Is that the line-up come super Tuesday? Will John even have the cash to make a credible showing?
I continue to see a very good possibility that there will be no clear front runner after super Tuesday, though Mitt really is in a commanding position tactically (despite McCain’s plurality in South Carolina). If he wasn’t such a hobbled candidate fundamentally, I’d be thinking he had an air of inevitability. But he is badly damaged goods, between the nature of his campaign’s money and his multiple flip-flops (do I see some super Tuesday ads with video of Mitt imposed into a pancake, saying one thing in his own words, right before a spatula comes out to flip the pancake and Mitt’s position????).
Ron Paul is truly the stalking horse in the race. If McCain’s name recognition keeps him in the race, and the field gets down to just these three, what alternative do real conservatives have? Are they willing to vote for a guy they hate – McCain; or a guy who can be demonstrated to have changed who he is – not just since he was Governor, but several times since Iowa; or will they look for an alternative? Will they pile on the Bloomberg groundswell (God forbid)?
In spite of what the punditry says, Ron Paul’s chances are better today than at any time since he announced his candidacy. There is a lot of work to be done, and I hope he’s seeking out some savvy media folks to help us kick in the next leg of the campaign.
And in the end, if all that happens is we get more exposure but fall short of the goal, we’re in that much better shape to launch a third party bid. I believe Paul when he says he has no intention of running third party. I also know that the pressure will be intense for him to keep it going – with millions of dollars still in the bank and all.
John McCain is broke and out of line with 70% of the party. Mitt Romney is just a broken candidate. What’s gonna happen? Tough to say, but I have every confidence we won’t be inaugurating Mitt or John in January 2009.
Just remember – Ronald Reagan was written off as a vanity candidate who didn’t have a chance to win even after super Tuesday in 1980. WE all know how that worked out.
Ron Paul for President!
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Ron Paul got a pitiful 3.6% in South Carolina. This is a State tailor made for Paul’s NeoConfederacy views, and he only got less than 4%.
And he couldn’t even win Nevada. My gosh, a State that has hordes of tax protestors, gambling enthusiasts, conspiratorialists, and goldbugs, and Paul gets a measly 13%, 3 times less than Mitt Romney.
If Paul can’t win Nevada, just where can he win?
January 21st, 2008 at 9:36 am
Well I suppose I should feel honored. Of all the places a castawy like you could choose to spend a few minutes sharing the gospel of killin’ towelheads, and you chose my little corner of the world….
All I can say is…. whatever. You’re a laughing stock among principled libertarians. That obviously isn’t a refutation of your argument – but wait – you really aren’t making any, are you Eric. It’s just a chance to lob the old ‘Neo-confederate’ ad hominem.
You should be ashamed. Even if you were correct about the ‘War of Terror’ (which you demonstrably are not), you’d still be a smarmy douche. As it is, you’re a smarmy douche and wrong.
Congratulations.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:42 am
Yeah, I see the fired loser former assistant is spewing his rhetoric again…How’s your candidate doing now Eric? Oh, that’s right he has a strategy right? He decided to bypass many of the caucuses except Florida. What a brilliant move! One side note: “Remember it is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt.”
January 24th, 2008 at 3:21 am
Kate….
Is there even a shadow of doubt left?
I think that boat sailed long ago….
January 24th, 2008 at 8:32 am
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