If Republicans want a nominee selected and funded by voters who normally support leftist Democrats, Ron Paul is your guy...
But if Republicans want a Republican nominated by Republicans to run against Hillary, it's time to put an end to the Ron Paul campaign...
Look-out-this-is-gonna-attract-the-swarm PING! ;)
He gives instructions on his website on how to re-register to vote in the Republican primaries.
When I was in Pueblo yesterday, there were people in lawn chairs at every busy intersection in town with "Ron Paul" signs.
Pueblo is the second largest Democrat stronghold in Colorado.
In any case, he will not get nominated and will go away in the real main election. So I do not believe he wants to be the next Ross Perot.
I’m pretty sure the majority of Paul’s funding comes from perturbed libertarians.
And even if leftists do contribute to his campaign, it seems like they would be working against their interests, since Paul’s view of government is completely antithetical to liberal leftist ideology.
Although he is running as a Republican, he actually has very little support from rank and file Republicans, as every national Republican poll confirms. But it turns out that he has very little support from mainstream Libertarians either. As Dondero pointed out, Ron Paul is only attracting support from the leftwing side of the libertarian spectrum, virtually none of whom are Republicans.
According to official campaign fund raising filings posted at www.opensecrets.org, Ron Pauls top contributor is well known internet giant Google. Google, with Al Gore on the board of directors, has a long history of progressive political activism, both in the way they censor search results to bury conservative slanted stories, and in their campaign contribution habits, which is solidly Democrat, with the exception of Ron Paul.
Like Howard Dean before him, Ron Paul first grabbed headlines with his very hi-tech internet campaign, which is now easily explained by the fact that his largest constituency is in the computer tech community. It also explains how Paul supporters have perfected the art of spamming or jamming online polls, creating a false impression of bigger support while invalidating poll after poll. Other tech giants like Microsoft and Verizon top his donors list as well.
Among Ron Pauls top donor zip codes are of course parts of Texas, but also heavily liberal districts in Chicago (60614), San Francisco (94117), more than 80% of which supports Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer, and Los Angeles Long Beach, which is his second largest donor area after Dallas.
What we have here is a candidate trying to win the Republican nomination by raising money from liberals across the political aisle.
This is why his fund-raising is not translating to improved poll positions.
His donors are not Republicans. So no matter how much money he raises, it is not translating into Republican support in the polls. He remains at or below 5% support in every national Republican poll, no matter how much money he raises.
I disagree that Paul is going to have much influence over who is going to be the eventual Republica nominee.
However, I’d much rather Democrats and other leftists waste their money by sending to Ron Paul. Leaves less for Hillary!.
How odd. According to this site, Paul is irrelevant yet dangerous. I wonder how that can be....
Ping! ;)
He’s only dangerous if he tars Republicans with the old racist/antisemite tag. As to actual votes, he rarely exceeds the margin of error in any poll. If conservatives votes are split in the primary, it’s a function of multiple quality candidates, all but Guiliani. Paul won’t be a factor, and a 3rd party run will likely draw as much from the left as the right, particularly if a reborn pro-war Hillary is the nominee.
Facts or assumptions?
If the Pubes nominate ~~"same as all the rest"~~(R), then we get what we deserve, a lib by another name!
If we get some REAL rock ribs on the ticket, the left will melt under their own divisions.
If a screwball like RP is a threat to anyone or anything, tough for them/that.
Tells me a lot about what sort of support this guy is getting and by whom. 14 year olds . . . they can't even vote. There was not one adult. Wonder how much they were paid.
google paulistinian /;!}
There is a problem with this guys assumptions. Using his idea that a donor’s Zip code equates with their political leanings is simplisticly foolish and easily refutable.
http://opensecrets.org/2000elect/geog/P00003335.htm
There, the EXACT SAME argument, even using the same zip codes and metro areas, could have been used to attempt to discredit George Bush in the 2000 election.
(More simply, wealthy people who donate to campaigns don’t want to live in the cornfields of western Nebraska.)
Let me state that Eric Dondero is a good guy, and his opinion carries some weight regarding Paul’s mental state. That is disturbing.
But if Republicans want a Republican nominated by Republicans to run against Hillary, it's time to put an end to the Ron Paul campaign...
If hes funded largely by anti-war leftists, from Democrat stronghold districts and counting on Democrats, Libertarians and members of the Green Party to win the Republican nomination, not very
LOL, JB Williams getting his facts from Dondero. Well that's a valid source...
Upon investigation, it appears that Mr. Dondero is exactly right. Much of Ron Pauls money is not coming from mainstream Libertarians or Republicans.
And he provides zip codes as 'evidence'. Wow, JB didn't know conservatives could only live in the certain zip codes. You've convinced me!!!
But if Republicans want a Republican nominated by Republicans to run against Hillary, it's time to put an end to the Ron Paul campaign...
Yep because the absolutely last thing the Republican party can stand for is liberty and freedom.
You know this isn't even a good hit piece. What's Mr. Williams day job?