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 How
About Those Ron Paul
Presidential Odds
With
Republican Ron Paul
still in the US
Presidential Race
and gaining
momentum, there is
talk of a potential
brokered convention.
Say
what? Wasn't
Ron Paul dead in the
water?
Well,
this is no ordinary
political race and
it shouldn't
surprise too many
people that someone
who is still getting
8 percent of the
vote in recent state
primaries (16
percent in
Pennsylvania) would
suddenly be taken
serious again.
An
AOL poll conducted
last month showed
that much of the
Northwestern states
were in favor of Ron
Paul over John
McCain.
From
the Salt Lake City
Tribune:
As
they have done in
Nevada, Minnesota
and elsewhere, a
number of Utah Ron
Paul backers are
trying to get
elected today as
delegates to the
Republican National
Convention where,
under a proposed
rule change, they
could be free to
vote for whomever
they want.
Under existing party
rules, the 36 Utah
delegates to the
convention are
obligated to vote
for Mitt Romney, who
won the state GOP
primary with 90
percent of the vote.
the state party will
consider changing
its rules to release
the delegates and
let them vote for
whom they see fit.
The proposed bylaws
change comes in
response to a
request from Romney,
after he dropped out
of the race, to
release his bound
delegates.
That could free the
delegates to support
whomever they want
at the Republican
National Convention
in St. Paul in
September - a point
not lost on Paul
supporters.
On blogs and in
e-mails, Paul
backers have spread
a strategy aimed at
getting Paul
supporters elected
as delegates in
order to keep Sen.
John McCain from
getting enough
delegate support to
clinch the
nomination. That
could force a
convention fight,
they argue, and give
Paul a path - albeit
a contorted one - to
win the nomination.
“We
will try to force a
brokered convention
- there is no way
around it,” writes
Steve Parent on "The
Daily Paul" blog.
But
something else
interesting happened
on the way to the
Convention that has
helped build
momentum Ron Paul's
way. His new
book - “The
Revolution: A
Manifesto” - is
number one on the
New York Times Best
Seller list.
Upon
its official release
on April 30th, “The
Revolution: A
Manifesto” was the
number one
bestseller on
Amazon.com and
remains the number
one bestseller in
political books.
From
one fervent Ron Paul
supporter:
"(Ron
Paul) feels that
great progress can
still be made with
his campaign. He
is still actively
campaigning, and is
also encouraging the
ongoing delegate
endeavors.
Hopefully, he will
head to the GOP
convention with 100
delegates or so."
Ron
Paul's main mission
these days - getting
those he supports
into office and
helping to reshape
the Republican party
over the next four
years. An
example of a Ron
Paul supported
candidate includes
New Jersey
Senatorial front
runner
Muray Sabrin.
Ron
Paul's odds of
becoming the next
President had dipped
beyond 100 to 1
following McCain's
nomination to the
GOP and his odds are
no longer listed at
most online gambling
websites.
Senator John McCain,
meanwhile, may be in
more of a pickle
than Hillary
Clinton.
In North Carolina
more than 105,000
Republicans did not
vote for McCain. And
in Indiana, 85,000
voters - whether
they were
Republican, Democrat
or Independent -
cast their ballots
for someone other
than the Arizona
Republican.
The totals reflect
roughly 90+ percent
of the totals
reported in each
state, and will
likely change, but
not by much.
McCain failed to get
more than 80 percent
of the vote in any
of the recent
Republican
Primaries.
-----
Christopher
Costigan,
Gambling911.com
Publisher
CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com
Originally published
May 11, 2008 1:54 am
EST
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