Ron Paul Plans ‘Special Announcement’ (Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney join his merry band)

Wall Street Journal ^

[longtermmemmory]

unless they all endorse Obama.

Ron Paul is stupid enough to do that.

[wideawake]

All third parties in the US combined got 1% of the vote in 2004. They will get even fewer votes this year.

Even if the third party voters were to march in lockstep with this committee's wishes, they would be very unlikely to turn the election.

Especially since the most hardcore third party types live in states like MA and MS where they make no electoral difference.

[AuntB]

I thought you’d enjoy this. Talk about a guy who can’t make a decision...He’ll endorse McKinney before Palin??? geeeezzee

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

From CNN Political Editor Mark Preston
Ron Paul is urging his supporters to pick a third party candidate.

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul will call on supporters to back a third party candidate for president Wednesday, rejecting his own party’s nominee and offering equally harsh words for the Democratic candidate.

Paul, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination, will tell supporters he is not endorsing GOP nominee John McCain or Democratic nominee Barack Obama, and will instead give his seal of approval to four candidates: Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney, Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr, independent candidate Ralph Nader, and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin, according to a senior Paul aide.

The announcement will take place in the morning at the National Press Club in the nation’s capital.....

Paul will offer this open endorsement to the four candidates because each has signed onto a policy statement that calls for “balancing budgets, bring troops home, personal liberties and investigating the Federal Reserve,” the Paul aide said.