The Ron Paul train keeps rolling!
 

He got THREE TIMES the percentage of votes that Fred Thompson got in Florida today!

But isnt Thompson officially out of the race?

Go Ron Paul...even if you don't have a chance.

He is, which is why i don't understand this post. On another note, looks like gulianni is screwed.

The (official) Paul campaign spent little to no time in FL since it is a winner take all and they have saved their resources for smaller states. It was a grass-roots only operation there. Millions spent by Romney has won him 0 delegates.

In FL you can vote early (absentee?) and many were able to vote before Fred dropped out...at least that is what I have heard.

Ron Paul is the nicest politician in the whole presidential race. Now why isn't he getting the same attention in the media as Obama, McCain and the rest? If he did, he would be much higher. Maybe he just doesn't spend enough money for those TV ads the media is profiteering on.

I'm sure if the media gave him more attention, he could probably have doubled his results in Florida. He'd have gone from 3% to 6%!

Damn media. They just have it out for Ron Paul (and Dennis Kucinich, too).

:D - funny

It must be punishment from the Trilateral Commission or one of the other shadow groups that keep Paul and his supporters awake at night. Boo!

I visited the RP booth at the local gun show and like his Libertarian view on politics, he might very well be the only Republican I would consider. I have an Obama sticker on my truck , nice little social experiment going to gun shows and IDPA matches with it :)

He is giving those crooks a headstart before the Paul Master Plan is unveiled.

Paul is going to run third party, no doubt about it. I heard an ad on the radio here for him and that makes no sense otherwise since the primary is done.

I haven't fully thought this through, but part of me is happy about that. His run will seal it for the dems and if we're stuck with McCain who would act very similarly to a dem anyway...well why not let the dems get the real credit they deserve for the fallout?

Similar reasoning on my part (& many others) helped elect Slippery Willie the first time. But I want to do it too.

What does Ron Paul have over the Libertarian candidate?

Money, bags and bags of money.

Paul is in a unique situation. He can't keep his campaign cash for personal use, so he has to either give it to another campaign or to charity, I believe. He's not the Libertarian Party's candidate and he's not gonna get the GOP nomination. Despite his amazing fundraising, he hadn't gotten much traction in any one state. So what would he call his third party? Nader is what cost Gore FL in 2000 and Perot cost Bush I the whole election in 1992. I wonder how pragmatic Paul really is and this will show it.

What possible reason would there be for running ads in Michigan if not for national aspirations?

Because MI is not a winner takes all state and Paul could use the delegates to play kingmaker later on?

The Primary was a couple weeks ago Rick.

I know that. You mean he's still running ads in MI or are you talking about those before the primary?

He's still running ads here.

Just flipped on the Republican debate happening in Los Angeles.

Only 4 candidates invited . . . and Ron "3%" Paul is one of them!

There are a handful of powerful media conglomerates that control the media these days. Ron Paul says some good things, but he also says some off the wall libertarian things that aren't acceptable to the establishment. In that sense , he is like his opposite, that Kucinich fellow. Both are marginalized by the media. It was all Paul could do to get Fox to include him in their debate.
Obama also has some of that same idealist appeal. We'll see where that takes him in the big primaries coming up.

my opinion - looking at the war, national security, economy, health care, education, immigration and all the other issues talked about - the media in this country is the biggest problem and threat of all. You can't trust any newspaper or tv to not twist the truth, omit facts or pick what to report; to the point that it is of little use as information. Too many people believe it and take it for absolute if it reads like what they want to believe.

Just curious...with what would you replace the media with?

Seems to me that the media (while certainly flawed) in the USA is one of the biggest differences between our form of government and the despot nations of the world.

I think its a lot worse than flawed but I'm not suggesting that it should be replaced. I would like to see an honest one. I know, very idealistic.

I'm complaining but I don't have a good answer. The first amendment should not be touched. Its just a shame that many or most in the media hide behind it. Maybe in the future web blogs will offer more accurate news on government and will become more a mainstream source for information.

Ron Paul will do well here. I hope he does.

BTW finally got my bumper stickers today. He's my guy this year - win or not. I can't stomach either of the (D) candidates and I can't particularly stomach McCain (due to his ass-kissing stance towards illegal aliens), Romney (totally fake, plastic pretty-boy) or Huckabee (who I fear would start mixing religion and politics in dangerous ways). The only sensible choice as I see it is Paul.

No, he won't. 3.2% is my over/under. Hope in one hand and **** in the other, see which one fills up first.