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McCain and Huckabee Are Just GOP Diversions
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Posted January 11th, 2008 by EileenMac
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McCain and Huckabee are just GOP "diversions" to make it LOOK like there is a real race going on in the GOP. Why do you think Romney, Giuliani, and, yes, even Thompson, were so nonchalant and blase' about Iowa, New Hampshire, and even South Carolina??

For the GOP, the Presidential Primary process does not really start until Tsunami Tuesday on February 5th. All debates and primaries prior to that are just "practice" and "test runs" for Giuliani, Romney and Thompson. The REAL primaries are those where the winners gain most of the delegates, which is all that matters at the GOP Convention in September. And, unbeknown to most Republican-leaning Americans and independents, these primaries are CLOSED to all but those who registered Republican on or before the deadline.

In independent New Hampshire, you could walk into the polling place, up to the last minute, and make your decision as to which party's primary you wanted to vote in. However, in a "closed" primary, independent voters, those who did not register in the Republican Party by the deadline, will not be given a Republican ballot. And the deadlines for registration are weeks, or even months, before the primary date.

Many of these deadlines are done and gone, and some, like California, are coming up soon. For instance, California's deadline, with the largest number of delegates, is January 21. However, this is the first time the California Republican Presidential Primary has been a "closed" primary, and most Californians are not even aware of the new "rules". (The Dems opted to keep their Primary "open", and the Regular Primary for both parties in June is still "open".)

This decision was made over a year ago, before Ron Paul was even on the radar, specifically to exclude independents like McCain, who relied in the past on the independent voters who declined to state a party. After 2004, the CA GOP lost many, many voters who, although conservative and Republican-leaning, could no longer tolerate Bush and the neocons. (I am one of those who "left" the Republican Party in 2004.)

In addition, in California (and I suspect in other states) these "new rules" were deliberately not advertised, written about, or made public. And, in California, the strategy has worked. In fact, the only press that this issue has received has done more to encourage voters to become "declined to state", than to register Republican.

This is why Giuliani and Romney are NOT worried about McCain, Ron Paul, or Huckabee in Florida, California, New York, or most of the other 22 Tsunami states. They KNOW that, come February 5th, those independents and those who are from other parties, will NOT be able to vote in the Republican Primary, thus eliminating votes for McCain, Ron Paul, and Huckabee.

I believe the establishment GOP, allowed, and even encouraged, Huckabee's "win" in Iowa, and front-runner status in New Hampshire. Pastor Huck gathered the alienated Christian Right into the GOP sheepfold, and, when he is eliminated in the more "secular" states, he will instruct his sheep to transfer their allegience to the selected GOP candidate.

McCain, whose so-called "comeback" was gained by the support of the all important independents who declined to state a party, will be shut out of the closed primaries on Feb 5th. Thompson, who was always a "reluctant" candidate because he supported his good friend McCain. He was never intended to get the nomination, but will make a great Vice President on a Romney or Giuliani ticket, and therefore will get McCain's support at the Convention and in the General Election.

The 2008 Presidential Election is a chess match, not a game of checkers, and the GOP establishment is NOT in disarray as some of the pundits think. They put this KarlRovian strategy into play two years ago when California first moved its Presidential Primary to February.

So, how does this affect Ron Paul? I honestly do not know! And, at this point, until February 5th, we will not know how successful the campaign and the Meetup groups have been in getting those independents registered as Republicans, and getting Dems, Greens, etc switched to Republican to vote for Ron Paul. We can only hope and pray that Ron Paul and his strategists are as smart as we think they are.

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I think the best tool we have when we go door-to-door is the DVD
"America: Freeedom to Fascism" it speaks for it's self. We should ask them to see the video before they make a decison. People need to see things in black and white before they believe it.

I don't see why with all the resources we have, and all our people all over the country that we can't crank out at least 1 million copies of this video. Imagine how CRAZY the establishment would be when they are exposed and people start to wake up. This should be a priority since Super Tuesday is coming up fast. We don't have much time.