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Ron Paul has decided to shrink the size of his campaign staff, he’s admitted defeat, and says he will now focus himself on holding his seat in Congress. He’s not exactly dropping out, or even formally suspending his campaign, but it sounds pretty close to it.
His Presidential campaign appears that it will be put on autopilot and that he will seek to continue to accumulate delegates to take to the convention. Howard Dean did essentially the same thing when he stopped actively campaigning for President in 2004.
After yesterday’s post where I was repeatedly slammed by Ron Paul supporters for not recognizing that there would (obviously) be a brokered Republican convention, it’s not to see Ron Paul actually say there won’t be a brokered convention. He’s also completely ruled out a third party bid for the White House at this point. Apparently his seat in Congress is more important to him than taking his long-shot Presidential campaign into the Fall.
Now, this could obviously still change once he’s won re-nomination to Congress. He could turn around and accept the the top spot on the Libertarian ticket once again. But for now it seems like he just wants to hang onto his Congressional seat.
His opponent in that primary, Friendswood City Councilman Chris Peden, lays out his case for Republican primary voters:
I am a proven conservative Republican; the incumbent is a self-described Libertarian. I support winning the Global War on Terror and the War on Drugs; the incumbent does not. I think Islamo-Fascist terrorists were responsible for the 9/11 attacks; the incumbent thinks America’s Middle East policy’s were responsible for the attacks. I support fully funding NASA’s budget and the Vision for Space Exploration; the incumbent does not. I will support and vote for the Republican nominee for U.S. President in 2008, the incumbent will not (unless it’s him.)
http://www.conservativepulse.com/home/2008/02/09/ron-paul-suspends-campaign-sorta/
His Presidential campaign appears that it will be put on autopilot and that he will seek to continue to accumulate delegates to take to the convention. Howard Dean did essentially the same thing when he stopped actively campaigning for President in 2004.
After yesterday’s post where I was repeatedly slammed by Ron Paul supporters for not recognizing that there would (obviously) be a brokered Republican convention, it’s not to see Ron Paul actually say there won’t be a brokered convention. He’s also completely ruled out a third party bid for the White House at this point. Apparently his seat in Congress is more important to him than taking his long-shot Presidential campaign into the Fall.
Now, this could obviously still change once he’s won re-nomination to Congress. He could turn around and accept the the top spot on the Libertarian ticket once again. But for now it seems like he just wants to hang onto his Congressional seat.
His opponent in that primary, Friendswood City Councilman Chris Peden, lays out his case for Republican primary voters:
I am a proven conservative Republican; the incumbent is a self-described Libertarian. I support winning the Global War on Terror and the War on Drugs; the incumbent does not. I think Islamo-Fascist terrorists were responsible for the 9/11 attacks; the incumbent thinks America’s Middle East policy’s were responsible for the attacks. I support fully funding NASA’s budget and the Vision for Space Exploration; the incumbent does not. I will support and vote for the Republican nominee for U.S. President in 2008, the incumbent will not (unless it’s him.)
http://www.conservativepulse.com/home/2008/02/09/ron-paul-suspends-campaign-sorta/