Does Ron Paul REALLY Have a Shot at the Nomination…

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This is a question that is on many a political commentator’s mind.  Ron Paul the Pro- Life Libertarian in Republican clothing seems to have a huge following and this is surprising many Republicans, considering how much the media is pushing Gingrich now.  Could he do it?  Could he actually take the nomination?  Well the political commentator says, he has a decent shot.  We all know, painfully, that during a normal election cycle that whoever has the biggest bank account or whoever has supporters with the biggest bank accounts will take the nomination.  Frankly this seems to be an unusual election.  As Time says the person of the year is “the Protester” and these people have been making their mark all over the world, but what does this mean for the US election.  People aren’t happy with “Government As Usual” and they aren’t happy with how the politicians are treating things.  The truth is that Obama has done a lot of good for the American people, but most of them don’t see it on the street, and their friend just got laid off.  People feel that governments, not just in America, have gotten to big and too powerful and the people want to take the government back.  This is what Ron Paul offers, a person who wants less government intrusion into a person’s life, a smaller government and a tax code that seems to make a lot of sense.  Could this be a case of idealism, of corse.  Could this work, not when laws are created by CONGRESS and not the president.  Could Paul get the nomination, that remains to be seen.  Let’s look at the top three contenders, in my POV, Romney, Gingrich, and Paul.  Romney is slick and has a lot of cash, could give Obama a run for his money in a general election, will never win the nomination because the south will never vote for him.  Gingrich has become the new political darling, and would be fun to see debating Obama, but this would become a question of ethic, and flip flopping, and marital scandals, I REALLY HOPE this paring doesn’t happen, if it does OBAMA WILL CRUSH HIM plain and simple because Gingrich will not win the undecideds and the Libertarians.  Ron Paul has the issue that the Republican party doesn’t take him seriously, he doesn’t get the commercial and face time that other candidates do.  His winning the nomination is a big question, but I think that Paul has the best chance at defeating Obama, because he can grab the disheartened voters better than Romney or Gingrich.  But as the original question stands, can Paul win the nomination…. it’s possible.

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7 thoughts on “Does Ron Paul REALLY Have a Shot at the Nomination…”

  1. This is a question many on the conservative right have wondered in the past couple of decades. The media panders and helps groom certain candidates both on the left and right of the political spectrum. Most of the US Network media leans left politically and with their staff. Fox news and most of their satellite news agencies lean with the established big government liking Republicans almost exclusively. The conservatives in the country are always left voting for the “lesser evil” in their mind and it’s been like this for a long time. That is one of the only reasons Ron Paul choose to go along with being a Republican as he has said himself a Constutionalist will not be elected.

    His son Rand Paul is a better speaker and follows the same set of principles of the Libertarian and Constutionalist parties for the most part. He’s also more “attractive” and looks better on camera which of course brings in the ballots. He however has not currently stated he will run for President.

    During the last election Ron Paul said that if he lost in the Primary election he would not run a 3rd party as Ross Perot attempted. For the 2012 election he has stated that he has not ruled it out yet (he could still). That would be an even less likely win for him. Support is failing for the current POTUS and his administration, a waning economy, and non principled and religious Republican candidates could potentially make this the best conditions for a 3rd party candidate in many years. Most certainly in the years of the current voting generations. Ron Paul could lose some voters on the Christian “right”, but could bring in many voters who are Athiest and Agnostic that follow science and have more open minds which many times do not vote for Republicans on a simple principle. Ron Paul has also demonstrated he can take voters from the left, right, and most importantly the middle (where Ross Perot failed).

    As with most elections this should be interesting to see the continuing evolution of our Republic.

    • Why abbreviate? I have a degree in Political Science and have never seen those abbreviations. I REALLY do not believe that looks have so much to do with getting the presidency. It is your command presence and the belief of the voters that you can make real change. I have watched Ron Paul’s speeches and I believe him to be an excellent speaker, and much better looking that Gingrich. Ron Paul’s son hasn’t been a senator for over 20 years, but Ron Paul has. I don’t think his son would have a better shot then him. A lot of it, sad to say, is going to come down to dollars and cents.

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