Ron Paul: The Impact of his campaign

Ron Paul is possibly the only republican with any dignity. The man fights for what he believes in and I respect that. I might not agree with him on a lot of the issues, but on one thing we do agree: the Iraq War is a disaster and needs to be ended. Ron Paul is bringing that message to the GOP debates and with him on the campaign trail and it seems to be working. He reportedly has more money on hand than John McCain. He is without a doubt the most popular candidate on the world-wide-web. His website has more hits than any other Republican candidate. He is the change candidate as far as republicans are concerned, so why is he doing so horribly in the polls? Well for one thing he refuses to spend money. If he could get his message out in Iowa and New Hampshire, he could get a major boost. He is of course hated by the neo-cons. For what reason, I'm not quite sure, as I could never understand the reasoning of those crazy right-wingers. But whatever the case may be, Ron Paul unfortunately won't get the nomination. So what is the impact of his campaign?

Quite simply this man will be running as the libertarian in the general election. I can guarantee. And this gives Republicans another choice other than Rudy or Romney, who appear to be the two best in position to get the nomination. A lot of pro-life republicans might not like Romney's flip-flopping or Rudy's openly pro-choice stance, so here is their alternative. It also gives the anti-war republicans a candidate that is not a liberal democrat. The impact of Ron Paul is this, he is bad news for the GOP. He won't get a large chunk of votes in the general election, but we've seen how just a few hundred votes in a key state, can determine the election. If Paul picks up just a small part of the GOP vote in Florida, Ohio, or Texas,(which if you've seen my earlier posts show a virtual tie between Clinton & the Republicans) the electoral votes could go to the democrat. I almost see him doing what Nader did in 2000 in Florida. In this close race, every vote matters, and with the current state of the country, the GOP needs every vote it can get its hands on.