On the 8th, Ron Paul released a new message in which he stated that he would continue "to fight on" while making his campaign staff "leaner and lighter," for there is "now no need for a big national campaign staff." Also, Paul insisted that he is "committed to fighting for ideas within the Republican Party," so he will NOT run as a third-party candidate--"I am a Republican, and I will remain a Republican." However, Paul will run again for his congressional seat in Texas.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Paul Update Feb. 4-Feb. 9
Despite his "only one" theory, Paul unfortunately only won 5% of the votes in Arkansas and 6% in Tennessee. However, Paul's numerous endorsements from North Dakotans clearly helped him to get third place at 21% of the votes (behind Romney and McCain and ahead of Huckabee). Furthermore, Paul won three out of eighteen delegates in West Virginia. These three are said to have been secured by an agreement with the Huckabee campaign. After Super Tuesday, Paul has secured over forty-two delegates for the national convention. Still, Paul continues to gain endorsements, the newest coming from University of Chicago professor and suicide terrorism expert Robert Pape. Pape will become Paul's new Foreign Policy Advisor.
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It's interesting that, unlike Kucinich, Paul is remaining in the presidential race even with his re-election coming up. Are his chances for re-election pretty solid? Also, he did manage to get 11% of the vote in the Kansas Primary on Saturday - is it because of his own popularity, or did Mitt Romney's dropout contribute to his numbers?
I think Ron Paul knows he has no chance now, especially with the letter he put out saying [his battle] " will not end at the Republican convention. It will not end in November. It will not end until we have won the great battle on which we have embarked." With Paul trying to make his "rEVOLution" more of a long-term mindset than a campaign slogan, he basically has recognized defeat, especially since he's going back to run for his congressional seat.
Perhaps Paul thinks that because he has secured over forty-two delgates, with furthur endorsements, he will be able to secure more. Maybe he is trying to get as many delegates as possible in order to keep the delegates from the more moderate McCain; Paul did say he was a die hard Republican. Also, I am unsure of how well Paul will do while running for congress as well as for president. Will he be able to keep the two different jobs separate, or will the people realize that he can only be focused on one at a time? It should be interesting to see where Kucinich, who dropped out to run, and Paul, who did not drop out, will be when getting reelected. Which strategy will work the best?
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