On another note, I want to see what will become of the republican party in the coming years....Paul's got the youth vote, its the oldies keeping the neocon, corporate welfare going, they'll die out eventually
also, rachel maddow is BY FAR the best talk show host in the US today. very centrist and intelligent, isn't biased based on political parties, just biased towards the sensible arguments.
On another note, I want to see what will become of the republican party in the coming years....Paul's got the youth vote, its the oldies keeping the neocon, corporate welfare going, they'll die out eventually
I think after the Olivia Snow episode, I can foresee a split is coming. May not be officially yet but ideologically there is one. Younger crowds like me and you siding more with the ideals of Ron Paul also proves the discontent and rejection of mainstream Republican politics and propagation of hatred. And it's not about support for win, it's about support for principles, support for what's right. That's why I side with Paul.
The split will hurt republican party for sure but it will have a tendency to hurt democrats as well because of their failures as well. Will a third party option is viable is still in the air, but more importantly will it be benefiting the political system? I still can't say.
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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is scheduled to make a campaign stop next month to address students in San Diego.
Rep. Paul, R-Texas, accepted the invitation to speak May 4 at University of California San Diego from Elizabeth and Paul Goodrich, leaders of UCSD Students for Ron Paul. The planned appearance was confirmed by organizers late Wednesday.
Paul has yet to win a primary or a caucus and remains in last place among major candidates in the delegate count. Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney leads with 844 delegates of the 1,144 needed, according to the Associated Press. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has 260, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has 137 and Paul 79. (Santorum and Gingrich have bowed out of the race.)
Despite his current standing, Paul has pledged to stay in the contest through the convention and some believe he remains in a strong position to influence the party's platform with his libertarian positions on spending and the economy.
"Paul's message of limited government, sound money, a noninterventionist foreign policy, and fidelity to the Constitution resonates with about 15 percent to 20 percent of the Republican base but is overwhelmingly accepted by over half of the under-30 crowd," said Brady, a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of San Diego. "Young voters, formerly enchanted with the rhetoric of (President) Barack Obama, realize that liberty is the theme which made this country great and are flocking to the consistent critic of the state."
His planned UCSD visit -- with a speaking engagement 7 p.m. at the Warrren Mall (on the north side of the Warren Lecture Hall) -- comes after recent stops at UC campuses that drew thousands of spectators.
Paul won the county and state straw polls and has received more contributions from California than any other state: $1.6 million, or 13 percent of their total.
Paul wins majority of delegates from Maine GOP
Associated Press By GLENN ADAMS | Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — With Mitt Romney's nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters wrested control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman to the GOP national convention, party officials said as the two-day convention neared its end Sunday. The results gave the Texas congressman a late state victory.
The names of 15 at-large delegates from Maine to the GOP nominating convention in Tampa, Fla., were posted Sunday as votes for the other delegation seats remained undecided. Maine is allotted a total of 24 delegates to the national convention.
"It's certainly a significant victory," said Jim Azzola of South Portland, Cumberland County coordinator for Paul. The votes were to become finalized when the convention closes.
Paul, the last challenger to remain in the contest, finished a close second behind Romney in Maine's GOP caucuses in February but those results were nonbinding. Not everyone, however, had a chance to cast a ballot before the results were announced. A snowstorm forced the cancellation of some caucuses including one in a Paul stronghold. Romney won the February straw poll with 39 percent of the vote to Paul's 36 percent. Santorum trailed with 18 percent and Gingrich got 6 percent.
Romney's aides say they do not view Paul as a threat to winning the nomination. But Romney and his team have also been mindful not to do or say anything that might anger Paul's loyal supporters.
"I think he's being very careful because he knows how important the Ron Paul voters are — they obviously represent a very different dynamic," said Mike Dennehy, a former top aide to Republican John McCain's 2008 campaign. "They are the most passionate and the most frustrated of any voters heading to the polls. And many of them are independents."
In the 2008 contest, Romney won 52 percent of the Maine caucuses, more than double John McCain's 21 percent and Paul's 19 percent. But McCain left the 2008 state convention with 20 delegates, leaving Paul with one. Three were uncommitted.
Saturday's turn of events in a neighboring state to where Romney served as governor would indicate the GOP has not yet united behind the presumptive nominee, and there are indications the infighting may last all the way to the national convention.
Paul supporters accused the Romney crowd Saturday of dirty tricks to garner more delegates. "We came here to see democracy in action. We are floored by what happened, absolutely floored to see the cheating," said Elizabeth Shardlow of Auburn, a Paul activist.
Charles Cragin, a Romney supporter who lost Saturday's bid to chair the convention, called the turn of events at the Maine convention "bizarre." Cragin said the Paul-led delegation may not be recognized at the national convention because of violations of rules of procedure this weekend in Augusta.
"They have so phenomenally screwed this up that they will go to Tampa and not be seated," Cragin said.
Another Romney supporter, delegate John Carson of Kittery, acknowledged "this is a split convention."
