few more dollars.
KingK, you're full of bs. You're clearly not a conservative. Dr. Paul gets more support from active duty military then all the other canidates combined. Dr. Paul for President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TO: KingK who wrote:
Are you advocating for our "socialist" military?
As for there being zero taxes, if you keep listening you'll hear a whole lot more looney, wacko stuff coming from the far right. Then you can go back to them 2 minutes later and they can't remember a darn thing.
Don't stop Ron Paul - Keep going - the smart people are with you.
Better Ron Paul than Blingrich, that's for dam sure!!!
Ron Paul has his share of baggage......John Birch Society....is one. Modern day separtist...let the states not federal decide all questions of equality. That would outlaw all civil rights and equality for all.
"outlaw all civil rights", did you say?
Where do get this bullsh#$ ?
Civil rights is assured at the level of the Supreme Court.
Civil rights are assured by our constitution and bill of rights, which the supreme court is supposed to uphold, but doesn't do a very good job sometimes. We will see how they do on Obamacare--protecting us from the federal government trying to tell us we have to buy their brand of health insurance whether we want to or not.
right, civil rights assured by the Constitution...As Dr. Paul says, a woman doesn't have rights because of "women's rights", a black American isn't guaranteed rights because of anti-slave laws, and you can't mandate morality (imo, smoking bans and the War on Drugs). Laws are not meant for such things and such laws are completely unconstitutional. He really challenges the preconceived notions about "racism" as the MSM defines it. Gotta love it when a freethinker like Dr. Paul is attacked by the elites. Basically the MSM asks the candidates loaded questions like "If you were King, Mr. Romney, would you ban all gays and go to war with Iran?". All the candidates answer in their own kingly manner. Ron Paul says; "should I have the power to do that? NO! I don't want that power! And I won't use it!". The weak and ignorant are begging for a tyrant. please stop
He is a true believer, just like Obama is a true believer only he is the complete opposite of Obama on virtually every issue. Unfortunately he does have a lot of baggage, some of it not so pretty. I think he is good for the country though, he makes people think. It is great exposure for libertarian ideas to have him in these debates, I hope he continues because he will gain momentum as people think about what he is saying, especially about Iran, the next country we seem determined to invade, but only just before the elections probably about August or September.
ronmey, obama i don't see any diff.we all know how the two party system has been working or lack of working.
I see a very BIG difference MG71 all you got to do is look at where they want to take this country and how many issues that don't have any meaning are going to come up on Mr. Romney. That's why I prefer Ron Paul myself at least we know for a fact we're going to have a straight up or down debate on which way the government is going to run and what does government mean to us. With Romney as you see in one of the articles posted today about his tax rates, all of sudden we'll have a true class warfare debate and that's not what this country needs. I'd rather have a straight to the point debate about can government do to help improve peoples lives instead. That's what the President would get if it's him and Dr. Paul.
They call Mr Romney Obamalite but I can really say that President is Romneylite when you consider how similar there healthcare proposals are.
Republicans are having a hard time getting their ideology straight. They need to know that the reason is that it makes no rational sense. Republicanism is based on cliches, failed but repeated dogma, smear, fear, obfuscation, and a compendium of falsehoods. Republicans are in search of a reason to exist, beyond deception, pandering, and demagoguery. By this point, there is no reason, unless dependent special interests and donors justify existence. This country needs a good second party movement. The Republican Party lasted 100 years, and has spent the past 50 reversing itself and going down hill. It is full of used Democrats of the worst kind, from segregationists, racists, and war mongers to Rick Perry nitwits.
Join us, Affinity. Join those of us who are looking beyond the divisive stamps of "Republican" or "Democrat". We are beyond these divisions allowing us to work together toward solutions instead of bickering about smaller issues. We the youth know the treachery our "parties" have played against us. Help us elect Ron Paul who truly sees beyond the partisanship. The solutions are discussed by the young generations. Mainstream media says Ron Paul's policies are dangerous to this country, dangerous to our future generations, even dangerous to the world. Who supports Dr. Paul the most; the bodyguards of our country( the military), our youth who will carry the burdens laid out before us by Ron Paul, and the rest of the world who can't vote, but really really wish they could (for the safety and wealth of their respective countries). The MSM reports both stories, but can't seem to connect the two and perform basic reasoning...
Nominating Paul would be the equitant to the Dems nominating McGovern in '72. Paul is soooo far off the mainstream that Obama will have a victory that will rival Nixon’s
Haa!!! I voted for Obama last election but I am goiong on R.P on this one cause I like change and what this government needs is to try new things to see if we can get radical results for the better of the country..
Heck< I voted for Ross Perot in 96' might as well put a Texan in there, they are good with money and they do it big!!!
Mitt Romney vs Ron Paul
the rest is a Grand Illusion
Ronald Ernest Paul MD is about to win it all.
