Posted on 04/26/2011 7:09:29 PM PDT by Bokababe
....Part of Paul's fervent support in 2008 was grounded in college-aged voters, a constituency that also largely favored Barack Obama. In this campaign, the 75-year-old Paul said today, Mr. Obama won't be able to hang on to the youth vote.
"I think that Obama will not be able to hang on to that enthusiasm of the young people because of what's happened in the last couple years," Paul said in Des Moines, Iowa, after his exploratory committee was announced.
The financial crisis, the bloated deficit and the ongoing wars make the libertarian views Paul is known for -- such as his anti-interventionist foreign policy and his antipathy toward the Federal Reserve -- even more relevant than in 2008, Paul suggested....
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So? wRONg PAUL has shown he can’t win 1% of the popular vote.
I'd be afraid; very afraid.
I don’t think he can win. Is he right? ya, but when people look in to his views they tend to sour on him. Plus at 75 he’s going to look like the geriatric ward on stage with Obama.
Not impressed, I heard him on Laura Ingraham a few months ago. He’s gutless in the face of the islamists. The fact that Jesse Ventura likes him should tell you something.
He’s right that Obama has lost the Indie/Youth vote. I hang out on some forums where there a lot of young Libertarians. Some voted for him.....others not. But I can tell you....they HATE him, now.
Right on the Fed wrong on EVERY thing else.
Agreed. He sounds good for the first 5 minutes but then he always takes a detour into the twilight zone. I don’t trust him for anything.
Funny how conservatives are so divided that in their own demise they will elect o for another term.
There have been a few ballots where Ron Paul was my best choice...and so I voted for him. I’ll do it again if circumstances dictate.
I think trying to win the mush-head youth vote is really just not much of a priority. Ron Paul gets the pot head and anti-war crowd, I don't think that is a conservative party's target audience.
No matter how Paul supporters and paulbots try to spin it, the problem is Ron Paul is a libertarian and not a conservative. His voice is welcome in the Republican party, but he will never even come close to winning a GOP nomination.
Ron Paul is our version of Dennis Kucinich. A niche subsection of activists truly love him, but the vast majority of the party simply reject his message.
It must be that signpost up ahead... (music plays)
Obama got 66% of the 18-29 year old vote last time, do you think that it will be less than 50% this time?
No president with two first names! Ever!
What is humorous about this is Ron Paul feels he has “qualities” that would attract the same brainless skulls full of mush who voted for Obama.
Then people come on FR and say Ron Paul is the answer to our conservative problems.
Too funny...
uhhh, ps - no reason to turn into a Paulistinian.
From what I’m sensing in the forums on the net.....he’s toast with the youth vote. JMHO, tho. The percentage...I’m unsure. I think it will be considerably LESS.
they are not stupid...just naive....Sarah could light them up like fire crackers...They just haven't been made to make a hard decision yet...
Paul and Gary Johnson can split the free market, surrender to the Islamists, pro-abortion, pro-drugs portion of the GOP vote. Is it possible to split one percent of the vote?
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