Ron Paul: 50-50 Chance I'll Run for President

sailingaway said:
Don't worry about it. The frustration with perceived lack of enthusiasm is with him or his old campaign staff, not with you. And no one lives up to obligations like he does, so if he runs, we'll all get our money's worth. However, I hope he puts a 'real' staff together, now that he knows he has support.
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I blame the gop and the gop establishment not his campaign or Ron Paul!!!! We are trying to reform a corrupt gop establishment who played illegal games across all conventions and cheated and were unethical and corrupt in most conventions with typical gop establishment games!! trying to blame the campaign or ron paul is like trying to blame assange for the us gov law breaking and corruption of the us constitution!!
The REAL BLAME IS THE GOP AND ITS FAILED LEADERS AND PARTY!!! The failure of the gop wasn't caused by obama or Ron paul or his campaign. it rests on the failed shoulders of the gop!! knowing the gop track record i expect nothing much from the gop in 2012! Because of the corrupt gop. I wish Ron would run indy!! I expect failure from the gop in 2012! The gop will stop Ron paul 2012!! I will do my best to secure the 2012 nomination for Ron Paul but i expect the gop will make sure it doesn't happen and i will reward the gop for its actions!!
 
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I unfortunately wasn't able to take part in the 2008 campaign because I discovered Ron Paul and Freedom only 2 months before the election. But now, I am ready to rock and roll. I agree with puppetmaster, I WILL dominate for Ron!
 
speciallyblend said:
exactly, the gop better hope Ron paul 2012 happens. Let me rephrase that. The gop better make Ron Paul 2012 happen!!!!! or i will not be able to support biggovgop establishment! Which alienates/eliminates 99.9% of the gop candidates!!
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speciallyblend said:
I blame the gop and the gop establishment not his campaign or Ron Paul!!!! We are trying to reform a corrupt gop establishment who played illegal games across all conventions and cheated and were unethical and corrupt in most conventions with typical gop establishment games!! trying to blame the campaign or ron paul is like trying to blame assange for the us gov law breaking and corruption of the us constitution!!
The REAL BLAME IS THE GOP AND ITS FAILED LEADERS AND PARTY!!! The failure of the gop wasn't caused by obama or Ron paul or his campaign. it rests on the failed shoulders of the gop!! knowing the gop track record i expect nothing much from the gop in 2012! Because of the corrupt gop. I wish Ron would run indy!! I expect failure from the gop in 2012! The gop will stop Ron paul 2012!! I will do my best to secure the 2012 nomination for Ron Paul but i expect the gop will make sure it doesn't happen and i will reward the gop for its actions!!
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You're just on fire today, aren't ya? :p
 
speciallyblend said:
I blame the gop and the gop establishment not his campaign or Ron Paul!!!! We are trying to reform a corrupt gop establishment who played illegal games across all conventions and cheated and were unethical and corrupt in most conventions with typical gop establishment games!! trying to blame the campaign or ron paul is like trying to blame assange for the us gov law breaking and corruption of the us constitution!!
The REAL BLAME IS THE GOP AND ITS FAILED LEADERS AND PARTY!!! The failure of the gop wasn't caused by obama or Ron paul or his campaign. it rests on the failed shoulders of the gop!! knowing the gop track record i expect nothing much from the gop in 2012! Because of the corrupt gop. I wish Ron would run indy!! I expect failure from the gop in 2012! The gop will stop Ron paul 2012!! I will do my best to secure the 2012 nomination for Ron Paul but i expect the gop will make sure it doesn't happen and i will reward the gop for its actions!!
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Oh, I absolutely blame them. I know the games they played in the parties. However, because of those, i think Ron never really thought he had a chance and never put together the kind of staff you would need to push it over the top even when you yourself are too busy to manage the details.
 
sailingaway said:
If his committee provides the opportunity to do something substantive and he isn't frustrated in that, and if he is given media attention to speak about issues as a pundit, he MAY decide not to run imho, because he may feel he is better accomplishing his objectives where he is. However, it might depend on how much he is actually allowed to do with his committee.
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That and health issues (or a miraculous economic recovery :p ) would be the only things that would stop him from running.
 
The article says:
Paul won less than 2 percent of the vote in his 2008 Republican primary presidential bid.
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What in the world do they base that on? I'm pretty sure he was way higher than that. I doubt there was a single state where he was that low. He was in the 5-10% range in most that I remember, and there were a handful where he was above that.
 
erowe1 said:
The article says:


What in the world do they base that on? I'm pretty sure he was way higher than that. I doubt there was a single state where he was that low. He was in the 5-10% range in most that I remember, and there were a handful where he was above that.
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Ballot access just corrected that, it was 5.6%. Mind you, now that it was on front page NYTimes and CBS as 'less than 2%', that will be the MSM line....

http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/1...50-50-that-he-will-run-for-president-in-2012/
 
Madly_Sane said:
No offense to RP supporters, but I don't think he has a chance of winning, imo, even though I doubt he believes he will anyway. But the point for him isn't to win, it's to get the message out there, right?
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TodaysEpistleReading said:
Really? I take this recent revelation to mean he is running for president. The fact that the primary decision for him to run or not will be the economy and it is quite clear the economy will not be better (and likely worse) in the next year, it follows that he will be running. (fingers crossed)
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Those were exactly my thoughts as well.
 
There is no reason why he could not win. I know many youth that would vote for Paul over Obama. The GOP base would turn out and he could definitely sway enough independents and swing voters to win it. His grassroots organization would rival that of Obama from the day he announces his candidacy. Even if we didn't win, the country would be much better off and the gop establishment would be changed forever.
 
Well yeah, if it was a straight Obama vs Paul election, then it would be a surefire win.
But his chances of election also depend on the other candidates and how many.
 
If Ron gets a lot of money early on, he could really set up state organizations to get him the delegates he needs. And we all have the experience from last time around to make it happen!
 
I have to agree with Stefan Molyneux that even if Ron DID win, it would be the same as changing the hood ornament of the state.
 
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