Will Someone Please Talk About Ron Paul!?!?

      "The way the Republican party treats Ron Paul is like a sinking ship shooting torpedoes at the rescue boat". — Pat Kerby


       Folks, I'm sitting here with my coffee and wondering why this plucky Texan Libertarian just cannot get any play so to speak.

 Newt Gingrich has electability, but he can't connect with the younger voters who are starting to be a major voice in the Republican Party.

 Mitt Romney is the choice of the moderates, but many wonder if his views are suitably conservative to contrast to Barack Obama's.

 Rick Santorum is sitting cushy on his new Iowa laurels but his true base, the evangelical vote, will not be enough to beat Barack on its own.

And for some reason even with all of these problems people flock to them, and away from Ron Paul. The man has the real conservative views on fiscal policy that the graybeards want. He also holds the kind of Libertarian social views that should attract the younger folks. He defers to the states on a load of issues, as he should.

     He wants to deconstruct the spending drain hole that keeps us in debt and he wants to shrink the Federal government. Some of his foreign policy smacks of a Clint Eastwood movie, but if taken with his wholly progressive plan to rehabilitate and lean down the government, Paul emerges as the clear common-sense choice. He is against the War on Drugs (as am I), he is against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (as are we all), and he has a long record being against Federal spending.

     I should not say that Rep. Paul has no support. He has the kind of grassroots and dedicated followers that the other candidates dream of. Truly, he has a lot of people fighting for him on the ground. The problem is that Paul's cash reserves aren't as big as Santorum's, let alone the two multi-millionaires above him. He is one of only two "serious" contenders for the Republican nomination that had the sense and the drive to make it onto my own home state's primary ballot (and an important battleground state at that). All I'm asking is will someone PLEASE TALK ABOUT RON PAUL.

P.S.: Oh and did I mention that the entire military are rabid fans of his. And I hear a lot of them are pretty good people.

VA GOP Says No Oath/Primary Still a Sham

The Virginia GOP made the very wise decision of rescinding their previous plans to require a "Loyalty Oath" to vote in the Virginia Primary. The primary itself is likely to be a bit of a sham already, seeing as only 2 of the Republican hopefuls made it on the ballot. When Virginians go to the polls their choice will be between Texas Representative Ron Paul, or Mass Governor Mitt Romney(This sites prediction for the ultimate winning of the nomination).

Where are Perry, Santorum, and Gingrich you may ask? They did not meet the requirements set forth in Virginia law to be on the ballot. This is particularly embarrassing for Newt who is a resident of McLean, VIRGINIA and won't even make it on the ballot for a clear battleground state.

"These are very powerful people", you might say. "They can surely get around this", you might say. Well they have tried. Newt has been knocked down by both state and federal judges, as has Perry. Santorum has quietly allowed the primary to pass uncontested as far as this blogger knows.

With only Mitt and Ron on the ballot, the race becomes a lot more muddled, and may keep the Texas Tea Partier in the conversation as more and more states cement their tickets. It will surely be an interesting time.