<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div>Don't count Ron Paul out quite yet.</div><div><br></div><div>Remember a few months ago when Ron Paul, himself, publicly stated that all it's gonna take to win the Republican nomination is to attract a sufficient amount of delegates from the caucus states (like Idaho)?</div><div><br></div><div>Remember the nasty brawl that developed between Romney supporters and Paul supporters at the state convention in Oklahoma?</div><div><br></div><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mitt-romney-supporters-ron-paul-partisans-brawl-oklahoma-040405948.html">http://news.yahoo.com/mitt-romney-supporters-ron-paul-partisans-brawl-oklahoma-040405948.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Combine those two footnotes with the fact that the Republican National Convention takes place the end of this month in the city of Tampa in the "Stand Your Ground" state of Florida, and we're in for one helluva Republican convention, huh? Pack 'em if ya got 'em, delegates.<div><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."</div><div><br></div><div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div><div> </div></div><div><br>On Aug 12, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Joe Campbell <<a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Good point Scott, especially about the strategy and switch to moderation in the general election. I think it is interesting that the last few elections -- back to at least Clinton but likely much further -- were won by folks who were not necessarily the better candidate but by folks who ran the better campaign. Romney has lost a grip on who he is and is running -- so far -- a bad campaign. The Ryan selection was a bad choice.<br><br></div><div><br>On Aug 12, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com"></a><a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com"><a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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With all the talk about conceal carry, I guess we've all been too distracted to talk about Romney's running mate Paul Ryan. I don't think it's a lucky pick for the GOP. OK - they'll solidify the base, but how important is that? The base is perpetually foaming at the mouth and as usual will come out in numbers to vote against the Democrats to stave off the hell & high water and to carry out their 'Christian' duty to oppress and be cruel to same gender couples and their kids. Me personally, I think a better strategy would be to campaign as a right wing wacko in the primaries, but then to appeal to the moderates in the general election. I think it would have been better to pick a token minority like Marco Rubio to try and least pretend to give the appearance that the Republicans have a bigger tent than just for the angry white males.<br><br>-Scott<br> </div>
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