Re: Why is Paul Running as a Republican?
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2) that the two parties have to be the current two parties.
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It hasn't happened much in our history, but it seems like one of the reigning parties has to completely implode for a third party to take their place, and that doesn't seem possible these days.
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Knowing that he is unlikely to win the nomination/presidency, he must be running for other reason (the likely reason is that he wants to change hearts/minds.) I think he is much more likely to do that running as a third-party than as a Republican.
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Well, the fact that Ron Paul has accomplished more to get his message out and motivate the libertarian base in the past 9? months than the Libertarian Party has in the last 20+ years despite normally being on the ballot in all or almost all 50 states pretty much proves you wrong. The fact is that this is the only way for a "libertarian" leaning presidential candidate to get into a debate with actual contenders.
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Sure, he made more impact in 1992 than he would have running as a Republican because you can't beat a sitting president in the primaries, but in another year, he would have made a much large impact as a Republican
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He ran in 1996 also.
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Yeah, but not as a Republican, and after his 1992 run, everyone saw the futility of not voting Democrat/Republican.
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