A radical idea: Ron Paul Runs as a Democrat in 2012

[bobbyw24]

by Chad Peace
Tue, Nov 16th 2010

Does anyone remember that the first Tea Partiers were thousands and thousands of Ron Paul supporters who dumped a record-breaking $6 million into his presidential campaign on December 16, 2007, the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party?

Since then, the Tea Party “wave” has swept across the country; a wave that Ron Paul’s own son has ridden and credited with helping him land a seat in the United States Senate. Rand Paul ran for Senate in Kentucky as a Republican, keeping the more libertarian and “liberal” views he shares with his father under the sheets: a non-interventionist foreign policy, end the drug war, abolish the Patriot Act, and so on.

So why wasn't Ron Paul as successful as his son in the Republican primary for president? A few reasons:

1) No one knew who the heck he was until November 5, 2007, when internet supporters dropped the first “moneybomb”, unloading a record $4.3 million dollars into his campaign.

2) He was adamantly anti-war, running in a pro-war party. (You try convincing Willy Wonka that he shouldn’t eat anymore chocolate.)

Read the rest:

http://caivn.org/article/2010/11/16/radical-idea-ron-paul-runs-democrat-2012

 

[bultza]

that news would break all the schemes of the European progressive press.

Would collapse all the propaganda of hatred towards republican politics

 

[IPSecure]

Run as both?

 

[PermanentSleep]

This is quite interesting.

 

[DirtMcGirt]

hmmmmm....He would be guaranteed to debate Obama and other Keynsians in early debates.

 

[specsaregood]

Fail idea.

 

[Krugerrand]

Run as both?

This is what I'd like to see - except in open primary states.

 

[Jeremy]

Sounds like a bad idea.

 

[Krugerrand]

If he runs on both tickets, he can use the mantra "Freedom and Liberty are not limited to any one party."

He would gain recognition and consideration of DEMS so that when he wins the GOP nomination, there would be a greater likelihood of gaining their votes. I think the Constitution party and the Libertarian party should run him as their candidate as well.

 

[malkusm]

I don't think it's possible to run on both tickets at once. You have to be a member of the party whose nomination you are seeking.

 

[Son of Detroit]

This would be a terrible idea. The Republican Party is as vulnerable to new ideas as its ever been. We just got Rand into the Senate as a Republican, Ron needs to run as a Republican as well.

 

[Krugerrand]

I don't think it's possible to run on both tickets at once. You have to be a member of the party whose nomination you are seeking.

That should be up to the party to decide. It's happened before.

William Jennings Bryan - 1896
The Bourbon Democrats who supported incumbent conservative President Grover Cleveland were defeated and the party's agrarian and silver factions voted for Bryan, giving him the nomination of the Democratic Party. At the age of 36, Bryan remains the youngest presidential nominee of a major party in American history.
...
In addition, Bryan formally received the nominations of the Populist Party and the Silver Republican Party. Without crossing party lines, voters from any party could vote for him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan#First_campaign_for_the_White_House:_1896

This seems to be the best way to go.

 

[RM918]

He'd also lose his committee appointments, I'm pretty sure.

 

[brandon]

fail

 

[JackieDan]

I don't think it's possible to run on both tickets at once. You have to be a member of the party whose nomination you are seeking.

Ain't that just a click on the Internet?

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

hmmmmm....He would be guaranteed to debate Obama and other Keynsians in early debates.

No he wouldn't. Obama wouldn't acknowledge his existence.

This idea is stupid.

 

[anaconda]

It's theoretically a great idea for a number of reasons. However, the MSM would paint Ron as some kind of senile clown and a confused flip flopper.

 

[anaconda]

But Ron needs to go into the 2012 POTUS cycle this time with the media approach that he may very well run as a 3rd Party candidate if the Republicans will not put up a conservative candidate and platform. This will force concessions as Ron can foil the election for Republicans and give the election to Obama if he does.

 

[Michael P]

Great in theory, terrible in reality.

 

[DirtMcGirt]

I agree it would never happen, but if we get the rumor going it might get some Dems to question their beliefs and agree w/ us on some policies...