Washington Post: For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider
Submitted by momtokippy on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 22:17Washington Post Cover Story
"The Romney-Paul alliance is more than a curious connection. It is a strategic partnership: for Paul, an opportunity to gain a seat at the table if his long-shot bid for the presidency fails; for Romney, a chance to gain support from one of the most vibrant subgroups within the Republican Party."
“It would be very foolish for anybody in the Republican Party to dismiss a very real constituency,” said one senior GOP aide in Washington who is familiar with both camps. “Ron Paul plays a very valuable part in the process and brings a lot of voters toward the Republican Party and ultimately into the voting booth, and that’s something that can’t be ignored.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-paul-and-romney-a...
Just something I've noticed....this article by WP does it too
Not always, but a lot of the time when you read an article it always seems to refer to RP as "Ron Paul" not "Paul" or whatever...they always use his first and last name? (I do too, incidentally when I refer to him) It hardly ever always says the other candidate's full name it says "Romney" or "Obama" or "Gingrich" etc.
I wonder if our catch phrase in 07 stuck?
"Google Ron Paul"
Here's hoping!
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We are winning!
Face it! And WE are the reason! They know that WE are not going away. WE are forcing billionaires to waste money on candidates that would have already dropped out but for Ron Paul. You see the race has already boiled down to Ron vs Mitt. All the non-Mitt votes would automatically go to Ron if Santorum and Gingrich were not in the race.
While Mitt might like to fire people,I like making billionaires waste millions of dollars!
Yeah, 'kooky' RP can get a cab position delivering 'kookies'
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No. Just no.
I will NEVER vote for Mitt Romney. He was a terrible governor and remains a terrible person with a terrible record.
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You are all looking at this from one angle. Romney's amicability
toward Ron Paul helps us to some degree. It may make Romney supporters take another look at Ron Paul and you know what happens then. They never go back! We are gonna need those Romney votes when Ron is the nominee!
If Ron accepted VP spot
I would vote for the ticket and hope Romney fell and suffered debilitating amnesia that lasted till Ron Paul was sworn in.
Can you imagine how creeped out the Secret Service would be about all us Ron Paul supporters and our guns?
New Hampshire and Ecuador.
Ya that shit rumor needs to stop...
Even Judge had a segment on this bullcrap. There is no way in hell I'm voting Romney. I'd rather Ron Paul lose than for him being on a Romney ticket.
We all know what happened to the Tea Party (started by us BTW) once Palin went on a ticket with neocon McCain.
What they're trying to do is assimilate us with establishment republican BS ideology, just like they did with the Tea Party. There's no way that Romney will live up to any promise he would make to Paul or to the supporters. Right now we have passion and are motivated, they want to give us a FALSE SENSE OF REWARD.
Think about it, even if we don't win this year this movement will grow and grow and will eventually take over the party. It's over for them, IF WE ARE PATIENT AND WISE JUST LIKE RON PAUL HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. They want to co-opt us in our tracks before we reach overwhelming mass, just like the Tea Party.
Sorry it's Ron Paul as PRESIDENT or 4 more years. Your choice GOP, will you go extinct or will you adapt?
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To beat Obama…
Seems like they're having some "pipe dream" —as Ron Paul says—, that sectors that support Romney would bring forth the idea of an "Romney-Paul […] strategic partnership" in which Paul surrenders his whole campaign organization to Romney in exchange of promises of a VP seat Paul doesn't want and can't accept. The race has just begun and Romney, at the leading position, is already faltering.
What i believe is really happening here is that the GOP campaigns have researched the numbers, done the math, looked at the projections and realized that none of their candidates can, alone, beat Obama.
This applies for Romney, Gingrich and Santorum because the problem is within the present establishment of the GOP. Romney's organization realized this and jumped the gun and called for "a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider" that would end the campaign without too much more effort. To beat Obama the Republicans need to propose an alternate program that is sufficiently differentiated from the Democratic agenda. But they don't have this program.
