It looks like Ron Paul isn’t going to be officially nominated for the presidency in Tampa.

His backers failed to win a plurality of delegate slots at the Nebraska GOP convention Saturday, leaving the Texas congressman short of the support necessary to have his name placed into contention at the national convention.

According to national party rules, a candidate needs a plurality of the delegates in at least five states to have his name presented for the nomination – by falling short in Nebraska, the last state to hold its convention, Paul came up one state short.

Originally posted by schuyler
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It looks like Ron Paul isn’t going to be officially nominated for the presidency in Tampa.

His backers failed to win a plurality of delegate slots at the Nebraska GOP convention Saturday, leaving the Texas congressman short of the support necessary to have his name placed into contention at the national convention.

According to national party rules, a candidate needs a plurality of the delegates in at least five states to have his name presented for the nomination – by falling short in Nebraska, the last state to hold its convention, Paul came up one state short.

It's over. Yes, Paul supporters are extremely energetic about their candidate. We all agree on that point. But they have also believed their own hyperbole, not understanding that they were nowhere near as effective, popular, or important as they thought they were. Paul traditionally got about 11% of the popular vote--when people were allowed to vote. I don't blame Paul supporters for wrenching out delegates from the caucus system far in excess of Paul's actual support. It has showed the nature of the screwed up caucus system, and for that we should be grateful, then fix it.

But 11% is far less than many modern third-party or alternative candidates have gotten. It doesn't matter what Paul supporters do now. There are not enough of them to make a real difference.

Originally posted by mattdel

Originally posted by schuyler
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It looks like Ron Paul isn’t going to be officially nominated for the presidency in Tampa.

His backers failed to win a plurality of delegate slots at the Nebraska GOP convention Saturday, leaving the Texas congressman short of the support necessary to have his name placed into contention at the national convention.

According to national party rules, a candidate needs a plurality of the delegates in at least five states to have his name presented for the nomination – by falling short in Nebraska, the last state to hold its convention, Paul came up one state short.

It's over. Yes, Paul supporters are extremely energetic about their candidate. We all agree on that point. But they have also believed their own hyperbole, not understanding that they were nowhere near as effective, popular, or important as they thought they were. Paul traditionally got about 11% of the popular vote--when people were allowed to vote. I don't blame Paul supporters for wrenching out delegates from the caucus system far in excess of Paul's actual support. It has showed the nature of the screwed up caucus system, and for that we should be grateful, then fix it.

But 11% is far less than many modern third-party or alternative candidates have gotten. It doesn't matter what Paul supporters do now. There are not enough of them to make a real difference.

Do think the reason for that is because his message is unwanted by the masses, or because the masses haven't been given his message? Ah, there's the rub. He's a bit ahead of his time, as far as the voting majority goes. Too many old folks and middle agers that check the box next to their registered party without considering anything the candidate has said or done.

edit on 15-7-2012 by mattdel because: (no reason given)

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Yet despite apparent Democratic hopes that a Paul candidacy might cut into Romney’s total, the likely Republican nominee is the winner of a three-way race if the election were held right now. Given that match-up, Romney earns 44 percent support to President Obama’s 39 percent. Paul runs a distant third with 13 percent of the vote.