What Romney's Quitting Means for RP

I just received this from Kevin, head of the meet-up group in Medford, Oregon.

Romney is gone!

He's gone because he is insolvent. They are not saying so, of course. Bain Capital, I predict, will be welcoming Chinese investors, if it survives.

Edwards is gone because he lost a huge chunk of his fortune in a hedge fund collapse. They are not saying so, of course.

Huckabee is next. He has insufficient money.

McCain will not be able to fund his campaign the traditional insider way because the insiders and the warmongers are at the center of the financial whirlwind that is striking our overextended credit based financial system.

We, the People are not going to be there for McCain.

Hillary is short of funds. Obama is short of funds, but will be doing better than Hillary.

This is coming down to a Ron Paul vs. Obama contest.

This could be the first time the winner spends the LEAST amount of money. This race looks to me as if the winner will be the one who manages his money the most effectively. If Ron Paul runs the country's finances as well as he runs his campaign finances we'll be out of the coming worldwide hyper-inflationary depression much faster than if any other candidate prevails.

I've started blaming the Democrats whenever I go to the supermarket, but the truth is that they all are incompetent, Democrat and Republican alike.

SAVE WHATEVER YOU CAN. THE NEXT MONEY BOMB THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS WILL BE COMING SOON, probably as soon as Huckabee drops out and it's a two person race.

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Things are moving quickly! Mitt Romney just QUIT (or 'suspended his campaign'), leaving only Huckabee (who should also quit soon), McCain and Ron Paul. The Thursday LewRockwell.com page has 3-4 articles urging Paul to move on now to a third party run.

In light of Romney's departure, Paul needs to announce he is going to run 3rd party, AND continue his run for the GOP nomination through to the convention. This should end the media blackout immediately, because an independent run will spoil it for McCain (it'll be pretty hard to keep ignoring someone who has just ruined it for the frontrunner). It will re-energize the grassroots beyond belief, and provide an out for loyal Republican Paul supporters who still want him to win the nomination. For the next 6 months supporters can build his name recognition, supply him with money bomb cash, and pick up delegates towards a major show down in St. Paul.

Quoting someone from a forum:

"That said, there is a reasonable scenario where he could win as a 3rd party candidate, if that comes to be.

Hillary gets the Democratic nomination
McCain get the Republican nomination
By that time, Ron Paul has a solid 10% across the country on his own.
Half of the Republicans hate McCain
Half of the Democrats do not support Hillary
Draw 10% from each party who hates their own candidate, add that to Ron Paul's 10%, add in another 4 or 5 from the general population that normally doesn't vote at all (we have a 50% turnout, usually), and Ron Paul wins with 35% of the general election!! "

That's the essential fall formula. But the independent ballot process per state generally occurs over the summer, so he can't wait until September. Plus (to repeat myself) if he announced he was running 3rd party soon, it should have the paradoxical effect of ending the media blackout. The storyline switches from "Paul the long shot, ignore" to "Paul the spoiler, play up" by a media that essentially wants Hillary to win. They would WELCOME seeing the conservative vote split up, as it fits the elite's general scheme of having a weakened GOP candidate lose to Clinton. They don't seem to be factoring in the power of Paul's ideas, which can also pull votes from Democrats who don't want to vote for Hillary.