This is why Ron Paul's proposed policies —much superior in all respects to Obama's—, his criticism of the establishment and, above all, his constituency's "outsider" image and vitality make their way into the wish-list of Romney's camp's otherwise insipid plans.
Everybody in the GOP and elsewhere knows by now that you can't beat The President In Office/[Standing President?] at his own [establishment] game, on his own [White House] turf.
Ron Paul is presently the only candidate that has a plan that, being substantially different from that of the President, can bring together all kinds of discontented sectors craving for a more reasonable and coherent governmental action. I believe that only Ron Paul could upset the reelection of a President Obama who has revealed himself so disloyal to the voters and his word.
I suspect that we will be seeing more and more that all candidates, including Obama, will be slowly adopting and appropriating the not-too-radical parts of Ron Paul's proposals…
This Story Is Absolute Hogwash
It's designed to get us to question whether the good Doctor might be thinking of selling us out.
He isn't. He is not seeking "a place at the table", a speaking engagement, or a few scraps of recognition. The author of this story is making it all up.
This is a fight for our liberty. Ron Paul will refuse to compromise. This is uncorroborated disinformation. Laugh it off.
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Judge N revealed the alliance
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1430285798001/is-there-a-romn...
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I agree...
They are testing to see how soft we are. We are not soft. The republican party can go to hell if they do as we want!
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My analysis
1. Romney won't be nominated.
They tried their best, but they know that Romney has too much bagage and can't beat Obama. They are spinning him as best as they can, but it is a losing battle. They will have to cut their losses soon and kick him to the curb as they did with all the previous attempts (Bachman, Perry, Cain, ... ). If they want to try option #5 below, they will have to do this soon. Articles like this one are part of the GOP's (or maybe the Dems') effort to try to make Romney acceptable - it won't work.
2. Newt won't be nominated.
He is already a dead man walking - propped up by money from a casino king. The only one who doesn't know that Newt is dead, is the windbag himself, and even he is not too sure. Another one or two primaries and then the funding stops. He has shot his toes off and won't even be offered a VP position. The fat lady has sung.
3. Santorum won't be nominated.
He is out of funds and fundies to support him. He is probably one primary or two away from throwing in the towel. He doesn't have a prayer (literally) of getting nominated - not gonna happen. He is angling for a VP position.
4. That leaves Ron Paul. BUT...
They don't want Ron Paul. They will fight tooth and nail to eliminate him. He didn't get invited to CPAC this year. They will malign him the best they can and marginalize him and try to drown out his message.
So, what will the GOP do? Are you sitting down?
Suddenly, out of stage right, the GOP will present the previously recalcitrant Jeb Bush, having determined that enough time has passed since the previous bushes' follies to present him as the savior of the GOP. Already, many GOP mouthpieces are voicing that the the ultimate GOP nominee may be none of the above. The ex-governor from Florida must be tempting for them at this time.
But the GOP underestimates how toxic the Bush brand has become.
5. Jeb Bush will fail.
The challenge before us is to thwart every move that the GOP makes to discredit Ron Paul. Once we start winning some primaries, all their efforts to discredit him will fail. Kicking and screaming, they will have to nominate him.
They have no choice besides Ron Paul.
They just don't know that yet. But, after they have tried to peddle Jeb Bush, they will know.
So stay the course and have patience. Don't be distracted by articles such as these or exhortations for third-party runs.
The prize is ours to take.
"Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won,whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory." --- Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
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Santorum isn't out of money.
Just like Newt, Santorum is a billionaire's pet.
He belongs to Foster Friess.
That will end soon
Be patient.
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Come on people...
Why are we even discussing this?
Ron's campaign is moving forward. Why would he discredit his campaign with this now?? Why would we do it by entaining this nonsense?
He has never said he would even consider it or not consider it.
Sure he doesn't deal in absolutes, but he doesn't give up his principles either. He is very aware of why we put our support behind him.
This is all conjecture, assumptions, and complete nonsense.
It's no different than the legitimacy of his third party run.
Until he says otherwise, why aren't we treating this the same as the above mentioned third party candidacy?
