Originally Posted by
rdunk
Hey murmur - I don't have the figures, but it wasn't just Democrats that are responsible for Obama being elected as POTUS in 2008. His votes also included many others, from various segments, particularly including significant numbers of independents. It is quite obvious today, that much of his non-democratic voting base is recognizing , in spades, just how terrible and ineffective Obama really is, as POTUS, and even many Democrats are bailing out. So, I don't think getting the votes to beat Obama will be a problem, if we nominate the right person. I think Ron Paul is very border line. He is pretty near the bottom of the candidate list, for me.
To win, we just have to make sure we have someone nominated, that will immediately start "presiding" in the right direction. Much of what Ron Paul talks about doing, would not have a Chinaman's chance of getting through a Republican controlled Senate and Congress either. With him as POTUS, it likely still would be a continuous fight, between he and the legislative branch of government. Then not much gets done.