Asking the Wrong Question -- An Obama Path to Victory...

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Perhaps the better question to ask than "where would Ron Paul be in the absence of the other non Romney choices?" is to ask:

What would be the state of the election absent Ron Paul?

Could he be doing to the Republican primaries what it is feared he would do during the election if he were to run as an independent?

First a moderate Republican wins the nomination due to Ron Paul the Republican, then Obama wins the election due to Ron Paul the Independent.




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Mixed On Paul...

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Reason:

If the question of electability against Obama is ever dealt with using actual data rather than the oft-heard assertion “everyone knows there is no way Ron Paul could beat Obama,” the campaign could point out that Paul gets more independents than Obama right now in a one-to-one matchup, and that he’s in a statistical tie with the mighty Romney against Obama as well. And a small percentage of progressives who care about war and civil liberties above income redistribution might come Paul’s way against Obama as well, making him potentially stronger than any other Republican candidate.

I have wondered how much of the Obama vote Paul may steal relative to the Republican vote he may loose.





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Kelly Clarkson Expresses Support for Ron Paul -- How Refreshing...

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Actually, if she had come out in favor of any of the Conservatives running for president it would have been a refreshing change from  the long stale liberal drum beat emanating from her chosen industry...

FOX:

"I love Ron Paul,” Clarkson tweeted Wednesday night.. “I liked him a lot during the last Republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he's got my vote. Too bad he probably won't."

The resulting ruckus from the intolerant left has been amusing.





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Know That CNN Interview Ron Paul Ditched? ... Didn't Happen...

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Interviews are not only much better when they flow naturally from those involved, but they are more informative than edited versions due to the inherently greater degree of honesty in the presentation.

But CNN doubles down on that dishonesty. Note the CNN logo in the corner. It is clear that CNN was aware of what truly transpired during this interview, yet when an untrue story describing Paul as having stormed off CNN chose to remain silent in the face of that untruth.

Way to exercise that freedom of speech power to bend the truth, CNN




[Originally posted wrong video ... fixed]

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Paul Unites Some on the Left With Some on the Right, but His Newsletter Controversy Divides Them From Everyone Else...

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Yeah, those newsletters suck and as Gillespie writes, they should be confronted by Paul...

Paul is going to need to deal with the newsletter issue more directly than he has so far, especially if he doesn't want it to loom larger and larger as the stakes get higher. He is actually in control of the issues that most vex contemporary America, which have nothing to do with affirmative action, "racial terrorism," or the transmission of AIDS via saliva. He is running against Republicans who were for individual mandates in health care long before they were against them or who seriously invoke sharia law as a threat to the American way of life, and he faces a possible general election against a president with low approval ratings precisely because he passed his awful health care, bailout, and stimulus plans, among other things. As Friedersdorf argues, Paul actually has a far better record on matters that directly affect the minorities slagged so disturbingly in his newsletters.

As I've argued elsewhere and often, Paul is providing the alternative that Americans are craving in politics.That alternative, by definition, is going to discomfit conventional politicians and politicos who are more concerned with whether their party is in power than what is done with that power; with whether deficits and entitlements and "defense" spending will bankrupt the country; with whether Americans should be treated like adults when it comes to deciding what to eat, smoke, and drink. Paul is not the perfect vessel for a libertarian message, but waiting for perfection is something ideologues insist on. Most of us are far more interested in someone who at least has shown he understands the most pressing issues of the moment - and the future.
Whether Paul can fully deliver on the promise he's shown so far may well rest upon the way that he puts the newsletter issue to bed, once and for all.

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Could Ron Paul Truly Be Pulling Even With Newt?

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First off, this is a PPP poll, so any results prior to the two or three week period before an election should be taken with a grain of salt.

The StateColumn:

Ron Paul (R-TX), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, tied former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the latest Public Policy Polling poll of Iowa GOP caucusgoers. Mr. Paul garnered 21 percent of the votes to pull even with Mr. Gingrich who earned 22 percent of the votes. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took third place with 16 percent of the votes.

However, if true, I could swallow some  foreign policy aberrations for the whole of the package. Paul has always been my first choice without hope of ever becoming one.  Lets hope he does.




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Liberty in Sync With Econnomics - Ron Paul Runs...

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In some good anti-Keynesian news Ron Paul is running:

Sources close to Paul, who is in his 12th term in the House, said he will unveil an exploratory presidential committee, a key step in gearing up for a White House race. He will also unveil the campaign’s leadership team in Iowa, where the first votes of the presidential election will be cast in caucuses next year.

This is a man who's sense of liberty and understanding of economics are in sync, a statement that can be made of no proponent of Keynesian Theory.

Additionally, while the democratization of the Middle East is important, it is less important then ending the Keynesian theft of prosperity and liberty.



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Ron Paul On Wikileaks...

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I don't have much company concerning my views on Wikileaks, but I have some...

[I]n a Thursday interview with Fox Business, Paul said the idea of prosecuting Assange crosses the line.

“In a free society we're supposed to know the truth,” Paul said. “In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it.”

And:

Ron Paul Twitter account post Friday morning:

"Re: WikiLeaks — In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble."

It seems the greatest damage due to the publishing of these leaks is that of exposing needless systemic secrecy/information control/lying, and the resulting political damage to those who likely exercised power beyond that granted their position. Hillary.




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