Paul does better than Romney in hypothetical match-up with Obama

[GALTGULCH8]

http://www.examiner.com/independent-in-manchester/paul-does-better-than-romney-hypothetical-match-up-with-obama?CID=examiner_alerts_article

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

<<<"Despite the Mitt Romney coronation in the mainstream media, and the lack of media coverage given to Romney's main Republican competitor, Ron Paul, the Congressman does even better than Governor Romney in a head to head match-up against President Obama.

According to the Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll for April 12:

In a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup, President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied at 45%. Texas Congressman Ron Paul holds a one-point edge over the president, 44% to 43%.

How can that be? The race is over, right? Romney won.

This is another result that is likely to receive no coverage on FOX News, CNN, and MSNBC, or any of the other television networks. Why should those networks cover a candidate that apparently a plurality of Americans would rather see in the Oval Office instead of the current inhabitant?

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Despite what the mainstream media are reporting, the Paul campaign continues to trudge forward. In fact, most of Paul's supporters were buoyed by the exit of Senator Santorum from the race. There is a renewed focus and excitement within the Paul campaign and among the legions of supporters that make up the legendary grass roots Ron Paul Revolution. In fact, the Paul campaign hopes to raise 2.5 million during its In it to Win it April 15 money bomb. Dying campaigns are not able to raise that kind of money.

Apparently, the rumors of Mitt Romney's coronation and Ron Paul's electoral death are greatly exaggerated. The American media is doing its best to advance a false narrative, but the American people have yet to speak.

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[Selene]

Dying campaigns are not able to raise that kind of money.

This is not an exclusively accurate statement.

[Dglgmut]

I don't see Romney beating Obama. I dunno... Ron Paul's volunteers are quite motivated. Hopefully his appeal keeps snowballing!

[GALTGULCH8]

I have been trying to influence Ron Paul to re examine his pro life position by pointing out that his claim to being Mr. Consistent is incompatible with his opposition to a pregnant woman's right to abort. He claims to be pro liberty except in this regard. He refuses to acknowledge that compelling a woman to remain pregnant against her will is a violation of her right to her own freedom of action.

So maybe if Romney sees that his loss of support to Ron Paul gives him an opportunity to go back to being pro choice on the issue might solidify his appeal to pro choice voters who might be supporting Obama now.

Just goes to show how unappealing Romney is because of his flip flopping.

[Dglgmut]

Ron Paul says it's a state's issue, though. In The Revolution he covers exactly why he's pro-life, and I've heard him talk about it in interviews and I think he's right. Pro-choicers have to label the baby a parasite, and as Ron says in the book, "People ask an expectant mother how her baby is doing. They do not ask how her fetus is doing, or her blob of tissue, or her parasite."

But I don't think he's inflexible in exceptionally unfortunate cases.

[studiodekadent]

This is a good point.

The simple fact is people are aware a cabal of powerful economic and political interests controls and manipulates the political process and economic structure for their own ends. They KNOW the "Political Class" is very real, and they know that both mainstream R's and mainstream D's are merely arms of that Political Class.

This is why candidates like Ron Paul will often be more popular amongst the general population than amongst "Party Faithful." Ron Paul, for all his faults, is a sincere anti-corporatist, and thus an enemy of the interests of the Political Class. The last thing that the Political Class wants is an actual free-market economy.

The general population, not being members of the Political Class and seeing how the Political Class strangles their opportunities and freedoms, likes people such as Paul.

The party establishment, being part of the Political Class, have the opposite reaction.

[GALTGULCH8]

After I read this I felt even more strongly that I should attend Ron Paul's appearance in Rhode Island on April 18th to see for myself:

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A Rick Santorum supporter visits a Ron Paul Rally

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Here is a Facebook commentary from Adrian Murry, a Rick Santorum supporter and Ft. Worth tea party leader, who recently attended a Ron Paul event in Ft. Worth, TX:

...I have spoken before a lot of groups in the last several years as we have all grappled with the seeming dissolution of our country. I have half-jokingly said on many of these occasions that the other side doesn’t really have to defeat us politically, they just have to wait for us all to die off so they can implement their plans. My point has been that the greatest issue facing the conservative cause is a demographical one, a lack of diversity that will shortly render the conservative message irrelevant. Where are the youth? I and others have asked. Where are the people of color? Why doesn’t the conservative message resonate?

The answer to where they are could be found last night at the Will Rogers Auditorium. Often at political events there is a sense of excitement, anticipation, a certain buzz in the audience while waiting for the main event. Excitement, anticipation and buzz are weak and inadequate words to describe the pre-rally crowd last night. Energy is even inadequate. What undulated through the thousands who thronged outside before the doors opened last night was a kinetic power, the power of hope, the power of liberation, the power of anger at a system turned upside down, the power of liberation and, yes, the ultimate and emancipating power of freedom. You had to be there to understand it.

