Just received this response from opensecrets
Posted March 11th, 2008 by TexaslovesRonPaul
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Ms. ***,
While we appreciate your enthusiasm for your candidate, the Center for Responsive Politics made the decision to remove Rep. Paul from our list of active presidential candidates on OpenSecrets.org after carefully reviewing the congressman's own words and actions.
In his March 6 video message to supporters, Congressman Paul does not explicitly say "I'm dropping out," but his remarks sounded remarkably like those parting words of every other Republican and Democratic candidate who has ended, suspended or otherwise ceased actively campaigning for president in 2008. "Though victory in the conventional political sense is not available in the presidential race, many victories have been achieved due to your hard work and enthusiasm" – what Rep. Paul said – is the same central message we've heard this year from the many other candidates who were once in this race: I may not have won, but this campaign achieved something and will continue—just not as a presidential campaign this year. For instance, Mitt Romney's campaign announced in February that he was "suspending" his campaign for the Republican nomination, not "ending" it, so we moved him shortly thereafter to the list of inactive candidates.
Secondly, Rep. Paul's focus in the last month or so on his congressional primary in Texas, followed by his resounding win there, indicated to us that he sees himself as a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives, not as a candidate for president. OpenSecrets.org does list him as an active candidate in the Texas-14 race, and we will continue to do so.
Thirdly, once John McCain secured enough delegates last week to become the Republican Party's presidential nominee, we felt comfortable moving Rep. Paul to the list of inactive candidates following his March 6 video message, along with other candidates who have come up short in the delegate race and delivered similar valedictions. Republican Alan Keyes remains on our list, along with Mike Gravel on the Democratic roster of candidates, pending an announcement from the candidate similar to what we've heard from Rep. Paul and others.
That a candidate remains on the primary ballot in some states is not sufficient reason to continue including him among active candidates, in the Center's view. Many of the other candidates who have dropped out remain on ballots for which they qualified long ago.
Furthermore, that the candidate's supporters say he is a candidate, or want him to remain a candidate, is not sufficient reason for us to continue including him among active candidates. We interpret the candidate's own statements when making our decisions.
In addition to monitoring Rep. Paul's continued fundraising for his House re-election race, we will continue to process and analyze his presidential campaign finance reports, just as we will continue to process the data for the other candidates who were once actively campaigning for president.
Should Rep. Paul or one of his aides wish to make the case that he is still actively running for president, please invite them to contact the Center to discuss this.
Thanks for your inquiry, and for using OpenSecrets.org.
Massie Ritsch
Communications Director
Center for Responsive Politics
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Paul says he's still in the race
http://www.cnn.com/2008/P...
"The true revolution on the change of the party as well as the change of the country is ongoing. We feel very good about it, which means I'm still in the race, but certainly in a manner that is less energetic than it was six months ago," he said.
Paul said he feels an obligation to his supporters in the states that have yet to hold their contests.
"I didn't think that it would last that long nor we would energize so many nor raise so much money. So we're really excited about what's going on," he said.....
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re open secrets comment below:
"Should Rep. Paul or one of his aides wish to make the case that he is still actively running for president, please invite them to contact the Center to discuss this."
wow...and I trusted them
wow...and I trusted them too. They just got removed from my lists cuz I try to make sure I don't have any liars listed...except in the section entitled "liars" but they don't even merit that distinction at this moment. How very disappointing. Oh well! Onward and Upward! WE know the truth.....
They are not confused this
They are not confused this is propaganda
The MSM knows damn well that Mccain has NOT receieved enough delegates to assure him the nomination THIS IS A LIE end of story.
Open secrets my ass
I will never visit thier site again.
Dr. Steve Parent
I second that
but then again I have never been to their site. Looks like I didn't miss anything.
opensecrets.org is a great site
...which makes it all the sadder to see this happen.
I talked with Maureen Moore about this yesterday and sent her the link to this page. She was surprised to hear about it. We'll keep squeaking until we get some oil on this puppy. ;-)
Drat that Benton.
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Get active NOW to put Ron in the general election. ronpaul.meetup.com
Lets blame it on Human error...
It maybe a "SHEEPLE" thing? You report trash, I'll cut and paste. Don't make me do research, its not in the budget.... Hey its not a one horse town!!!
Remember the past as you look forward to today...
send them the CNN interview.
send them the CNN interview. He says directly, I am still in the race.
Based on the name of their organizaton
I can understand their confusion of thinking being IN means OUT. If something is out in the OPEN it is not a SECRET anymore. What a lame explanation, she or he gave for taking a candidate who is still running off of the list.
Thanks for posting...
I just realized they took him off their list and came here to see if anyone else knew about it. You'd think Dr. Paul saying he was going to keep collecting delegates and go on to the convention would have been enough... guess not. : (
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The lesser of two evils is still evil!
Ministry of Truth
"We interpret the candidate's own statements when making our decisions." Opensecrets ( mritsch@crp.org )
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all." Lewis Carroll
I received the same ludicrous reply. We have learned so much about the media in this campaign. However, the mad hatter arbiters of truth at Opensecrets did offer this recourse -
" Should Rep. Paul or one of his aides wish to make the case that he is still actively running for president, please invite them to contact the Center to discuss this."
closedsecrets
What a bunch of Stalinists.
"We don't have to start a brand new revolution...All we have to do is restore the original Constitution." -Ron Paul
But they Kept Alan Keyes?
The video they quoted he also said he was in it until the convention.
I sent them the video to the CNN A.M., Raw Story. No response yet.
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Did anyone see the Map on CNN that showed Iraq was above Austria next to Poland !! Oops.. 20% of Americans or higher will now believe that and give support for the missles there.
"News you can trust". That is the problem.. "They decide what the truth is an interpret it rather than report it."
That is called lying and is intellectually dishonest. FU open secrets.
Stupid, Stupid Americans. It is just embarrasing.
Who gives a toss that
Who gives a toss that opensecrets has placed our Commander in Chief Ron Paul in their inactive candidates list. Who are they anyway?
We have our own open secret on many Ron Paul websites, blogs and forums for them to read about but like all those other negative Ron Paul MSM, blogs and websites they will turn a blind eye to it and regard us as kooky.
We will show them how to win the GOP nominee at the National Convention when the delegates (our open-secret) choose their man. Then they will have to take note and report his realistic chances of sitting in the White House.
Viva la Revolution!
“I have joined your revolution and I’m proud to be part of what you want to do.” - Ron Paul
You could always email them what Rand Paul said...
...about RP's campaign. That it is still going.
OPENSECRETS....
Do you know what happens when you assume?
Just a quick word for open secrets
FU%$ you open secrets.
Uh...
Uh... anyone send them the link to the CNN story?