American mainstream media are well paid to brainwash people to think Ron Paul is unelectable. Msnbc do their filth work as well. They are all behind Romney, and this is pretty obvious anyone who have a brain. 7 of 10 pictures on the main "politics" page of this site have are Romney pictures. Romney name is at least 10 times shown on the same page. 2 of 3 articles shown are about Romney. This supposly "News site" is a shameful example of why the whole world laugh at American media.
You are right, it is very subliminal.
The real story is the Writing on the Wall here in the comments.
It takes two to make one because it took two whole people to make each one of us.
We the people all need to UNITE together as one so we will make it into the "Age of Enlightenment" and out of the "Age of Enslavement"
1+1=1 All for one and one for PAUL
1+1=1 All for one and one for PAUL
Thats a good one, they should use that in his campaign...
peopke who continue to bash Ron Paul are either misinformed, ignorant or a political hack.
If you are not for Ron Paul then you are better off leaving this country now. Ron is for the constitution, play by the RULES set there in. Thats all he is and has been say'n all along just follow the constitution is that rerally so hard to swallow?? if you want the government to suport you then go somewhere else. if you want to control the world then go somewhere else. If you want the , dont you or havent any of you even read the constitution?government to tell you what you can and cannot do the go somewhere else plz. the government is here to protect your rights thats all. haven't any of you even read the constitution at all? do you want the FED to devalue the dollar to nothing? thats what is happening. dont you want to stop paying income taxes?
military spending? dont you know that the USA spends more money on military then the rest of the world combined? do we really need to spend that much? that the cia black budget off the books is over 2 trill a yr? you dont want to bring our troops home or we shouldn't ? why not ask them 80% of all military political donations go to RON PAUL think they answered that.
do you know that 75% of all taxes pays for just the millartry and govenment payrolls. no matter how they twist the facts.
you want to keep the money you earn? you want your money to be worth something? VOTE PAUL
stop being played by the media there all owned by military contractors. cept for fox which is own by some prince in Saudi Arabia, go fig.
last but not least if the republicans want to beat Obama and there is only one way stop fooling yourself romney will never get the independent of disgruntled dems vote. Paul brings to the table what no other can. he has a base which NO other candidate has. romney's only base is wall street. why dont he release his tax returns or who his bundles are?? crooks and theives all of them (stop the neg campaining) why cuz you cant take the truth??
anothr thing a friend of mine living in Europe tell me that the foreign media is wild over RON PAUL .and his campaign headqutrs are being swamped by the foreign media , something you dont see at all at any others.
RON PAUL REVOLUTION .. BRING US BACK OUR CONSTITUTION..
I am getting so sick of being told who is and is not electable!!! The media needs to do their job correctly and give everyone equal coverage and to stop discriminating against all of the candidates either by age, race or religion. One minute Paul is called un-electable bc he is seen as too old by the younger generation to be taken seriously, then Romney is not electable bc he is a Mormon and then you read about how Obama already has the entire vote of the blacks voters. I am sick of these false reports. If Paul gets elected it will be because people are sick of watching our constitution being bent and twisted to suit the federal govt' wishes and by the people who are sick of occupying foreign countries, if Romney gets elected it will be bc people still believe that what a politician promises in his campaign, he will do. If Obama gets elected, it will be bc people believe he has a job to finish and will keep his promises made during HIS campaign.
I think Obama wasted too much time in the beginning on his Obamacare when we really really needed to be cutting funding in multiple places. Once he came up with a credible budget then he could work on Obamacare. But his first massive project as POTUS basically told the already strained middle classes that they were going to be fined eventually for NOT being able to AFFORD healthcare. While eliminating new drilling projects in the U.S, which used to put LOADS of money into the economy and a large amount of TAXES in to the budget.
I am however going to say I am not a Romney fan!! I really like and enjoy Ron Pauls views which are for the most part the same as mine..and he is pretty darn consistent. I noticed how once Paul gained some ground Obama started shrinking certain govt' bodies. But they are not the correct bodies, I would rather shrink his, congresses, senators, etc, PAY! I mean sometimes a public SERVANT has to take some cuts for the betterment of their people and to keep their jobs.
And I agree that we should have done our best to catch Osama and put him on trial. But if we had no choice in the cross-fire, then we had no choice. I am just glad he was dis-empowered first by Bush bc we sooooo did not need another martyr and do not kid yourself folks, if Bush had gone over there and slaughtered Osama while all those folks were cheering as the towers fell, we would have had a MASSIVE martyr. And most of us can agree that we as Americans feel that justice is not justice unless handed down by a jury of our peers. I would have felt better if Osama had been found guilty by his own countrymen but that just not what happened, so its over for him and onto the next wanna be American haters.
RP 2012
Beverly, I thought you were a Democrats. Are not lawyers mostly Democrats. ? I thought they lawyers groups are big supporters of Democrats since they are the ones opposed to tort reform.
