Could a recession put Ron Paul in the White House?

[Adamsa]

Looking back at US history and how FDR won over Herbert Hoover because of the Great Depression, do you think sudden bad economic circumstances could put the most vocal economic candidate into the White House?

[ronpaulfan]

That was your six hundredth and sixty sixth post.....:eek:

[Isupportliberty]

The Mark Of The Beast!

edit: oooh very clever stopping people from typing in all caps.

[Elwar]

I'm starting to think we're already in a recession but we're printing money so quickly that the economy seems like it's doing ok. Plus the unemployment numbers are low so a lot of people have jobs where their salary is going down but they're satisfied because at least they're working (albeit harder every day for less actual compensation).

[Richandler]

It can't when all the news talks about is anything but the right reasons behind it.

[CasualApathy]

AAAAAHHH!

Run away!

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[Adamsa]

Im in ur baysment, blowin up ur parlment.

[benhaskins]

it cant hurt. socialized medicine and expanding the war seem less popular all the time.

[Shaun]

Agreed. Smart analysis.
I think you are right...
Good work.

[Nash]

It will certainly help considering the economy is basically his #2 issue.

We're seeing a perfect storm of unfortunate events that may result in a very fortunate outcome. There is no way this campaign would get legs if we a) weren't at war and b) weren't on the road the financial oblivion.

In the end it's really all about the money. The economy is more important to voters than even the war, even though we have come to the realization that they are intrinsically tied together.

[Vonhayek7]

I'm afraid he'd get it during a recession and couldn't get his way (besides foreign policy) because people would be clamoring for more government. Then setting a bad example of libertarian politics for years haha.

Yeah, i'm negative.

[AceNZ]

I'm starting to think we're already in a recession but we're printing money so quickly that the economy seems like it's doing ok. Plus the unemployment numbers are low so a lot of people have jobs where their salary is going down but they're satisfied because at least they're working (albeit harder every day for less actual compensation).

We are already in a recession. The government is manipulating the reported GDP numbers to try to fool people (and the markets) that we aren't.

Unemployment numbers are likewise manipulated. They no longer count people who have been unemployed for a long time (the so-called "discouraged workers" were defined out of existance during the Clinton Administration). Real unemployment is around 12%. Consumer price inflation is around 10%.

Have a look at the Shadow Government Stats (http://www.shadowstats.com/cgi-bin/sgs/data) site for more details.