Bokababe says:
Actually, quite the opposite. It's about the only way that Republicans can win it.
Actually, quite the opposite. It's about the only way that Republicans can win it.
You can argue about the assets/liabilities of Ron Paul's policies -- and that's a separate issue -- but Ron Paul could get past the Republican nomination (meaning Repubs support him) there is no doubt in my mind that he we would beat Obama. I know of no other Republican candidate that generates the kind of enthusiasm that Ron Paul does -- on both sides of the aisle. His toughest audience are actually old Baby Boomer Republicans -- get past them, and he's home free.
Alternatively, those same Ron Paul voters are not going to vote for a Newt Gingrich at gunpoint -- and would probably sleep through a mindless Mitt Romney ballot. The potential crossover Dems for Paul will scurry right back to Obama. And I know that no one wants to hear it, but it's doubtful that there would be enough Repub votes left to eject the Obama from office if Ron Paul isn't the guy.
Rasmussen poll out today puts Paul down 8 head to head against Obama. Both Gingrich and Romney are now positive against Obama.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_paul_vs_obama-1750.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2819841/posts
Bokababe says:
Actually, quite the opposite. It's about the only way that Republicans can win it.
Ron Paul has already won, intellectually. But, the man is too old and too iconoclastic to be President.
Mitt Romney is smooth, but what does he really stand for?
Newt Gingrich is a great debater but, my goodness, by his very own analysis he should be put in jail, along with Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Geitner and Bernanke, for the mortgage meltdown. He was in it up to his armpits.
In 2008, John McCain got me when he named Sarah Palin his running mate. Ditto in 1996, when Bob Dole named Jack Kemp. But, I don’t think any
I say, let’s draft General Petreaus and have him name a running mate like Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Ron Paul is our only hope? If so, we’re doomed.
Sorry but RP has near zero chance. He has enthusiasm, yes, but it is the enthusiasm of one who appeals to a small but energetic minority group (in this case, libertarians) that feels otherwise left out of the political process. He is someone that they can rally around, he is their hero, but that alone won’t translate to a wider audience. In fact, it all but makes it impossible to do so. For he has his own little niche that he fits comfortably into and as such it extremely hard to break out of that niche without compromising his principles, which in turn would disillusion his erstwhile enthusiastic supporters. (Much like an alternative type band that tries to broaden their appeal but instead mostly just wind up ticking off their formerly highly devoted fan base).
RP may at the moment seem like a suddenly surging candidate but that is only because no one has bothered to try to take him out. But if somehow he did win the nomination, what then? The Obama team and their media mafia would have a field day against him. They would easily paint him as “too old, too right wing, too kooky” in no time at all.
In the end, he has no real chance to play anything other than a spoiler role at this point. That’s the reality of the situation as i see it.