[okie01]

For all intents and purposes, this cycle's Ross Perot is Ron Paul. Just another quixotic Texan who could end up putting a Clinton in office.

[jmeagan]

****For all intents and purposes, this cycle’s Ross Perot is Ron Paul. Just another quixotic Texan who could end up putting a Clinton in office.****

You Ron Paul haters miss the meat of the article. No present “front runner for the GOP” has a chance of beating Hillary.

70% of the country is against the war and will tend to vote for the most anti-war candidate.

None of the present GOP front runners excite the GOP base.

None of the present GOP front runners can draw from the Democratic base.

The article is correct, the only GOP candidate that has a chance of beating Hillary is Ron Paul. He will draw from the anti-war base of the democrats and he will draw from the organized labor base of the Democrats.

Without Ron Paul heading the ticket, the defeat for the Republicans could be of the epic proportions of the defeat in 1972. Democrats will have a veto proof control of the House and the Senate. Couple that will Hillary in the White House, we would be in big trouble, as a country.

[LS]

Well, Ross had genuine national appeal. Despite the posters here in FR, RuePaul does not. I doubt he would seriously affect a single state’s electoral votes.