Realistically speaking can Ron Paul still win?

[swarehouse]

Mathmatically he can still win obviously. Realistically though, it's pretty much over unless something miraculous occurs. Paul, the campaign and the grassroots have burned too many bridges and pissed off too many traditional GOP voters. I can't think of a scenario where Paul would suddenly win the support of an additional 40% or so of GOP voters.

I'm not buying this. It's way too early to be writing off anyone at this point except perhaps Duncan Hunter. Heck, Guilani's strategy is to try and carry Florida followed by the Super Tuesday states. He knew he wouldn't do well in Iowa or NH. His supporters aren't exactly "traditional GOP voters" either.

The money is there for Paul to fund a strong campaign up to and including Super Tuesday. I don't think re-evaluation comes into play until that point.

 

[Bradley in DC]

Yes, but not with this staff.

 

[OddballAZ]

I'm not buying this. It's way too early to be writing off anyone at this point except perhaps Duncan Hunter. Heck, Guilani's strategy is to try and carry Florida followed by the Super Tuesday states. He knew he wouldn't do well in Iowa or NH. His supporters aren't exactly "traditional GOP voters" either.

The money is there for Paul to fund a strong campaign up to and including Super Tuesday. I don't think re-evaluation comes into play until that point.

I fully agree. Anyone who thinks Paul is out of it already is simply ignorant of the whole process as well as history. NH is a better indication but it's still a small state and not worth much. Paul will be in this till Super Tuesday with the amount of money he's got. Thompson, McCain and even the Huckster are all trying to get gas money just to get to NH.

 

[tfelice]

I'm not buying this. It's way too early to be writing off anyone at this point except perhaps Duncan Hunter. Heck, Guilani's strategy is to try and carry Florida followed by the Super Tuesday states. He knew he wouldn't do well in Iowa or NH. His supporters aren't exactly "traditional GOP voters" either.

The money is there for Paul to fund a strong campaign up to and including Super Tuesday. I don't think re-evaluation comes into play until that point.

The difference between Paul & Rudy is that Rudy has high poll numbers in several states and of course nationally. Paul on the other hand is in single digits. Paul needs a miraculous surge over the next few days in order to be back into this. I honestly cannot see anything on the horizon that would cause the 90% who arent in Paul's camp to come over to his side. Too much has been done to alienate a significant portion of the GOP base.

 

[thoughtbombing]

Many past presidents have lost the Iowa caucuses.

I can think of a Particularly stupid one.

The problem is, we have to WIN somewhere.. and New Hampshire might have just been thrown in the trash.

 

[biles1234]

for me it was never about winning ever. i knew deep inside that the powers that be were way too powerful for something like that to happen.

for me it was about the message and about people waking up to the reality of the world and how they are being lied to by the media in the hopes that in the future maybe our numbers will be large enough to actually create change.

you are not going to see many paul supporters suddenly turn into neocons or neoliberals. it is a one-way flow of support from the dark side.

 

[AlexMerced]

Don't count out Nevada, Michigan, and Florida, all states that have a very interesting context

I'm sure we'll 1 on these before the end of the month, but what's important is we still keep educating people 1 by 1

the true revolution is knowledge and the freedom from indoctrination