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Will Ron Paul end up being the Nader of 2000 for McCain?

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  1. Tyler Nixon says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:07 am

    No.

    But some commentators think Bob Barr might.

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080403/NATION/613725381/1001

  2. Jason330 says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Once the Republican Media Complex (RMC) gets done with McCain he’ll be the second coming of St. Ronnie. There will be no third party impact on the Republican nominee.

    Perot had an impact on Dole, but that was when the RMC was in its infancy.

  3. cassandra_m says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:24 am

    In PA, McCain left 25% of the R primary vote on the table to Paul and Huckabee.

    I’d expect that Paul could not run as a 3rd Party candidate without giving up his Congressional seat — voluntarily or at the next election — and I think he is quite comfortable with his contrarian gig within the party.

  4. Pandora says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:39 am

    I think the bigger impact will be that of the republicans who chose to sit this election out. They won’t vote against McCain, but they won’t vote for him.

  5. anon says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:50 am

    Once the Republican Media Complex (RMC) gets done with McCain he’ll be the second coming of St. Ronnie.

    It has already begun.

  6. cassandra_m says:
    April 28, 2008 at 10:01 am

    Ya gotta love the bamboozling over the capital gains tax tho. That was a quite wrong — but nice touch.

  7. anon says:
    April 28, 2008 at 10:52 am

    The “bamboozling” is the assertion, unquestioned by the media, that suspending the gas tax would actually lower prices at the pump. Not to mention the loss of highway revenue.

  8. G Rex says:
    April 28, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    I think you mean to say he’d be Ross Perot, who helped elect Bill Clinton?

  9. Dana says:
    April 28, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    Wouldn’t such a question imply that you believe that John McCain would have a significant plurality over the Democratic nominee except for a substantial third party siphoning away of votes by Dr Paul?

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