FirstFreedom
Moderator
I'm sure I'm not the first one to think of this, but I truly think Mr. Paul would have a better chance at the POTUS nomination through the primary process had he run as a Democrat. He's pretty unpopular among the status quo Repubs who control the "machine" - the Bush/neocon/pro-war types, which is of course severely hurting his chances in the R. primary (although he's doing extremely well in spite of this). Conversely, being an anti-war candidate, he would seriously contend with Hillary and Obama among the base hardcore Democrats, and his other libertarian ideas are not as unpopular among Democrats as one might think. Hillary has no serious opposition because, to Dems, what's the alternative? Obama? Richardson? Kucinich? "Hair Hat" Edwards? Who else? Are any of these characters strongly anti-war, in tune with their base and the country at large which put Dems in Congress in 06? Ron Paul would be a powerful force that could have severely undermined Hillary's juggernaut here.... just a crazy thought.