Convince me that a brokered convention is the best scenario...

Seeing as he actually ran under the Libertarian ticket already, I'd say he has good reason to do this rather than run as Libertarian again.
 
Paul has said repeatedly that he will not run 3rd party. Why would he lie to us like that?
 
3rd party runs are basically impossible. I had a long discussion with the chairman of the Ohio Constitution Party and he told me that the Libertarian Party spent years and a small fortune getting 60,000 signatures to get their candidate on the Ohio ballot and then the Ohio governor basically threw them all out and denied them anyway and they had to spend another small fortune taking them to court to contest them over it.

Brokered convention is the only way we will win this. We have an absolute ton of state delegates in Oklahoma simply because no one else wanted the spots. They are bound to the primary winner, but become unbound in a brokered convention.
 
Dr. Paul has never said he "won't run as 3rd party". He always said he "has no intention of running 3rd party". When cornered by the media he has always said he can't say 100% that he won't run as 3rd party. He gives it a very slim chance. The door has always been open. This is what a smart person does when he's fighting for his liberty and for the liberty of the future generations of his countrymen.

If the Dems choose Hillary and the Republicrats finish their transformation into America's 2nd Liberal party by nominating Juan McCain then Ron Paul will have a good shot at running 3rd party. Many Dems don't like Hillary, but won't vote for a Republican, so they will vote for Ron Paul. Any REAL Republican or Conservative won't vote for Juan McCain, and sure as hell won't vote for Hillary. They have no choice. They will have to give up their dreams of a Utopian Iraq and save America instead by voting for Ron Paul.

Paul needs to run as 3rd party.
 
Paul has not said he wouldn't run third party, and there's no reason he can't do both. Being the Libertarian nominee wouldn't make him lose his GOP delegates.

Any comparison between a Paul 2008 Libertarian run and his 1988 run is laughably absurd.
 
Churchill2004 said:
Paul has not said he wouldn't run third party, and there's no reason he can't do both. Being the Libertarian nominee wouldn't make him lose his GOP delegates.

Any comparison between a Paul 2008 Libertarian run and his 1988 run is laughably absurd.
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When he drops out, his delegates become unbound; they cannot vote for him if he is not running.

If he goes 3rd party, he has to leave the Republican Party which means he will lose his House seat.
 
Thats Even If We Have A Brokered Convention, Mccain Is Owning Tonight

OWNINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

AND HE IS THE LAST ONE ID LIKE TO HAVE AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
 
i dont think he will run 3rd party but i think he will endorse someone from 3rd party to carry on the torch. Maybe even run as vp.
 
literatim said:
When he drops out, his delegates become unbound; they cannot vote for him if he is not running.

If he goes 3rd party, he has to leave the Republican Party which means he will lose his House seat.
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He has to run for Congress again this year anyway. He doesn't HAVE to run again as a Republican.

Also, why do people think that it has to be brokered convention vs. 3rd party? He can go to the convention and if nothing comes of it, still run in the general election. It's not like he has to quit halfway through.

If he does run outside of the Republitard party, I'd like to see it just be an independent bid. I don't care much for the capital "L" Libertarians.
 
So just to be clear, ALL the delegates are unbound in a brokered convention? So then any of them could vote for Dr. Paul if they wanted to? Please explain further....I think we could all use a boost possibly by now.
 
akalucas said:
i dont think he will run 3rd party but i think he will endorse someone from 3rd party to carry on the torch. Maybe even run as vp.
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If Ron runs as a VP to McRombee, many people will ensure that the presidential line of succession is put to good use. I do not advocate this scary thought.
 
Vet_from_cali said:
Thats Even If We Have A Brokered Convention, Mccain Is Owning Tonight

OWNINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

AND HE IS THE LAST ONE ID LIKE TO HAVE AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
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Actually Romney just caught up leading in five states, Huckabee in six, and McCain in seven. So it isn't all McCain so far!
 
This is really a moot point. McCain is on pace to win outright with delegate counts - meaning no brokered convention.
 
Unless we get our hands on the election process (i.e. by having major posititons in corporations, government and the GOP Party) we'll never stop the vote and media fraud that comes with a 3rd part run.
 
Don't forget this. We have to win 5 states to be eligible in the convention.

(b) Each candidate for nomination for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States shall demonstrate the support of a majority of the delegates from each of five (5) or more states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination.
 
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