*reads from card Mr [Paul]: your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train, why are you so popular?
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:344793 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
