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Neo-Cons Admit Paul Could Become "Ross Perot Of 2008"
Finally Ron Paul is treated as a serious factor in this
election
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It seems that Ron Paul is finally being accepted as a serious
presidential candidate by a portion of the neo-con spin brigade.
National Review Online, normally a trusted neo-con
mouthpiece, has published a surprisingly
detailed and extremely balanced article on the Congressman's
policies and campaign prospects, concluding that Paul could become
the Ross Perot of 2008.
"It’s time to start taking the ten-term
Texas congressman seriously." writes economist Donald Luskin.
"Even if it’s a bridge too far for
him to capture the GOP nomination, he could mount an insurgent
run for the presidency with cross-party appeal and fundraising
power, probably as the nominee of the Libertarian party (on
whose ticket he ran for president in 1988). He could end up
shaping the coming election as H. Ross Perot did the 1992 race
— denying either major-party candidate the mandate of
a majority of the popular vote, and shifting the center of gravity
on important issues."
Luskin cites Paul's broad appeal as a key factor
in enticing grass roots support from both sides of the political
paradigm, acknowledging that the Congressman has the pulling power
to win over pacifist elements of the Democratic base with his
anti-war stance, combined with the ability to draw votes from
conservatives with his vision for a deregulated and economically
sound free market stripped of big government bureaucracy.
It is this broad appeal that makes Paul comparable
to Ross Perot.
During the 1992 election Perot drew support from
across the political spectrum. He received 18.9% of the popular
vote - approximately 19,741,065 votes, making him the most successful
third-party presidential candidate in terms of the popular vote
since Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election. He even managed
to finish second in two states.
Perot's candidacy had received increasing media
attention when the competitive phase of the primary season ended
for the two major parties. Bush Snr.'s campaign was dwindling,
and Bill Clinton was up to his neck in scandal allegations (surprise
surprise). Perot therefore emerged as the beneficiary of populist
resentment toward the establishment politicians.
It is not so difficult to imagine Ron Paul emerging
as a figure fitting this mold.
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Although Ron Paul has refused to be drawn on the
possibility of an independent run on numerous occasions, he has
never categorically ruled it out. At this stage their is no logic
to Paul going independent, he is holding his own in the GOP race
while Rudy Giuliani is on the verge of elimination.
However, for the National Review to cite Paul's
popular appeal in this way and admit he is a major player is extremely
encouraging for Paul and his supporters.
After this weekend's second place finish in Nevada
the non-coverage of Ron Paul in the main stream media became inexplicable.
The ever reliable Neocon
mouthpiece Fox News put up a graphic showing the
results from Nevada devoid of any information on Paul! They failed
to mention the #2 candidate, although they covered #1, #3 and
#4!
The New
York Times “official results page” on
its website failed to even list Ron Paul as a candidate on Sunday.
However, it seems the worm is now turning, the Times has since
added Ron Paul to it's 2008 election guide and axed Giuliani,
whom the Congressman himself predicted Monday will soon be out
of the race altogether.
Meanwhile, the Ron Paul revolution marches on full
pace. Yesterday saw grassroots supporters raise over
$1.8 million in 24 hours, in a Martin Luther King
Day "money bomb". This is a remarkable achievement given
that December saw a record $6 million raised in a single day and
the month before that $4.3 million in one day. Paul's earnings
for the first quarter of 2008 already stand at over $3.2 million
and show no sign of slowing.
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