Once inside, for the only time in my politically active life, I was transported to a world I had not seen before. There was enough energy in that room to power a skyscraper. Teenagers, college students, whites, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, middle-aged, elderly, every racial, ethnic, socio-economic, cross cultural ingredient of the American melting pot was there. The auditorium was a cauldron of American citizens who understand and have grasped the true nature of the tyranny which has befallen this nation, a conflagration, if you will, of passion and anger and joy and determination. This is where the fire starts this time. The eruption when Mr. Paul took the stage was deafening...

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What exactly is our national security securing? Certainly not our liberty. We have been sacrificing ever larger chucks of our liberty to the gods of security for decades now and in the interests of securing our liberty have given it all away. Go to an airport if you want to witness the loss of liberty in all its glorious humiliation. One wonders if we actually were taken over by another power and our Constitution dismantled what exactly could they do to restrict our movements, monitor our activities and control our actions that would be any worse or oppressive than what our own government is doing right now?

This part of Mr. Paul’s message, if I have interpreted it correctly, is what resonates with me. All the other things pale in contrast to our becoming a nation of slaves.

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So what did I come away with last night? It can be captured in one picture. Before Mr. Paul was introduced, part of his family took the stage: his wife, one of his sons, a smattering of cousins, nieces and nephews. That picture tells us all we need to know. They are us. They weren’t pulled from central casting, exquisitely coifed and finely tailored, prepped and ready for the cameras. No. They are a family. They are us....

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America is on the brink of flatlining.

Which logically only leads to one question:

Is there a doctor in the house?

Which logically only leads to one answer:

Ron Paul 2012

http://blog.briangallimore.com/2012/04/adrian-santorum-and-r...

Original source:

http://www.facebook.com/adrian.murray2/posts/10150700157891158">>>

here is the link to its place at www.dailypaul.com:

http://www.dailypaul.com/226693/a-rick-santorum-supporter-visits-a-ron-paul-rally

[BaalChatzaf]

Unfortunately the American people do not want and are not yet ready for Ron Paul's America.

Ba'al Chatzaf

[GALTGULCH8]

"Unfortunately the American people do not want and are not yet ready for Ron Paul's America. "

"Reality will show!" is a quote from the wisdom of Ayn Rand!

[Dglgmut]

Remember that Ron Paul does not lose supporters; he only gains them. His supporters recruit more supporters, so he gains popularity exponentially.

[BaalChatzaf]

Remember that Ron Paul does not lose supporters; he only gains them. His supporters recruit more supporters, so he gains popularity exponentially.

Your faith in exponential growth is touching.

Ba'al Chatzaf

[Dglgmut]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfS1x5RnZZQ

Well, he's got Iowa and Minnesota.

[BaalChatzaf]

Remember that Ron Paul does not lose supporters; he only gains them. His supporters recruit more supporters, so he gains popularity exponentially.

If it were exponential he would have the approval of every voter in America by now. How many years has Ron Paul been around?

Yeah, exponential. Right. See how fast 2&(1.00000000000001) grows.

Ba'al Chatzaf

[Dglgmut]

lol...

Remember the rule of three; you still have to reply to that post one more time.

[BaalChatzaf]

O.K.

Ba'al Chatzaf

[GALTGULCH8]

I used to think that Objectivism would grow exponentially starting with the 20,000 subscribers to The Objectivist Newsletter, doubling each year would be in the tens of millions in ten years or so. DIdn't happen meaning it is growing more slowly than that. I expect it to continue to grow in America and around the world over the decades. It does have reason and reality on its side. Still virtually invisible publicly except for the books and the movies.

Ron Paul has ignited a pro freedom movement which appeals to those who come to be moved by the vision of the Founders. The movement will continue to grow here over the years given the crisis and the failure of government policies programs and interventions. There is the danger of the country devolving into a totalitarian dictatorship if it goes bankrupt with collapse of the dollar and massive takeover by the statists, fascists, socialists, mystics and altruists, that is the democrats and neocons.

The freedom lovers are passionate and will coalesce all over with organizations in the colleges, universities, towns and cities in the various forms counting those which have been around for a long time and the newly created ones. They have the potential to explode in popularity if Romney gets elected and fails to take the necessary actions to stem the growth in government and its profligate spending, inflating and intervening. Ditto if Obama gets re elected.

While there is life there is hope. But this time the antidote is known.