Ron Paul, a patriot, who has honorably served his country, defends both the constitution and civil liberties, and is for peace and prosperity. Dr. Paul has the wisdom, foresight, honesty and integrity to be president.
Dr. Paul believes spending and deficits are destroying this country. Dr. Paul's budget plan would save $1 trillion in the first year. Besides the spending cuts, there are other issues of importance to voters. For conservatives, Dr. Paul scores an A+ on all of them: Second Amendment protection, pro-life record, right-to-work, pro-business, anti-tax, states' rights, you name it.
Dr. Paul also believes America should have the strongest national defense on earth — which he believes begins with not trying to constantly police the earth. Right now, our government puts our best and bravest in harm's way on a regular basis for questionable reasons and with no discernible notion of victory. This is not supporting the troops. It's abusing them. Dr. Paul wants an end to this absurd, costly policy.
The voters have declared Dr. Paul the alternative to the liberal, flip flopping Mitt Romney. The other candidates are simply irrelevant. In the New Hampshire Primary, Dr. Paul received more votes than all the supposed Anti-Romney (Santorum, Gingrich, and Perry) candidates combined.
The question for Republican voters is not whether they can afford to vote for Dr. Paul - it's whether they can afford not to.
America Needs Ron Paul.
Yeah.... a real national treasure...isolationist,racist,lieralist.far rightie. He will NEVER be elected to any national office and neither will his son, Rand "Mr Toupee" Paul...named after another right wing crackpot.But hey,every 4 years the guy runs and the bumper stickersand yard signs appear and then...... it is all forgotten.
isolationist is not what he is by any definition of isolationist. Racist is a tired argument that requires Ron Paul to waste precious time explaining the definition of "racism" to people like you who are currently ignorant about it. Crap, i'm wasting time...um..check Ron Paul out, dude. Join the bandwagon because we're becoming the majority, and there's absolutely no shame in changing your ideas. Don't hate us because we argue for Dr. Paul a lot. Ask us why we love him so much. We'll tell ya!
Earsport you're intentionally misrepresenting. Where I'm from we call that lying.
Paul can't win...he is running to set up his son for future trips to Wonderland...BTW...Travel the country,then the world,learn about it's complexities,interdependencies and you might begin to understand the need for an effective,engaged American government and then ...although I doubt it...you would appreciate the immaturity,irresponsibility, and self centered thinking that is Mr. Paul's Libertarian philosophy.
I am voting for Paul in the Kentucky Primary. I vote with my conscience, not my political affiliation!
BTW- I left the Democratic Party to do so!
Better if you left Kentucky....nothing of much importance has happened there since Honest Abe left :)
AudreyB--You and all the other Dr. Paul supporters (including myself) Need to get out and talk to friends/family/colleagues WHO AREN'T ONLINE. RP get some good online coverage and some not so good online coverage. But in the MSM TV/Print he's either ignored or he's "out of the mainstream" Early in the campaign season he was called "unelectable,fringe" Now, after a close 3rd in IA and a 2nd place showing in NH, the pressitutes have switched to describing him as "Libertarian (actually true) and the Anti-war/legalization drugs candidate (mostly true) Those descriptions turn off all the boomer and older crowd voters, most people see "Libertarian" and think un-electable. and they see "Anti-war/Legalize marijuana" and think "worthless hippies" Young people don't vote in as big as percentage as the other age groups. RP needs the older crowd behind him and he is just not talked about on TV in a positive way. I'm 26, i think thats considered the "younger crowd" and i only know a couple of people voting for RP in the primary, hell i only know a couple of people who are even voting in the primary period, most everybody is just worried about TV and $ and their vice of choice. If RP is depending on the young voter he's done. Major, major apathy in this generation :(
I agree,it is a two man race....Romney(The Millionaires Boy 's Club Speculator) vs. Paul (One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest Libertarian). Obama is beatable...but Republicans will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with either of these guys. Then again,if this is the best the GOP can offer,we really are better off with a 2nd Term for the President.
Earsport, the founding fathers were libertarians.
The founding fathers?...please child....James Madison was the principle author of the Constitution...to call him a Libertarian is absurd...
I agree with Gov. Perry on this one! Pandering or not, and I'm a Manhattan, NYC liberal all the way! They (the troops) arere part of the 99%, so what do they on the right in the House have to say about that? Because they did not want to cut taxes for those in the "$100,000 or less" income tax bracket.
Ron Paul, you know, we believe in you...and we know you believe in us...and now we realize...our government is not what it is suppose to be...and knowing that you will bring us back...to where we are suppose to be...we are growing stronger everyday...yeah- - - yeah...
Nominate Ron Paul for President of the United States of America 2012
My last comment was a response to another article about tax breaks for our troops. Oops!