I thought this was going to be a revolution, as in third party run and a challenge to the two old parties. But I guess not. Now it is a reform movement, trying to change the Republican Party.
Ron said there is almost no chance of a brokered convention, and he will remain a Republican and not run as a Libertarian. Since McCain will be the nominee, what is the point of being a delegate for Ron? It seems to be a pointless effort of demonstrating against the rest of the Republicans. Are the Ron Paul delegates supposed to work our way through the system to the Republican national convention? For what purpose? To be labeled as unrealistic supporters of a candidate with no chance of becoming the nominee? Can anyone explain what the strategy and goals are? Or am I the only stupid one who can't "read between the lines" and figure it out on my own? Why not explain it in plain terms? Are people afraid of our opponents seeing our strategy? We have nothing to hide, we aren't trying to enslave a nation with a fiat monetary system, we are trying to liberate our citizens. What good is a strategy when even the followers don't know what it is or what we are trying to accomplish?
I really wish the campaign would lay out all the options with the positives and negatives:
Continue seeking the Republican nomination:
positive:
- be able to run as a Republican for congressional seat.
- work within an established political party.
negative:
- won't get the Republican nomination in a brokered convention since McCain is the nominee.
- working within a corrupt political party.
- won't be on the ballot as a presidential candidate.
- won't be able to take the message of freedom and limited government directly to all the voters as a presidential candidate
- Zero chance of winning the presidential election
Run as a Libertarian for president:
positive:
- Keep presenting the message of freedom to the American people until November.
- Be able to run with hundreds of like-minded Ron Paul Libertarians, helping to spread the message.
- Better chance of winning the presidential election with name on the ballot in all 50 states, than not having name on ballot at all.
- Build a true revolution by building a third party to challenge and eventually replace the Republican party.
negative:
- Have to deal with an incompetent political party that doesn't know how to strategize or run effective campaigns.
- Would have to build the Libertarian Party into a credible party, get competent people to lead the states and national organizations.
- Would have to convince many supporters to join the LP.
- Would have to sacrifice Ron's house seat if he runs as a Libertarian.
- Get blamed for "stealing votes" from Republicans, allowing the Democrat to win.
I'm sure there are many other factors to include. But my first question is still: what is the official campaign strategy?
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