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Ron Paul 2012
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in Moms for Ron Paul
on Feb. 20, 2009 at 5:32 PM
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Last week, Campaign for Liberty press guy and Ron Paul grandson-in-law
Jesse Benton was driving to a constituent event with his boss and the
subject of 2012 came up.
"He hasn’t closed out the idea of
another run," said Benton today. "We have some time to decide whether
he runs again, or whether he gets behind somebody else. But we don’t
have tons of time. By the middle of 2009, the decision needs to be
made."
Benton isn't pushing Paul one way or the other. "I could
get behind either decision, but it needs to be made in the next six
months or so," he said. "One thing we learned is that those voters in
New Hampshire and Iowa expect, to see their candidates early and
often." Paul entered the 2008 primaries in January 2007, about 11 months and two weeks before the Iowa caucuses.
I
asked about the rumor that former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson might
jump into the race (unclear in which party yet). "If he were to decide
that he wanted to do that, he’d be a great guy to take the reins. But I
don’t think that what Dr. Paul captured was 100 percent transferable to
anyone else. I think the Bob Barr campaign assumed that and it didn't
pan out."
Would Paul run as a Republican again or as a
Libertarian? "We try not to ever deal in absolutes in politics," Benton
said carefully. "But he would be very likely to be running as a
Republican again." It's not just that "working within the system" gets
more exposure for a candidate. It's that several Republican primary
states include the caveat that candidates cannot run in their primaries
and go third party if they lose. "To be frank, I got tired of the
'third party' question getting asked time after time, and I know that
Ron did too."
Paul is almost exactly a year older than John McCain, and turned 73 in August.
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- by on Apr. 26, 2009 at 11:59 AM
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I found a website that may have some news about Ron Paul running for 2012
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- by on Apr. 30, 2009 at 8:55 PM
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Thank you!!
Quoting darkpoetess:
I found a website that may have some news about Ron Paul running for 2012
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- by on May. 21, 2009 at 6:23 PM
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I voted for him in the last primary, and I will do it again. There is no better candidate on the national stage. It was deplorable how Dr. Paul was treated in the last campaign. Am I the only one who wanted to slap Anderson Cooper during the debate he moderated?
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- by on Jul. 5, 2009 at 5:44 AM
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I agree and I really hope he runs in 2012! If he does I will definitely be spreading the word, last election I found out about him not to long before he was "booted." :(
Quoting TrekkieMom:
I voted for him in the last primary, and I will do it again. There is no better candidate on the national stage. It was deplorable how Dr. Paul was treated in the last campaign. Am I the only one who wanted to slap Anderson Cooper during the debate he moderated?
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