"The Paul supporters have had a successful process and should be congratulated on that," said Carson, a veteran of numerous state conventions. "I think it's important that the Romney camp and Paul camp come together and support a single candidate," Carson said, adding that candidate should be Romney.
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It was awesome! 6,000 people came for the event. Will upload pics as soon as I can get them off friends phone lol here is a lil news report from the event.
This is getting interesting, Dems and Union loss wisconsin recall, some interesting numbers come out, walker won comfortably not with huge margin but neither with just few votes, repub outspent democrate big time. Obama keep edging out Romney and may be he will win the re-election but looks like race will be close, more worryingly it seems repub will take over congress and senate. Some interesting times ahead
On a serious note, I still don't think that GOP has gained decisive advantage in Wisconsin. I know Wisconsin quite well, most of my family and extended relatives are from there. Here's a pretty clear take on impact of Scott Walker's election.
Wednesday, Jun 6, 2012 04:23 PM PKT Wisconsin is still Obama country
Many voters who lifted Scott Walker to victory say they still support the president. Why Obama isn't sweating Wis.
By Steve Kornacki
President Barack Obama shakes hands with people as he arrives at JFK International Airport in New York, Monday, June, 4, 2012, on his way to a visit in New York City where he will attend several campaign fundraisers. (AP Photo/David Karp)(Credit: AP)
Scott Walker’s 7-point victory is an undeniably huge win for Republicans, one they have every right to brag about today. They also have every right to claim the result signals Wisconsin’s arrival as a genuine pickup opportunity for Mitt Romney in November, something Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is already doing.
“Republicans have the infrastructure and enthusiasm that will help us defeat President Obama in Wisconsin,” he said in a memo released last night. “In that respect, it was a great ‘dry run.’”
But on this point, there’s good reason to be skeptical.
Priebus’ memo details the GOP’s grass-roots mobilization efforts, touting impressive-seeming statistics – 3,400 new volunteers, 26 new campaign offices in the state, 4 million voter contacts – that will supposedly roll over to the fall and give Romney a leg up in the state. Of course, Democrats and their allies can furnish impressive-seeming voter contact statistics of their own; it’s not as if they sat on their hands while Republicans organized the state, or that they’re about to roll over in the fall.
When it comes to the presidential race, a more meaningful statistic is the exit poll finding that Barack Obama led Romney by 7 points, 51 to 44 percent, among recall voters. This figure should be taken with a grain of salt. It doesn’t account for those who voted absentee, a significant chunk of Tuesday’s electorate, and in general exit poll data isn’t always reliable. But it also squares with polling throughout the campaign, which consistently showed both Walker and Obama enjoying leads over their opponents.
For politically engaged observers, it may be hard to imagine the voter who is simultaneously sympathetic to a union-busting Republican governor and a Democratic president whose opponents often accuse him of hating capitalism, but these voters do exist.
This doesn’t mean that Obama is a lock to take Wisconsin in the fall, or that the GOP will be wasting its money to compete in the state. But it does mean that Obama is still the favorite to win it, something every Democratic nominee since Michael Dukakis has done. Wisconsin can be a tough state to figure politically, a state with a rich progressive tradition that also sent Joe McCarthy to the Senate. But it clearly favors Democrats at the presidential level, though the margins have varied over the years. In 2000 and 2004, George W. Bush came within a fraction of a point of carrying the state, while Obama racked up a 14-point landslide in 2008.
At this point, the state looks to be a fringe fall target for Republicans. That is to say, Obama’s ’08 margin has been cut roughly in half, mirroring the erosion of his support nationally. This is what presiding over a stalled economy more than three years into your presidency will do. In fact, Obama’s slippage in Wisconsin may be slightly more pronounced than it is nationally, owing to the state’s large population of blue-collar and middle-class white voters, who are most likely to have turned on the president these past few years.
But he is still ahead and is still benefiting from the state’s Democratic tendencies. If Romney makes up the extra ground needed to overtake Obama in Wisconsin, it will probably be part of a larger national shift – with Romney moving ahead (or into contention) in a number of states where Obama now seems to have the advantage.
There’s really no reason to believe the recall itself will impact the November result. Like everywhere else, Obama’s decline in the state has been fueled by the national economy. This began before Walker was elected and before he undertook his collective bargaining crusade. If there had never been a recall campaign, Obama would be in the exact same position in Wisconsin, leading Romney by a margin that’s nothing like his ’08 advantage – but that’s still healthy enough to make him the favorite for November.
I am more concerned about OBAMA admin and Democrats Fuck ups on Student loans and grants. Piling up interest on graduate students who are already facing a stern job market. How intelligent of this admin to think it will be a great idea to reduce National debt by racking up interest rate and piling up deferments on students instead of cutting the cost from military expenditure. Quite thoughtful Mr. President.....please continue with your speech in Las Vegas while we the students will try to find ways to keep afloat, and continue denying the imminent outlook of grim future ahead.
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