Sanford endorsement if RP gets 3rd in NH??

[gaazn]

Is that what he is waiting for? Then 2nd place in SC is a given, and 1st is a real possibility.

 

[Johnnybags]

I just wish he would do it

He could be the VP and walk into the Whitehouse after Paul. He is the biggest fish in the endorsement pond by far since it would give us legitimacy in the bible belt.

 

[fireworks_god]

What we need is a concentrated effort to contact him and tell him that America wants him standing tall with Ron Paul!

Let's get everyone in this forum so we can focus on winning South Carolina! If we can get Mark Sanford on board, our chances will be much greater!

Please, everyone, renewed effort to contact Mark Sanford to let him know America wants him to represent America! Please post what you send here! Ideas, thoughts, let's get active here and get active in contacting him!

I'll send him tomorrow, I have to work tonight and I'm already on a sleep deficit. I can't do everything in this forum!

 

[WilliamC]

Is this just speculation or is there some reason to believe it is true?

 

[fireworks_god]

What, speculation that we will all contact him and tell him America needs him to represent us?

It could be speculation, after all, it seems not a lot of people want to actively fight this war for Ron Paul. :o

 

[HazardPerry]

CONTACT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

He said he'd sit this one out, but if he sees how earnest and enthusiastic we are about the possibility of having him on board, not just as another name but as a principled legislator, and sees our results leading up to South Carolina, we might be able to budge him. Be courteous, and make sure you read THIS and get to know him before you send a letter or e-mail off.

We can do it!

 

[gaazn]

it is a real possibility because both have similar views of smaller government and sanford has actually made the government smaller is south carolina, and he had a mini-mutiny within his own party because of it. when in congress, paul and sanford had similar votes. it would have seemed a given that sanford would endorse mccain this time again early on, but he didn't. was it because ron paul was running, and he would have gone against principle by endorsing mccain?

 

[nate895]

I have to say, given their extremely similar stands on the issues, I'd have to go for Sanford if he was running because he has been a Governor, and he is probably much more energetic, considering he isn't as ancient as Ron Paul.

 

[voytechs]

I know thats pretty ignorant, but who is Sanford? The writer?

 

[dt_]

Sanford is the governor of South Carolina

 

[Nate K]

has he actually said this? he'll endorse if 3rd?

 

[RSLudlum]

What we need is a concentrated effort to contact him and tell him that America wants him standing tall with Ron Paul!

Let's get everyone in this forum so we can focus on winning South Carolina! If we can get Mark Sanford on board, our chances will be much greater!

Please, everyone, renewed effort to contact Mark Sanford to let him know America wants him to represent America! Please post what you send here! Ideas, thoughts, let's get active here and get active in contacting him!

I'll send him tomorrow, I have to work tonight and I'm already on a sleep deficit. I can't do everything in this forum!

I've written the governor's office 4 times since i saw him interviewed about Ron Paul on Tucker a while back. He'd make a damn good VP!

 

[noztnac]

He was mentored by Ron Paul when he first came to congress.

The problem is that if he endorses Ron Paul and Ron Paul doesn't win he is basically ruining his future in the Republican party. We need to convince him Ron Paul can win.

 

[Badger Paul]

A good showing in NH and Michigan will get Sanford's endorsement. He make like Ron Paul a lot but he's not an idiot. He's not going to back a fifth place finisher. We do well, we get endorsements. It's that simple.

 

[tfelice]

He was mentored by Ron Paul when he first came to congress.

The problem is that if he endorses Ron Paul and Ron Paul doesn't win he is basically ruining his future in the Republican party. We need to convince him Ron Paul can win.

No amount of emails, calls & letters will do that. Paul needs some strong finishes, including wins prior to SC to get the Sanford endorsement.

Sanford has to protect his political clout for the future. If a Dem wins the presidency and the economy tanks, taxes are raised, etc, etc. Sanford will come in like a knight on a white horse in '12.

 

[gaazn]

He was mentored by Ron Paul when he first came to congress.

The problem is that if he endorses Ron Paul and Ron Paul doesn't win he is basically ruining his future in the Republican party. We need to convince him Ron Paul can win.

It would be his best shot at changing the Republican Party. If Ron Paul wins, he would be a great VP although he might overshadow Paul. But if Paul loses the nomination, Sanford would be a good choice to carry on the message and lead the movement in 2012. And with the internet fundraising power and built in grassroots support, who knows what might happen...

 

[RSLudlum]

He was mentored by Ron Paul when he first came to congress.

The problem is that if he endorses Ron Paul and Ron Paul doesn't win he is basically ruining his future in the Republican party. We need to convince him Ron Paul can win.

Yeah, but he's one of those few politicians that set his own personal term limits. I think he's already stated that he won't be running for Govenor again.

 

[RSLudlum]

It would be his best shot at changing the Republican Party. If Ron Paul wins, he would be a great VP although he might overshadow Paul. But if Paul loses the nomination, Sanford would be a good choice to carry on the message and lead the movement in 2012. And with the internet fundraising power and built in grassroots support, who knows what might happen...

Would love to see him in the White House.

from Reason: http://www.reason.com/news/show/27823.html

"Once in office, Sanford was among the early advocates of privatizing at least part of Social Security. He also wants to free Americans to trade with Cuba. And he’s famously cheap –a valuable and rare character trait in a politician. Domestically, this led him to oppose pork barrel spending, even in his own district. Internationally, it led him to pay a Cuban family $35 a night to put him up during a 1999 visit rather than stay at a hotel. On a personal level, it leads him to sleep on a futon on his D.C. office floor, rather than rent an apartment. At least he won’t have to break a lease when he leaves town."