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Title: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: fezzyfestoon on March 19, 2012, 12:27:11 PM I honestly have no idea what his plan is or where he is trying to make a statement...if he even is. Any Paulites with some insight? Just coasting to the convention and trying to make changes there? Or...something?
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: Bacon King on March 19, 2012, 12:35:28 PM https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=148644.0
The RELOVEUTION will not be televised (unless they manage to pull some hilarious stunts at the RNC, in which case it hopefully will). Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: Mehmentum on March 19, 2012, 12:46:54 PM Trolling.
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: tpfkaw on March 19, 2012, 12:52:43 PM Because he has nothing to lose by staying in. At this point he's running for the same reason that the Libertarian Party runs candidates in the general (an "educational campaign"). Also ninja delegates.
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: memphis on March 19, 2012, 02:14:53 PM There is an off chance he can help deny the GOP a clean nominee at the convention. And practicalities matter little to true believers. He'll be on the corner preaching the gospel of anarchy as long as he's able.
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: Mr. Morden on March 19, 2012, 04:25:59 PM His campaign seems to be winding down as we head down the stretch, just as it did in 2008:
"Ron Paul holds only two events all week" http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/03/19/ron_paul_holds_only_two_events_all_week.html Quote The outsider's impression of the Paul campaign: A slow fade, a new focus on behind-the-scenes work that may not even pay off. Campaign chairman Jesse Benton has told me that the campaign is raising the funds it needs to hustle through California in June. Indeed, his first event on Tuesday is a fundraiser. But there's really no public Paul campaign to cover right now. Phone calls to one Paul spokesman go to a busy signal; phone calls to another sometimes go to a full voicemail box. The candidate's diehards had better be busy winning delegates at state conventions, because they're the last hope he has. Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: Keystone Phil on March 19, 2012, 04:31:05 PM I chuckle at those that think his campaign was going to be even semi legitimate.
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: Meeker on March 19, 2012, 05:22:31 PM All the caucuses are over; his people know they have no shot at winning delegates in primaries.
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: Oakvale on March 19, 2012, 05:31:57 PM I can't even imagine how many gaskets would be blown amongst the Paultards if the situations were somehow reversed and there was a secret Romney plan to swindle presumtpive nominee Ron Paul out of his delegates.
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: RI on March 19, 2012, 05:34:29 PM I can't even imagine how many gaskets would be blown amongst the Paultards if the situations were somehow reversed and there was a secret Romney plan to swindle presumtpive nominee Ron Paul out of his delegates. IT"S A UNDEMOCRATIC CONSPIRACY!!!!11!!1!! Y U NO RESPECT THE WILL OF THE PEEEEEEEOOPLEEE!??!!!! -Actual quote Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: Likely Voter on March 19, 2012, 05:40:24 PM Paul is also running out of money.
Paul was hoping Romney would have wrapped things up by Super Tuesday with the others dropping out and he can hang on and get big protest votes all the way to the convention. Kind of like Jerry Brown did vs. Clinton back in 92. But with the race being being competitive, he is reduced to his core supporters. Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: argentarius on March 19, 2012, 05:48:33 PM I can't even imagine how many gaskets would be blown amongst the Paultards if the situations were somehow reversed and there was a secret Romney plan to swindle presumtpive nominee Ron Paul out of his delegates. Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on March 20, 2012, 12:47:30 AM He's hoping that he can have his delegates support Romney in exchange for his son being the running mate.
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: BigSkyBob on March 20, 2012, 01:06:09 AM Trying to win enough delegations to speak at the convention.
Title: Re: What is Ron Paul doing? Post by: muon2 on March 20, 2012, 07:18:05 AM Trying to win enough delegations to speak at the convention. That may be part of it. In 2008 he held a convention in Minneapolis parallel to the RNC in St Paul. Perhaps he would like to influence the platform and be part of the main show this year. |