Ron Paul is still going strong and keeping in the Republican race, despite the fact that McCain seems to be the clear nomination. Paul has recieved over $6 million this quarter and a number of supporters. What proves to be interesting is the top three contributors to Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s campaign are from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. Paul has the support of our nation’s brave servicemen and women, shouldn't that influence some of the American people to believe that he is the man for the job?
Ron Paul called for stricter adherence to the Constitution during an impassioned speech about his political ideologies on Feb. 13 at Georgetown University. He positioned himself as leader of a revolution that would tout a return to constitutional principles with a small federal government, no income tax and more concentration on domestic, rather than foreign, matters. Since Paul is still in the race, does he have a chance for the vice president ticket? Paul, finally, has no chance at all to be the running mate. McCain wouldn't offer him the spot, nor would Paul take it if it were offered.. Paul will not even endorse McCain unless the latter "has a lot of change-of-heart" on the issues, and McCain is not noted for ever changing his heart or mind on anything. So if Paul does not get the nomination, he will not be the vice-president.
But Paul is very excited for the March 4th primary of Ohio and Texas. He may have a good turnout in the Texas primary since he is a congressman from there.
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Even though Ron Paul is still in the race, he is now only competing in order to "show." Even if he did want to be the vice presidential candidate, John McCain would never have him because he doesn't add anything to the McCain campaign. He only attracts a fringe group of supporters and is badly regarded by the evangelical conservative bloc that McCain needs to attract.
I find it shocking that Paul is heavily supported by a few service members, as most people in the military seem to support the war or at least the ideology of it. However,
I guess it does make sense that military members who don't support the war, but still believe in some of the Republican ideals, would rather vote for Paul than any of the Democrats. Even though Paul has no chance of winning the presidency (or becoming running mate, for that matter), it would be interesting to see who he would pick as running mate, since he seems to detest everyone in Washington...
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