On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Even when Paul was number two in a three man race they would talk about > number one and three without even acknowledging his existence. > > I think it's less about Gingrich and more about "Wow, Paul's still in the > race? Guess we should finally start talking about him" > There is no denying the reality of his growing popularity, though a Paul nomination is still very much a longshot. Even if he won the Presidency, many of his views would simply not translate into policy without a Congress willing to enact his ideas. I think it's more likely that he becomes a significant player for the rest of the primary and at the convention by pushing the other candidates toward libertarian ideas. Whatever happens, Paul's campaign has no debt, his money bombs keep rolling in the donations, and his intellectually consistent arguments attract people who are tired of the same old same old from the political establishment. He will be at the convention as a candidate, which is more than can be said for much of the rest of the field. At this point, it looks like only Paul and Romney will have the money to slog through the winter and spring, unless another candidate pulls out a big victory in one of the early primaries. All of which points toward Romney as the candidate and Paul as a potential spoiler in the general election. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344792 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