Keep Your Focus People.
my take on this is
it's all about bicycling. President Paul works out cycling 25 mile
jaunts, he loves it. Mittens is a mormon feller and he loves
his bicycle, too. So hear you have one gentleman peddling for
Liberty but the other feller is peddling poison.
It's a shimano kinda thang
nothing more ,nothing less
LOve the R3volution
Do you think Romney would make a good VP!!
Hmm .. That might be his only shot...
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They're asking the wrong question
Would you accept Romney as Vice President for Ron Paul?
Or is that too much like putting a loaded gun in your mouth with your finger on the trigger?
Maybe I'm a sheeperson, but ...
... if by some tragedy Ron Paul does not get the nomination, but he chooses to become Romney's VP, I would trust Dr. Paul's judgment and support him 100%. That's what I did in 2008 when I voted for Chuck Baldwin, a man I knew nothing about, solely because I trusted Ron Paul's judgment enough to follow his endorsement on faith.
It is good to hear the good comments here on DP. Although Romney is a big government neocon, I had noticed that all along, the media hardly had a kind word to say about him. Sure, they portray him as the frontrunner, but only as a frontrunner nobody wants. They've been practically calling Gingrich and Santorum saints! Gingrich of all people! So i kinda see the "unwanted arranged marriage" approach that the media takes with Romney almost as an compliment.
I don't know what Ron Pau will do, but he has my full support. My goal is to get him into the White House!
"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." -- Thomas Paine
There is no chance to gain support from us, Romney.
We just want to weed out the other two idiots.
Romney knows that his
Romney knows that his weakness is that a lot of people want anyone but him. His campaign has probably come up with the idea that his best chance in a two man race is against Ron Paul. Ron Paul realizes that Romney isn't going anywhere and the campaign has probably determined that his best chance is to become the "anti-Romney". It all works out.
Don't forget the adage, divide and conquer.
Personally, I think this article and a few others that are suddenly springing up suggesting that Paul and Romney are somehow in cahoots (yeah, cahoots!) is a deliberate strategy that is meant to divide Paul's supporters. Furthermore, I think it is originating from a Democratic-based media.
Just look at some of the comments out there. Some supporters are seriously considering the ramifications of the suggested alliance; others are downright ready to revolt about it.
I think it is a "divide and conquer" strategy, and I think it's already had some effect.
Stay focused on our message, and trust Dr. Paul. It's the only way we win.
It's wishful thinking
from an apparently clueless GOP establishment. Seat at the table? Kinda like the money changers offering Jesus a 'seat at the table'.
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Following is what I posted in the original, of this thread;
MSM BS-Meme No.2572: WaPo: RP friends Mitt = Buffer forAnti-Romneys, NYT: R3VOL = Infiltrators!
http://www.dailypaul.com/210480/msm-bs-meme-no2572-wapo-rp-f...
Submitted by AnCapMercenary on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 06:49
Though it's passive aggressive, the following two are probably NYT & WaPo's most fairest article on the Good Doc and the R3VOLution, so far.
LOL: Washington Post wants to push the non-notion that Dr. Paul and Mutt Wrongney are "friends," yes, "friends."
Oh they mean like how Dr. Paul is with Rep. Walter Jones-friends? Or Judge Napolitano-friends?
Um, nice try, but I think not.
The MSM pressitutes either have zero social skills where they confuse common courtesy and class with deep friendship, or are merely bolstering their 'he's not gonna be the eventual nominee' BS, so 'let's come up with some human story behind the scenes'-meme.
Either way, it's not gonna work: NoOneButPaul.com!
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Sometimes one really has to wonder, do these MSM scribes actually ever stepped outside of their bubble and actually socialized with other humans? Because they either are completely pushing an agenda-ed meme, or truly are completely clueless about Dr. Paul and the R3VOLution, let alone a simple thing like courtesy, or even a conversational flow. You know, like the basics of writing: 'getting' others' speech patterns, conversational flow, and vocal cadence?
these pressitutes are truly hopeless.
Predictions in due Time...
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