Levin taking calls from Paul supporters

[anaconda]

If Ron Paul wins the GOP nomination will Romney run 3rd party?

This would be a good move by Mittens and the GOP establishment.

 

[milo10]

Why?

Flip Flopney is just as disingenuous as Cain, even more so.

He just masks it better with smooth speech patterns and good hair.

Which to my mind, makes him even more dangerous.

He packages everything that Obama is doing, (which is to say what the globalists running the show want) in a nice, shiny, Red Republican package, so that the other half of the country will eat the poison as well.

An independent run with Romney as the nominee would have nowhere near the impact. Romney is simply a very bland, unprincipled candidate, and I'd say no worse than McCain, who Ron chose not to go independent again. Cain is a complete embarrassment.

I do think it's an interesting point that Romney would be a worse president than Cain, as he would actually have the normal sway and authority granted a president. Cain would have a very low regard from the get-go. But, while I think there is some possibility of Cain getting the nomination, I think there is almost none for him winning the general election.

If Ron wants to run independent against Romney should he win the nomination, I am fine with that. But, I don't think it would have anywhere near the same measure of tactical success that a run against Cain would have. If Cain gets the nomination, expect the full force of the media to swing against him, and deservedly so. Like I said, Ron running as a Libertarian could potentially outdo Cain in the general election. That would be huge. I mean, really huge.

Oh and for you Rand fans, a Romney victory will mean Rand won't have a reasonable shot until 2028.

Eight years of Romney, followed by eight years of "the other guys".

I honestly don't think so. IMHO, we will see a financial collapse of the United States this decade that will surpass the Great Depression. Only Ron Paul winning in 2012 could potentially to some extent bypass it. But in any case, after that there will be no more business as usual among the electorate.

 

[wgadget]

The author Brent Budowsky's latest comment at his article "Ron Paul should run third-party":



The truth is that most Democrats I know would be thrilled if Obama did not run, and very few Republicans believe
Romney stands for anything, he is the worst weather
vane and shape shifter. The grassroots of both parties
are going to be trapped with nominees they do not
believe in. It is a bizarre situation, which is why I made
this suggestion about Ron running as a third party.

We basically have two parties dominated by lobbyists,
big donors and insiders. Wall Street cheers the latest
giant bailout. Romney and Obama are racing to see
who can raise the most money and be most dominated
by lobbyists and special interests. The whole situation
is ridiculous, in both parties.
BY BRENT on 10/29/2011 at 11:10