Ron Paul: No, I won't be endorsing Romney any time soon".

Larry Kudlow asks the most pertinent question about Ron Paul’s continuing efforts on the campaign trail after Mitt Romney has all but wrapped up the GOP nomination, which is what Paul hopes to accomplish by continuing to contest it. Paul says he’s not ready to follow Rick Santorum’s lead by endorsing Romney in the near future … and why should he? He’s raising money with a low burn rate, grabbing enough delegates to have the party establishment worried, and putting himself in position to force some policy changes in the party platform. Ron Paul is having the time of his life:

With virtually zero chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination, Rep. Ron Paul said Tuesday that he has no immediate plans to endorse Mitt Romney.

“I’m not thinking about that as much as what kind of presence we’ll have, how many people we’re going to have there, and what kind of an influence we can have on the platform in Tampa,” he added, noting that there were still plenty of delegates still up for grabs. “It may turn out that we may end up winning Iowa, and we’ve won a couple of these other states.”

Just how close to zero chance is it for Paul, anyway? Let’s assume that Paul can capture all of the delegates in caucus states, thanks to his organizational strength and ability to play the long game. Right now, Romney has 722 untouchable bound delegates from primary states, up through last night’s elections. He’ll get at least half of Indiana’s 46 delegates even if Paul can claw some from the caucus portion of the allocation, so bring that to 745 delegates. Romney should win all of the rest of the primaries by majorities, so California puts Romney over the top by June 5th no matter what happens. It’s over, and it’s been over since at least Santorum’s withdrawal.

But the endgame, as Kudlow puts it, hasn’t been the nomination anyway, at least not for Paul. He wants to influence policy in exactly the way he states in the interview, but more importantly, he wants his supporters holding the levers of power in local and state party organizations. That will make it much easier to move the GOP in his direction — and eventually give his son Rand a clear path to a presidential nomination. When he’s finished setting up his organization and generating as much in contributions as he can, he’ll give Romney his blessing in this election, because by then Romney’s win this year won’t matter to Paul.

Update: CNN asked Paul about rumors that his campaign planned to use its muscle on the delegate floor in Tampa to stage demonstrations against the Republican nominee, or at least the party establishment. Paul disavowed that intent:

COSTELLO: Santorum, Gingrich, Bachmann, Huntsman, Perry, Cain, they’ve all dropped out. Why haven’t you?

PAUL: Well, it certainly isn’t for the reason of disrupting a convention as you were alluding to. That is not in my plan. That is against my plan. I don’t like that being a suggestion.

I’m in it for very precise reasons to maximize our efforts to get as many delegates as we can. I’m still a candidate and to promote something that is very, very important. That is a change in the direction for the Republican Party to be a fiscal conservative Republican Party.

To not be a party that supports endless wars and a party that would look into the monetary system so that we can understand the business cycle.

So we have very precise goals and we are being quite successful in accumulating more and more votes and delegates. Quite frankly, I think the reports early on that we weren’t winning anything, it turns out we did win some of these states like in Maine and Minnesota and these other places. We’re doing quite well.

COSTELLO: I want to ask you about that, Congressman. Your supporters do seem to be taking a page from Evangelical Christian activists in the ’90s.

They’re taking control of state conventions to win you enough delegates to get your name placed formally in nomination. I mean, is the goal to get you a prime time speaking role at the Republican convention, is that why they’re working so hard?

PAUL: Well, being nominated is one thing and you get to give a speech, but that is different than just the leadership conceding sometime and giving you a speech. One is monitored and one is not.

So just to give a speech for the sake of giving a speech and have it edited doesn’t have much appeal to me, but I think moving in an agenda is very important. The best way I can do that is to maximize is number of delegates that we have.

Say what you will, but my experience in Minnesota has been that Paul supporters have organized well enough that they don’t need to disrupt the proceedings. They’re making themselves the new establishment. They look disciplined and focused, so a pointless disruption on the floor of the convention in Tampa would be not just be out of character, it would mainly be self-defeating

Just wondering that as a Christian how you square his stand against financial and moral support for Israel, which as you know is the prevailing reason for most Christians to shun his foreign policy ideas. It has caused him great trouble. Also, diminishing our military capabilities would be the natural result of his proclivity for slashing budgets where they include the military and DOD. If these ideas are not accurate, it seems Ron has done little to straighten us out, if you know what I mean.

