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And I am telling you, that is Boenher does this, he will have a riot on his hands at the convention from the majority of the delegates.
I know for a fact the RNC does not want Paul as their nominee. Obviously they would do many things to prevent it, however - completely destroying the Republican Party from further use is not one of the things I think they would be willing to do. They already have an enormous amount of controversy surrounding the tactics and legitimacy of many of the states primaries, with many GOP officials resigning over such incidents. If they were to do as you were saying, against the support that if most definitely going to be at the convention, they would be committing PARTY SUICIDE.
Now I know this may sound appealing to you, and you might think that it is a possibility, and you THINK that, for some odd reason, Ron Paul is going to have zero support at this convention, yet at 2008 RNC, there was quite a lot of support for Paul even there that was clearly audible AND visible - and he wasn't even a viable contender at the time! Do you think somehow, four years later, running in the race, winning majority of delegates state after state, support and financial contributions for the many exponential increased... that somehow that support and presence at the Convention isn't somehow going to increase at the convention this year.
Why would anyone make a claim to know any such number? Apparently you know better then most, because you assume that Paul will have literally NO presence at the convention to speak for him. But let me but it to you this way...
Buuuut.... what I do know is that Ron Paul DOES hold majority delegates in Iowa, Washington, Minnesota, Louisiana, and a handful of other states- all of which it has been proven that the MAJORITY of those delegates have openly given their support to Ron Paul.
Originally posted by IndieA
2 words.
Third party.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Originally posted by IndieA
2 words.
Third party.
Quite Possible.
In fact...I might do my next thread on Ron Paul's path to a third party run.
I can only speak for Arizona but we won't be voting for acclamation of Romney for sure!!!
Even though Romney won the popular vote at our state convention on May 12th , it seems that about 40% of the NATIONAL delegates will be Ron Paul supporters. The vote hasn't happened yet but about 40% of the STATE delegates are True RP supporters and 25% are Santorum/Gingrich supporters. We are winning over about 50% of the Santorum/Gingrich delegates and so expect our national delegation to be about 40%. We have to fight the McCain Kyl team out here and that is NOT easy!
Thanks, I concede that this is a possibility, after researching a bit with google. I am no expert, but, it appears that you have a valid point.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Right now my primary reason for wanting to see RP elected is for Outkast.
I am betting that his head will explode from all of the frustration.
Why does this matter? It matters because Romney will NOT have the delegates needed to win the Nomination.
The circumstances between the Dems in 2008 and the Repubs in 2012 is like night and day. Not to mention the simple fact that , as we all saw in Outkast's previous thread, he is working with completely faulty information from the start in relation to Delegates. If anyone took the time to look into his source information they would have clearly seen how delegates were awarded to Candidates in places that have yet to actually assign delegates yet
I think you, like all other Paul supporters are way over-estimating their delegation.
For an Obama supporter, you sure do spend a lot of time worrying about what Ron Paul is doing
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
And I would LOVE for that to happen. I would love Obama to face someone that has 5-10% support nationally. I don't live in the Ron Paul fantasy world where 99% of "the people" support Ron Paul...I live in reality where and Obama vs Paul election would be the biggest landslide in history.
Originally posted by KonquestAbySS
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
I think you, like all other Paul supporters are way over-estimating their delegation.
Don't you think yourself, and others like you on ATS are under-estimating his delegation as well? There is no clear answer at this point. If we are over-estimating Ron Paul like you say, then you are clearly over-estimating Romney and his delegation. Which doesn't make sense, because you will be backing Obama anyways. So what is the point for upping Romney?
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Obama isn't campaigning yet...this is the only game to comment on.
Originally posted by Nucleardoom
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
And I would LOVE for that to happen. I would love Obama to face someone that has 5-10% support nationally. I don't live in the Ron Paul fantasy world where 99% of "the people" support Ron Paul...I live in reality where and Obama vs Paul election would be the biggest landslide in history.
You know the saying "be careful what you wish for...". Your post proves your so out of touch with reality, that you just might never return. Don't let the door hit you in the ass.
Originally posted by CaptainIraq
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Obama isn't campaigning yet...this is the only game to comment on.
This, outkast. THIS is why I can't take you seriously. Not campaigning?
That has got to be a joke.
It's hard to make sense of your posts...because you clearly don't have a firm grasp on logic.