Why would he compromise on 10 years of work in congress? That's called flip flopping and he would be just another candidate running for office. Ron Paul is diffrent in a good way, and his record shows it.
I personally think that flip-flopping is an over-used term and people don't even know what it means. Flip-flopping and compromising aren't the same thing. Compromising means being able to identify and prioritize the issues to the extent that at least the most important aspects are accomplished. Gridlock is the opposite of compromise unless a single party controls all three branches. Flip-flopping is changing opinion simply to comply with popular opinion regardless of personal opinion or mind altering evidence. Anyone is allowed to change his opinion as additional knowledge is gained, and I respect those who do. I also respect those who have the ability to see both sides and work toward progress.
Well I guess we're both right then. He'll consider it if any of the GOP candidates endorse his policies, but none of them do (or will) so he wont consider it.
You were more directly right than that because he stated that he wouldn't run with any of the current candidates given their present platforms. He was considering a purely hypothetical candidate to indicate that there are circumstances in which he'd settle for VP. Incidentally, Pat Robertson just endorsed social liberal Rudy G. It's a strange marriage but Robertson's position is anybody but a Dem. If Robertson brings the religious right with him ( as is assumed by the media ) Ron Paul's chances will be severely compromised.
This graph represents a trend which is possibly going to go parabolic. This is at a time while the Ron Paul contributions are gaining momentum - and he hasn't spent but a fraction of it. http://www.google.com/trends?q=ron+...rudy+giuliani&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2007&sort=0 People that are spending the time online to find out about a candidate are very likely to be heading to the polls. I expect the young voter turnout for this primary to be extremely high. Watch what happens if the paul campaign would run ads like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Med926aDBoc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG_OwTthS-E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBR32X8vUy8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=J-3M2D3V94M Join the Tea Party December 16th! http://teaparty07.com/
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