The other evening, I saw a pick-up truck that had a Ron Paul for President sign that took up half of the back panel. It was huge and it made me think, “What will this person do on election day? Will they write-in ‘Ron Paul’ or will they simply not vote for any of the presidential candidates?”
The Republican Party has been trying to ignore Ron Paul and his supporters and they even attempted to keep Ron Paul’s delegates from attending the Republican Convention. There is no assurance that the “Paulies” will vote for Mitt Romney.
What the Romney campaign fears is that the Ron Paul supporters will never vote for Mitt. The campaign had Paul Ryan address this problem at a recent Ohio rally in which Ryan called on the “Paulies” to vote for Romney.
Though Paul is no longer in the race, many of his supporters have vowed to “write him in” in ballots across the country. For them, the Romney/Ryan ticket doesn’t represent their ideals, and many believe there aren’t substantial differences between Mitt Romney, who, as governor of Massachusetts, signed into law a health care bill largely considered to be the blueprint for the unpopular Obamacare, and the current occupant of the Oval Office.
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But now, Paul supporters seem to have the upper hand as Election Day nears and the Republican ticket seems to be scrambling to keep what has been — at least, until now — a close race to unseat President Barack Obama. And it remains to be seen if some of Paul’s most fervent supporters would give the Romney/Ryan ticket a chance, especially after numerous incidents during which they felt alienated by the establishment wing of the Republican Party as the GOP primaries unfolded.
The first debate is scheduled for tomorrow, October 3rd and only two candidates will be part of the debate. There are other candidates that will appear on ballots across the nation, such as, Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party and Jill Stein, Green Party. They were not invited to the debates. Let’s face it. On the national level, America is governed by a two party system.
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