I think that his poll numbers have went up since he has finally found a good glue to hold his eyebrows on.Looks like the OMB (occupy mom’s basement) crowd is getting spunky again.
Lay off the sugar and pot kids...
Better him than his old man... and I do mean old.
Dr Paul is the only choice both 2008 and 2012!
Are there sufficient real Americans (vice AINOs) who will vote for him whether or not they they think he will win?
Not likely!
Not This Marine!
For the majority...the football mentality prevails in all things...
Do the right thing regardless of outcome.
Semper Watching!
When you come upon a crackpot ranting on a city street corner there are two common reactions; cross the street so you don’t even get near the kook or walk briskly by and make no eye contact. Paul is as unelectable as his Democrat crackpot buddy Kuchinich.
If he is surging, probably mostly because he sticks with his message - does pay off in the long run.
Folks do get tired of hopping from one who flip flops to one who has baggage to one who (name condition)...etc...on top of getting jerked by the media.
If there is one thing different this time around that really stands out:
The video ads. Whoever he brought on board to make those ads really knows what the hell they’re doing. Those ads, especially the last 3 have been very very effective.
I wonder who that the person is...
=8-)
Are you kidding me? He is on every nightly news cast, in every paper, on every radio news broadcast........with the constant refrain "nobody gives me a chance". Really the man never shuts up.
OTOH, I think he is senile.
What does it say about the state of our society if an obviously senile old man becoming president is within the realm of possibility?
Paul and all his 911 truther buddies can go straight to hell.
I wouldn't be so kind.
I really like Ron Paul’s positions on domestic issues but he seems hopelessly naive in the area of foreign policy. I can accept his argument that we cannot afford all of these foreign wars. That’s fair. But, unfortunately, he goes beyond that to argue that, for example, Iran really represents no real threat to the U.S. I don’t believe that.
So I think it is his foreign views that ultimately dooms a Ron Paul candidacy for president. OTOH, he could win in Iowa and that would certainly mix things up. It would hurt Newt some. It would simply kill Bachmann and Santorum. It would be a bit of a blow to Romney.
Why do I think he could win: Organization and the absolute fanatical support he has from his followers. I think that will cut some points off the polling lead that Gingrich is currently holding. 25% for Newt to 18% for Ron Paul is not enough of a margin to guarantee a Gingrich victory, once again IMHO.
We will know the answer soon.
vacillating up and down in the polls is not surging... when someone drops out, more voters for the rest... surging would be like moving up, challenging second place then first place. Ain’t-a-gunn-a-happen, see it and weep...
He’s unelectable and unsuitable to be President.
He is correct in his criticism of the federal reserve.
He is correct in that we need to scale back our foreign interventions. Going to happen sooner or later anyway because were flat broke.
This is something a lot of folks on FR do not want to hear.
He has a ceiling , even among disgruntled Republicans. I think him winning Iowa is fine; somebody has to stop Gingrich early on.
The problem with Paul is that his foreign policy sucks. The problem with the rest of the candidates is that their domestic policy, and some of their foreign policy, sucks.
If not for Iran I might have voted for Paul...
all I know is that his latest TV ad sounds more like it it promoting a Monster Truck Pull at the fairgrounds. SUNDAY!SUNDAY!SUNDAY!
Ron Paul is one of the Democrat’s best candidates.
So, R-U-N Paul has been put in charge of the clean up crew? That's appropriate!
Serious advocates of Constitutional Government need to look at Paul.
IMHO...our military is way over committed. Bring ‘em home...batten down the hatches..button up the border ...take care of our own mess domestically.
Paul is the closest to this of all the candidates.
I think that his poll numbers have went up since he has finally found a good glue to hold his eyebrows on.Absolutely, I think you might like to see this thread.