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Penners
02-09-2008, 12:03 PM
I am encouraged!

Paul Scales Back, Shifts Focus to Congressional Race
by FOXNews.comSaturday, February 9, 2008

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Ron Paul says he’s still in the presidential race but is moving to scale back his staff and shift focus to his own re-election campaign for his Texas congressional seat.

The libertarian-leaning, financially well-endowed Republican candidate who was all but overshadowed by the once-titanic fight between Mitt Romney and John McCain, wrote in a message to supporters on his Web site Friday that he has an obligation to his constituents in Texas.

“I cannot and will not let them down,” he wrote. “And I have another battle I must face here as well. If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee, and pretend it was a rejection of our ideas. I cannot and will not let that happen.”

Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich cited his congressional race, too, when he dropped out of the Democratic field, but Paul said he’s not giving up the fight.

With Romney out of the race, Paul said the chances of a brokered convention are nil, “but that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get.”

He added that with many contests over, he does not need a big national staff, so he’ll make his “leaner and tighter.”

Paul’s chances for recovery in the presidential race are smaller than Mike Huckabee’s. He has 14 delegates, according to the latest Associated Press tallies, compared with McCain’s 719.

But Paul ruled out a third-party run: “I do not denigrate third parties — just the opposite, and I have long worked to remove the ballot-access restrictions on them. But I am a Republican, and I will remain a Republican.”

He said no matter what, “The neocons, the warmongers, the socialists, the advocates of inflation will be hearing much from you and me.”

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Associated Press
Paul Vows to Remain a Republican in Race
36 minutes ago

HOUSTON (AP) — Presidential hopeful Ron Paul said he will not run as a third-party candidate in a new message to supporters that seems to recognize his slim chances at getting the Republican nomination.

The Texas congressman wrote on his Web site Friday that he is making cuts to his national campaign staff and that he must also stay focused on not losing the primary for his House seat.

Paul began Saturday with just 14 delegates for the Republican nomination that John McCain, with 719 delegates, has all but officially secured. Mitt Romney dropped out of the race Thursday, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has 198 delegates. A total of 1,191 delegates are needed to secure the GOP nomination.

"With Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero," Paul wrote. "But that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get."

Paul wrote that while he does not denigrate third parties he is committed to staying a Republican. His campaign supports low taxes and reduced government spending.

Paul's latest entry on his Web site also included a request that supporters not neglect his other "priority," which is making sure that the 10-term congressman remains in office.

"If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee, and pretend it was a rejection of our ideas," Paul wrote. "I cannot and will not let that happen."

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FORBES.com

Ron Paul And The Republican Crisis

The turnout at the University of Minnesota for the Feb. 5 Republican caucus was overwhelming—the almost-all-student crowd of over 300 packed two large classrooms for an event that, the facilitator said, had attracted fewer than 10 people in 2004.

But in what may be an ominous portent for the short- and long-term unity of the Republican Party, close to a third of these caucus-goers turned out to support Ron Paul. Statewide, 16% of voters cast their ballots for the maverick libertarian.

Of the 20 or so Paul supporters whom I interviewed at that event, about two-thirds said they would consider voting for a Democrat if Paul isn’t the Republican nominee.

If—and that's not a very uncertain "if"—Paul doesn’t win the Republican nomination, the eventual nominee will have to think hard about how to hold on to Paul’s supporters, who, by one estimate, make up about 6% of Republicans nationally. That’s a lot of voters, at least by the standards of the last two ultra-close elections, and depending on why they support Paul, many of them could find that they have more in common with the leading Democrats than with John McCain.

Paul may favor low taxes—a pillar of Republican ideology—but he also turns sharply away from his party’s positions on the war in Iraq and on some social issues. If, as my Tuesday interviews suggest, many of Paul’s supporters back him for his calls to leave Iraq, then it might not be reasonable for McCain to expect many of their votes in November.

This also introduces a broader challenge for Republicans. Could the party’s awkward coalition of libertarians and other sorts of conservatives crumble? Keep in mind that although Tuesday’s caucus was the first election event that many of my interviewees had participated in, they weren’t newcomers to the conservative scene, and they didn’t take their involvement with the GOP lightly. Many had Republican parents and grandparents—“all the way back to Lincoln,” as one said—and for the rising cohort of Republican partisans to support Paul and to consider voting Democratic suggests that the Republican Party is in for an identity crisis.

If Republican Party leaders figure out how to hang on to the Ron Paul crowd, they may end up owing gratitude to the Texas congressman, who in 2008 forced them to consider just who their supporters are.

--Jon Bruner

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affa
02-09-2008, 12:08 PM
I like these articles.

Lines like "Paul wrote that while he does not denigrate third parties he is committed to staying a Republican. His campaign supports low taxes and reduced government spending." may help convert Republican base.

DirtMcGirt
02-09-2008, 12:09 PM
bump

ronpaulfollower999
02-09-2008, 12:10 PM
Paul rules out third party bid, phasing back campaign (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/09/paul-rules-out-third-party-bid-phasing-back-campaign/)

The Good Doctor
02-09-2008, 12:12 PM
They called him "well endowed" too! :D

speciallyblend
02-09-2008, 12:13 PM
i do to,shows i will not vote republican in the general, thanks ron paul for waking me up,but after what the gop has done to ron paul,i doubt i could ever vote for mccain or huckabee or romeny.

so lets enjoy the crumbling of the republican,we can organize so we can pick up the pieces..

swhdallas
02-09-2008, 12:13 PM
Here's one from the NY Times...not a great title:

"Paul Concedes Race, Sort Of"

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/paul-concedes-race-sort-of/

ronpaulfollower999
02-09-2008, 12:15 PM
Here's one from the NY Times...not a great title:

"Paul Concedes Race, Sort Of"

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/paul-concedes-race-sort-of/

Its kind of true, unfortunately. :(

Sarge
02-09-2008, 12:25 PM
Great!

Now they have time to report on Dr. Paul.

Does this mean the media silence has been reversed?

What a bunch of jokers. The only reason they are printing anything is to try and get more votes swayed on the rest of the states.

They wouldn't give us the time of day or acknowledge a PR before today.

Just my opinion.

plb
02-09-2008, 12:33 PM
lol watch everyone now come out and start supporting him...Debates would be so boring without Ron Paul. :D

RforRevolution
02-09-2008, 02:10 PM
He is still gonna be in the Feb 28th debate?

allyinoh
02-09-2008, 02:13 PM
i do to,shows i will not vote republican in the general, thanks ron paul for waking me up,but after what the gop has done to ron paul,i doubt i could ever vote for mccain or huckabee or romeny.

so lets enjoy the crumbling of the republican,we can organize so we can pick up the pieces..

I agree.

We should all continue trying to win the states we have left and start focusing our attention on getting him re-elected to Congress. He cannot lose his seat.

We then need to start pushing other people for Congress, there are a lot of people out there in different states running.

This revolution is FAR from over.