Ron Paul's Strategy 2012

I read an article about this a couple of weeks ago, so I can't take credit for this, but here's the gist of it--Ron Paul is not in this to become President. He of all people knows that he's too far on the fringes of the Republican Party to get the nomination, much less to win a general election.



So what's his goal? To alter the course of the Republican Party at the Republican National Convention. Paul is focused on harvesting as many delegates as he can, focusing his work in caucus states and states with proportionate allocation of delegates, and even backwaters where no other candidate is competing, like Puerto Rico which will be awarding 23 delegates when all of Florida gets 29. What this does come convention time is, with enough Ron Paul delegates, the Ron Paul agenda can come into the Republican Party via the committees at the convention. Say 1/5 of the people on an economic committee are Ron Paul people--that's enough for them not only to get "audit the fed" before the committee for consideration as an official Republican Party policy, but 1/5 is enough for them to force an actual vote on the matter, forcing the other 4/5 to vote yes or no.



So, while Paul won't be the candidate, his delegates and his supporters will be seeking to changed the direction of the Republican Party wholesale, which will affect every level of elected government and interparty discourse......and set up his son for a run at the Oval Office in the future.



Ron Paul's a smart guy, and this is a smart strategy.

He's also targetting caucus states, where people meet and discuss before voting. His supporters are passionate about him, and we can easily see how easily swayed voters are. This gives him the best chance of getting votes turned to him, thus more delegates per targeted state.

bigbluepuma wrote:
He's also targetting caucus states, where people meet and discuss coerce and bully fellow caucus-goers into supporting their candidate before voting. His supporters are passionate about him, and we can easily see how easily swayed voters are. This gives him the best chance of getting votes turned to him, thus more delegates per targeted state.

Fixed it for ya. You are welcome. ;)

The platform doesn't matter. I don't think it ever has - ask John McCain. All that matters is what the candidate believes (or what Goldman Sachs pay them to believe).



That said, if the primary process doesn't produce a clear cut winner, Paul's delegates would be kingmakers (according to snocythe's interpretation of the Constitution anyway).

snoscythe wrote:
......and set up his son for a run at the Oval Office in the future.

That is, if Rand can find a way to escape the TSA.



Can someone become president and use Air Force One if he/she is on the no fly list? :lol:



Seriously though, I'm glad someone finally took a stand against the direction the TSA is headed.

HoosierCougar wrote:

He's also targetting caucus states, where people meet and discuss coerce and bully fellow caucus-goers into supporting their candidate before voting. His supporters are passionate about him, and we can easily see how easily swayed voters are. This gives him the best chance of getting votes turned to him, thus more delegates per targeted state.

Fixed it for ya. You are welcome. ;)

Hmmm, ya gotta point there.