Posted on 05/18/2010 2:09:49 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Behind the scenes the insider Republican establishment is now in an uproar as the odds are high that Rand Paul wins the Republican nomination for senator from Kentucky. This would be a major embarrassment to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and raises a big question about 2012: Why is Sarah Palin getting so much attention, and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) so little, from the national media and pundit classes?
Certain pundits appear strangely infatuated with Palin, but it seems to me that if Ron Paul runs for president in 2012, he could win a plurality of delegates in a multi-candidate field. My guess is that Ron Paul does run for president and Sarah Palin does not, but who knows? Why is it that major media are so unwilling to take a close and serious look at Ron Paul as a potential candidate for president, while they pant with excitement at every breath Palin takes?
If Rand Paul wins, it sends cold chills up the spines of Washington Republicans, and it may well force the media to take a close look at what happens if Ron Paul runs for president.
Do the math, folks. If there are three, four, five or more Republicans running for the nomination in 2012, Ron Paul suddenly has a shot at doing very well in the delegate count, possibly winning a plurality of delegates, depending on how many Republicans run and who they are.
If Republican power brokers try to lock him out, what happens if Paul runs as an Independent?
And why don't Republican or Democratic pundits give Ron Paul his due? After Election Day, they just might have no choice, right?
Reeaaaaaaaaallllllly.
A lot of people who like Palin would have liked Ron Paul had he not soiled his nest with his remarks about 911.
They want to support Ron, and can’t, so with Sarah’s help that frustrated support has passed to Rand.
Rand is going to do well if he can avoid putting his foot in it, because people are anxious to see constitutionalists step forward, and they want people who are bold and will not apologize for the constitution. I think its too late for his dad, but its not too late for him.
The kind of people that follow Ron Paul probably forgot that Rand has an election coming up, that he has to win before he becomes a Senator, that his goofy father can try to exploit.
This was only the primary that Palin helped him get through, the general is next.
Dumb and dumber IMO.
“Forget Sarah Palin: It’s Rand Paul’s moment and Ron Paul’s opportunity”
I LIKE Sarah Palin. I think that RAND Paul is better than his opponent.
“Ron Paul and his anti-war span monkeys can KMA,” I think a great man once said.
Did Palin make an endorsement in that race?
and the kennedy fatigue,
No current member of Congress, Republican or Democrat. Both have spent us into the thank.
Old, lifetime politician who endorses McKinney, Nader, and Baldwin- AND praised Michael Steele?
Romney/Paul 2012
You got it half right.
Oh brother.
He'll open his mouth and make a fool of himself again.
Ron Paul’s son may be good Presidential Timber.
Ron Paul has some ideas - BUT - he’s TOO OLD!!!
We already have one too many Pauls in the government. God forbid Rand gets in, and his daddy becomes president. The former may happen since many folks have been hoodwinked, but I don’t think the latter will.
Absolutely not true.
Liberals and their communist brethern are a mortal threat tot his nation.
Huckabee/Paul 2012
Why do people still try to push Mitt on a conservative site? He will never get my vote.
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