I know about his policy of ending foreign aid to all foreign nations which I also support and how ending US aid to Israel's enemies does more for Israel than the current policy of failure. Israel is losing the military buildup race to her enemies.

I also know that Ron Paul was the only one in congress that spoke out in favor of Israel bombing Iraq's nuclear facility. Kind of strange when others say he is anti-Israel based on what others have written and said about him, I take as part of the campaign to discredit an honorable man.

I trust God and His promises for Israel, light years over WH and Congress politicking when it comes to Israel. Presidents and congress have screwed Israel time and time again. There are better ways to support Israel so she can defend herself, though I am all for cutting off aid to all Israel's enemies and keeping the aid going to Israel as another alternative.

We cannot afford to finance others govts around the world by spending money we borrow from China leaving our children and grandchildren the monster that has to be paid back, to keep military bases in places that provide zero defense of the USA. Japan and Germany can pay for their own defense as far as I am concerned to name just two. There are billions of dollars wasted in military spending. Surely you can name as well as I the countless bondoggles of failed military programs where the money disappeared and we saw no defense benefits to the nation. There is plenty of corruption and wasteful politicking spending in defense and military spending. In Ron Paul I see a man who wants to defend America not have us pay for everyone else's defense and stop the black hole corruption in a lot of defense programs.

Why is it so many who claim to be fiscally conservative never want to actually cut anything? Maybe because they are all talk when it comes to being conservative and when the rubber hits the road they bail. Geez Romney and all the other GOP candidates IMO would spend us into collapse. Big spending and big govt are our biggest problems and fixing those two result in fixing most other problems we face. I support Ron Paul because I am a Christian and fiscal conservative. I don't know what you are guys are that don't support him.

You should use these remarks as a vanity post to speak to out on behalf of your candidate, on his reasonable positions on which we most all agree with as fiscal conservatives, and to some extent at least even on ceasing the shoveling foreign aid cash out the door to enemies of both the US and Israel, as your candidate suggests.

Because Ron Paul never speaks of being a Christian, or ever of Judao Christian values, I don’t happen to know if he is Christian, or just unchurched, or to what extent exactly he is or is not anything. Do you know?

I hope he kicks butt in Texas. I can not tell you how I disdain and have no use for Myth Romney, the completely empty suit who has said NOTHING, reveals nothing and offers nothing, but for a record of Obama stunts which he, Romney, performed FIRST.

First Bachmann wins the Iowa Straw Poll. Then Romney wins the early count of the Iowa Caucuses, and within a shake of a lamb’s tail Santorum wins in the late count.

Now an FR article predicts that Ron Paul will have the majority of voting delegates from Iowa.

If Paul’s plan to cut 1 TRILLION dollars in year-to-year Federal spending, AND abolish 5 Federal Departments are the main reasons for Iowa Delegates to thaw out their opposition to Paul, then it might later be said that “the way Iowa goes, so goes the Nation.”

BTW, “T” is for Texas, Tampa and those of us who are TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY!”

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Here are some more reasons to vote for Ron Paul in the remaining Primary elections:

1.) It will drive the Liberal Agenda Media (LAM) and their Rove-style political consultants NUTS!

2.) It will deny statistical support to Romney.

3.) It could result in an OPEN Convention in Tampa.

4.) It would irritate the snot out of the GOP-E.

5.) It will put the GOP-E on notice that we think that their RINO Party has done NOTHING since we sent 89 TEA Party men and women to the US Congress in 2010.

6.) An OPEN Convention is our ONLY chance of a successful DUMP ROMNEY campaign.

7.) A superb, true “Dark Horse” Republican Nominee needs an OPEN Convention to replace Romney.

BTW, did I mention the sheer joy of the GOP-Endorsers publicly eating crow?

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What the Liberal Agenda Media has never figured out, is that the 2012 National Election will be the last National Election where Campaign topics other than the National Debt will be debated again.

