Whither Ron Paul?
LewRockwell.com's Ryan McMaken, remembering that "there was once a time when libertarians weren't on TV regularly talking about Austrian free-market economics and the evils of war," rightly dismisses the idea of "one presidential election as some kind of end-all-be-all of the freedom movement" — Some Historical Perspective for Ron Paul Activists.
The American Conservative's W. James Antle, III, hopes "for Paul to be able to speak about real limited government and a noninterventionist foreign policy in a meaningful convention timeslot" and suggests that "anything that keeps the momentum going in favor of the GOP’s constitutional transformation is a victory for the Texas congressman" — Is Ron Paul Really Dropping Out?
Sunshine State News' Kevin Derby reports a recent "poll shows that in a three-way race, former Massachusetts governor Romney takes 44 percent followed by President Barack Obama with 39 percent and Texas congressman Paul in third with 13 percent" — Ron Paul Would Be Major Factor if He Went Third Party.
The American Conservative's W. James Antle, III, hopes "for Paul to be able to speak about real limited government and a noninterventionist foreign policy in a meaningful convention timeslot" and suggests that "anything that keeps the momentum going in favor of the GOP’s constitutional transformation is a victory for the Texas congressman" — Is Ron Paul Really Dropping Out?
Sunshine State News' Kevin Derby reports a recent "poll shows that in a three-way race, former Massachusetts governor Romney takes 44 percent followed by President Barack Obama with 39 percent and Texas congressman Paul in third with 13 percent" — Ron Paul Would Be Major Factor if He Went Third Party.
Labels: America the Beautiful, Paleoconservatism, Paleolibertarianism, Ron Paul for President
1 Comments:
He's not going to go 3rd party. He is in Goldwater mode now, trying to create a legacy movement within the GOP. And he has an even better standard bearer than Goldwater did with Reagan -- Paul has his own son and US Senator Rand Paul to carry on his fight. He isn't going to cripple his son's political future by launching a quixotic 3rd party candidacy.
As Goldwater himself understood, 3rd parties just don't work in American politics.
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