Absolutely none.

They will NEVER let them nominate him. Never.

Never.

And even if they did somehow, his racist statements and associations are a killer.

they thought they actually were going to win in Iowa. And if they can't win there in a caucus state it's hard to see where he can win. I hope he continues the race, though--which he will.

He won't win the GOP nomination.

And Santorum is going to tank his campaign like Newt, Cain, Perry and Bachmann before him.

I can't see the Tea Party going for Mitt - they are apalled by him.

the last time he ran there.



Santorum will tank because there aren't enough southern states with social conservatives on the primary schedule early on.

If they both fold, voters will turn to Gingrich before they'd ever vote for Paul.

Because he's a dickhead

I actually tend to agree with you LynnSin....Perry maybe should have stuck it out
a couple days to see if Michelle dropped out.

If Paul is to win though, he has got to mollify his rhetoric. I actually noticed his son was trying to do that this week.

I truly think if he had some focus groups cringe at the over-the-top stuff he says and he toned it down a notch..he'd be further along.

For instance, instead of saying "Let Iran have a nuke, who cares." Say, "We need to fully analyze the impacts of them having a nuke before we just bomb and kill people."

Ron Paul supporters actually created the Tea Party in 2007. The supporters came up with the idea to have one day where everyone sent in donations and call it a money bomb. It was hugely successful and the Tea Party was born.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-17-ronpaul-fundraising_N.htm

Of course this did not go unnoticed by people like Dick Armey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Armey,

Dick Armey is a seasoned Republican and lobbyist who used a non profit organization, Freedom works, as a front to promote issues that were positive to the corporations he lobbied for.

http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=FreedomWorks

The Koch brothers also saw the opportunity to hijack the movement for their non profit front group Americans for Prosperity. They used the title Tea Party Express and this is this where the most outlandish bullshit came from.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Koch_Industries

So the Tea Party most Americans are familiar with is the Tea Party Express hijacked by Freedom Works and Americans for Prosperity.


Ron Paul has never openly supported this hijacked version of the Tea Party but he's never disavowed it or exposed it's takeover by Koch Industries and Dick Armey.

While they no doubt love his free market babbling his isolationism is anathema to the capitalist class which largely relies on imperialism to prop up thier rotten racket.

but ultimately it was the voters who made their voices here and the Tea Party put a nutjob on the ballot instead of the sure win (Mike Castle).

Chris Coons won in a landslide

as it always does. The Republican establishment would rather see Obama repeat(he's given them much of their heart's desire) than have the imperial apparatus dismantled, or even have that considered, not that I think that Paul could actually accomplish much in that regard, the legislative and beaurocratic opposition would be great.

Gotta give those conservative voters a little credit, they will stand by their convictions, no matter how bad. When a sitting republican govorner dissed the rebel rag in SC they stayed home in large numbers permitting a lame ass Democrat to win.

In the meantime that establishment will wheel out the heavy guns of money and endorsements to shore up their man. It's gonna be like Kerry for the Dems in '04. Or mebbe it will be like 1856 for the Whigs....

Better to focus on keeping the House & Senate.

If the GOP establishment really wanted to win 2012 they would have put a stronger candidate in the race that would have kept the Tea Party happy without shooting themselves in the foot.

It's Bob Dole all over again.

the economy starts to tank again soon. Then Mittens could be a threat. Mittens is scum sucking lying politician but the rest are just plumb fucking nuts and everyone knows it.

Any donations and volunteer work will be aimed at helping progressive Democrats get in or stay in office.

http://www.pdamerica.org/

The fact that 3/4 of the Iowa repubs didn't back Romney proves next to nothing in terms of the ultimate selection of a nominee. McCain did even worse in Iowa in 2008 -- 13 percent and a fourth place finish. Unless he stumbles, Mitt will handily win New Hampshire (maybe not by the 2-1 margin he's been polling at but in all likelihood by double digits). The next primary after that, in South Carolina, doesn't take place for 11 days, which means that there will an extended period during which Mitt will be reported as the frontrunner and the pressure will be on Gingrich, Paul, or Santorum to step up and become a credible challenger. If Mitt can improve on his 2008 SC showing (15 percent) to at 20 percent, he will continue to wear the front runner's mantle going into Florida. If he manages to capture 25 percent or more, he will be annointed as the nominee.

his ceiling is hard. Very few Republicans outside his cult following will accept him as an alternative to Romney. Gingrich was always the candidate with best prospects for derailing Romney, but his ego and political baggage quickly proved insurmountable. Santorum is now the last viable NotRomney.

a "win" in Iowa last night so it could be reported that way. He'll throw a bone to the religious extremists by putting some batshit crazy loon on the ticket as VP, just like McCain did - and the outcome will be the same. If anything, I can see Ron Paul making a 3rd party run and taking his supporters with him.

I think they will solidify their money behind Romney now. The rest will be jockeying to be VP ...