IOW, when the grim reaper of financial reality forces Federal Politicians in “both” parties to pay the US Bond owners before payments to our Entitlement recipients, it will terminate discussion on the main topics that we chatter about so far in 2012.

This National election is all about the money, your grandchildren’s descendant’s money.

Ron Paul is to old and to disliked as being different from what most voters picture a US President to look and sound like to win the Nomination.

Ron Paul is our last, best chance to have an OPEN Convention in Tampa, and for that alone he deserves our Primary voter support. He has soldiered on through this entire Primary Campaign. Let us help him establish a beachhead on the Shores of Tampa!

My Favorite Dark Horse was R Sc US Senator Jim DeMint, but I have been told by those in the know that Jim will not run for POTUS.

Fortunately, there are many other great potential nominees who would be far more acceptable to us than any of the Primary Candidates so far, but a “Dump Romney” action requires an OPEN Convention.

For those who object to Paul as a Nominee, then treat him as a tired old political soldier who will, with our help, win the Battle to achieve an OPEN Convention in Tampa. THEN the delegates can win the War, and choose the best Nominee to solve our National Debt Problem.

Remember, this election is all about the money, your grandchildren’s descendant’s money - - - - .

What is the best way that you can use your Primary vote to help the financial future of YOUR descendants?

Also to add Ron Paul and his voters know nothing!Ron Paul voters that say he is for freedom and yet he hangs out and calls Dennis Kucinich a great legislator and would like him to be his Vice President!He always praised working with him!You are judged by the Company you keep!If Kucinich is the guy he likes you should say no thanks!You Paul voters know who Kucinich is?He is most progressive congressman in congress who think our Constitution is a living breathing document!You really think he is so great!This guy has been in congress for 24 years he has been in Elected office Longer than Franklin D Roosevelt ever did!He was on the of all places that Lawrence O Donnell show there is a youtube clip of it and he asked if he for term limits in congress which most conservatives are for he said no don’t believe me look it up!I Would not want this man anywhere near the Federal Reserve!Hell No!Any man who says the only legal tender currency should be gold and silver is an Idiot!So how you going to buy your bread and gasoline you going to carry a bar of silver and gold and have them cut a piece of it?Oh how do you think the press will treat this guy after he said he would have voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Bill!It is the law of the land why waste your time debating it or saying youre against it!He also said he was against the sex offender registry!Hey if you were to be sexually harassed as a woman Senile Ron Paul would tell you just go away how does that make you feel if you were a woman?Well Enough of the Domestic stuff Ron Paul is dead wrong about!

How about his Foreign Policy which is lame!This is the man who said he would not Kill Bin Laden that speaks for itself doesn’t it?He is blaming America for Sept 11th attacks!He acts like we are the problem really?Oh Ron Paul and The question that should also be asked to Ron Paul is were the Armenians to blame when the Muslims committed genocide in Turkey during the First World War?Did they support Israel and were punished for their support during the First World War?Oh that is right Israel was not around Ron Paul!I guess the countries like Sudan and Nigeria are supporting and giving Israel Billions of dollars Right Mr Paul NO Muslims are just killing them because they are not Muslims wrong again Ron Paul!Yeah Nigerians have had Muslims go in to Chrisitan Churches and kill innocent christians who are minding their own business get killed by guess who muslims!Add the Philippines,and Thailand who give billions to Israel that is why the muslims attack them also oops wrong again they do not give billions in aid to Israel!He talks about “Endless Wars”We are not the ones who want war we want pecae!It is the Muslims who if they do not get their way will kill anyone who does not follow their radical ways and sharia law!If you ever knew about history and the crusades even World War 1 they have never given up on a world dominated by Islam!Hey they even kill their own if they do not follow their radical ways!You had a Cartoonist a cartoonist who is threatened by death because he drew a cartoon of the Pedophile Sex Offender I mean their prophet Muhammed I say that Muhammed is a pervert because when he was 55 years old he married a 8 year old girl and Islam still does not care that you have a marriage like that unlike here in America that is so illegal!

Wake up Ron Paul Voters Ron Paul is nothing but a Wolf in Sheeps Clothing!He is not the person you think he is wake up!

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