Just wanted to let you know your next post will be your 13,000th. Make it count!
No pressure here – no-sure-ree!
13,000 posts! WOW! You're making me feel old! Lol!
If anyone wants to give me a “happy post day” present, a +rep would be nice
I think I'm less than 10 brownie points away from that “coveted” 4th green dot! Lol!
OK, well what I was already looking at is poll results. It looks like the last time polls were done with RP considered as a third party candidate was back in early May. At the time, Romney was looking at crushing Obama, but other polls said Paul was the only one that could beat Obama.
Before getting into this, I'd like to remind people that Dr. Paul, when asked, has always stated that he's not currently considering a third party run but he has not ruled it out. I think if he had gone third party back then, he would have played into their hands and he would have been marginalized, excluded from debates and so on. Now he's riding the crest of a wave and is totally in the media spotlight. We gained a lot of sympathy (and maybe votes) from Santorum and Gingrinch supporters over the RNC/GOP shenanigans and what they will do to allowing minor candidates have any chance of getting elected in the future. Now is the perfect time to go third party! Dr. Paul has been holding his cards very close to his chest and I think he's still got a major surprise in store for us as he hasn't laid them down. I think he's going to do it! But he's waiting for enough of us to ask him to.
The polls have switched quite a bit, as now Obama is leading Romney by about 9%, last one I saw. I fully expect Romney's poll numbers to go into free-fall due to the BS he pulled at the convention and through the primaries. He's shown his true colors and a lot of the public's and media's reaction has been ICK! As reality sinks in, many will be thinking: well, once again – do I want a red or a blue clothespin to wear on Nov. 6th? A third alternative would be most welcome and that guy that's been right all along would be great! I want another choice!
As to Paul's poll results in recent months, he's gotten between 9% and 17% - generally in the 12% to 14% range. Not scientific – just my general impression and this is almost always with likely Republican voters. We all know our strong suite is Independents and we'd pull in a lot of disillusioned Dems too. In short, with polling looking at the entire electorate, I think our numbers would increase sharply!
Note dates – a lot of this is old:
Rasmussen: Ron Paul Presidential Bid Would Hurt Obama Tuesday, 08 May 2012
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/rasmussen-report-romney-paul/2012/05/08/id/438367
30% of all voters think Paul is likely to do a third party run. 25% think he should.
Only 12 percent of Republicans think Paul should run independently, compared to 34 percent of Democrats and 31 percent of voters not affiliated with either of the major parties. Voters in Paul’s party are more likely to believe he won’t run as an independent.
Sixty percent of those who plan to vote for Romney have a favorable opinion of Paul, compared to 32 percent of likely Obama voters.
Just over 80 percent of Republican and Democratic voters support their party’s candidate. Paul picks up 11 percent of GOP voters and 5 percent of Democrats. Among unaffiliated voters, it’s Romney 37 percent, Obama 31 percent, Paul 23 percent.
Three-Way Race: Romney 44%, Obama 39%, Ron Paul 13% Same May 8th poll from the horses mouth:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...three_way_race_romney_44_obama_39_ron_paul_13
November Results Predicted: Obama: 46% Romney: 38% Johnson: 16% 8/29/12
Source poll note cited. This is a recent one...
http://www.dailypaul.com/251858/obama-46-romney-38-johnson-16
The GOP establishment apparently has a really, really difficult time understanding the term "blowback". I think it's a great opportunity for a lesson.
(I think the Johnson numbers would be at least 2x – 3x if Paul was the lead name on that ticket. Most people have never heard of Johnson. Just about everyone has heard about Paul!)
Polls Show Romney Cannot Beat Obama (But Ron Paul Can). Ryan Choice Throws Election to Obama
http://ralphlopez.hubpages.com/hub/...l-Can-Ryan-Choice-Seems-to-Throw-the-Election
Reporting is from this week:
On the other hand, Republican candidate Ron Paul beats, or statistically ties, Obama in head-to-head polls. Paul steals the youth Romney does terrible at, voters under 35-years-old (52 percent to 41 percent.) Paul draws crowds that Mick Jagger would admire. One Fox News poll puts Obama ahead of Romney by nearly ten points.
A recent poll in the Detroit Free Press seems to indicate that many people understand that the fix is in:
"Most Americans -- 58% -- expect Obama to win a second term,
including more than a quarter of Romney's supporters, a new Associated Press-GfK poll found."
Why We Need Ron Paul
To put the Federal Reserve's new $16 trillion bail-out of banks, many of which are not even American banks, in context, the entire yearly budget for the federal government is about $4 trillion, including the Pentagon. Therefore $16 trillion could have paid for a four year tax holiday for everyone in the nation, rich and poor alike.
Under Obama's watch, this slid through unnoticed, and is little-noticed even now.
Good article, but there are a lack of Paul's numbers. All that is clear now is that Romney is going to loose BIG to Obama!
Ron Paul Beats Obama in Latest Poll - well, this is from September 28th 2011
http://www.conservativeactionalerts.com/2011/09/ron-paul-beats-obama-in-latest-poll/
LAKE JACKSON, Texas — In a new Harris Poll, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul beats President Obama 51 percent to 49 percent in a general election race.
These results come just a few weeks after a*Reuters/Ipsos survey showed Ron Paul polling within striking distance of President Obama among registered voters. Furthermore, a late August Rasmussen poll showed him within 1 percent of President Obama in a head-to-head matchup.
Another recent*Gallup survey, conducted August 17-18, shows Paul only 2 percentage points behind Obama in a general election match-up. In a similar head-to-head survey from last year done by*Rasmussen, Dr. Paul drew a statistical dead heat with the President. And earlier this year in a survey by CNN,*he did the best out of the other Republicans put up against Obama in a head-to-head poll.
Here's a RCP poll average 3/10-5/12
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_paul_vs_obama-1750.html
Obama 48.2 / Paul 40.0
That looks like when they stopped polling.
We all know the BS Obama has pulled and Romney is probably worse, especially with his wanting to triple the size of the military. Get Paul on a debate stage or buy TV advertizing time to expose these crimes and both those guys approval ratings are going to take an express elevator to hell!
So come on Dr. Paul, just another couple of months and you could save this country!
Please?
-t
