Ron Paul mulling 2012 run, says Reason Mag

[russellfdotson]

Listen, everybody, and listen well. YOU, that's right, YOU have to become a PCP, a pricinct commitee person in your county! If the office is occupied by someone else, file for the neighboring precinct. WE THE PEOPLE can elect Ron Paul in 2012, because the PCP's of this country, by county, are the ones who vote in the primary elections. WE CAN DO IT!

[Crzykjn]

If Paul runs, I'd like Jesse Ventura to be Vice, so we're o.k. if anything happens to the good doctor. Plus, with them two in office, there's no way wacky tobaccy would not be legalized.

[hyylo]

i would like rand paul or peter schiff to be vice

rand paul os ron pauls son and peter schiff wants to end the income tax.

peter schiff is amazing.

[BenjaminWirtz]

Peter Schiff might be good, but Rand Paul might be considered a conflict of interest.

[hyylo]

rand is a honest american. most of the fat cats we have now should be shot.

[TylerHinds]

I want Ron Paul to run.

[InTheSticks1881]

Who woulda thunk Schiff would run for the Senate? The Senate would be a warm up and he would go for the presidency if sucessful. Schiff is asking for volunteers.

[FinesseDPUA]

Everyone who has Ron Paul Signs should save them, we can save more money by re-using them later by scratching out 2008 and putting 2012!

Another fiscal decision!

[NARCOPOLO76]

i love it, thats a great idea, lead by example

[socal75]

omg I really hope he runs! We NEED him!

[Kippe1702]

I'm a liberal and I don't agree with many of Ron Paul's policies, but he seems like an honest guy (watch the Republican debates) and I respect him.

[lightfoot500]

the bi-partisan monopoly is crumbling.

both feet in for Ron Paul.

Only44Obama

[remotehog1]

hes got my vote but if hes not elected in 2012 hell be too old to run again , and america will have lost its last best hope for future prosperity.

[sallysax]

he needs to run in 2012 if we make it that far meaning if shit dosnt hit the fan first

[rosewood223]

peter schiff can run!!!

[vegaspilot03]

Oh yeah! get me for vice-pres Ron! i won't give in to the Washington politics!

[BroButch69]

Too OLD to cut the 18 hour campaign days needed to win. GET someone younger.

[jeffcaldwell2]

he bikes 7 miles a day

[vryheid88]

well, he also has the name recognition now. Mistakes have been made during the campaign and they should have concentrated on NH earlier and held many town hall meetings. No one in primary can announce his VP choice, but Gary Johnson should campaign with him and is IMHO the logical choice as VP. Read dougwead's blog, he also want Paul to run.

[RidleyReport]

he's catchin on, I'm tellin ya!

[vryheid88]

yes indeed, but need better ads than that in NH! It should be very professional, and aimed a bit at local NH issues as well (one sentence perhaps) and the aim should be clearly to win, and not only spreading the message. He should work on support among older voters and further improve youth vote, also those that voted for Obama. He should speak at NH universities!

[MooseOfReason]

Ron Paul should work with whoever helped BJ Lawson with his ads in North Carolina. Those were really good.

[eleonai1]

Absolutely, as much money as he raised, there was no excuse for the poor quality and pathetic production quality of his commercials. I still support Paul, but he needs much better media people if he's considering a 2012 run.

[Taors]

I'll support Ron Paul in 2012, just like I did in 2007-2008, but he absolutely NEEDS a better media consultant (or whatever). The commercials for his campaign sucked balls and some of them were actually turn-offs. If he can get a team that knows how to do good editing and is creative, then I think he'll get a lot of support.

[floridaironclad]

I'll be supporting him again 2012!

[RidleyReport]

one thought i had was maybe he could promise a one term presidency and make clear in advance who his veep would be. I'm thinking Ventura to maximize chance of winning but who knows.

[ed2276]

I hope he would populate his cabinet with people like Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Lew Rockwell, etc.

[ladyattis]

I think the long term success of libertarian thought hinges more on the over all survival of the species. As much as that may seem like hyperbole of a sort, understand that at the heart of our message for liberty is the fact that all the opposing points of view offer more or less death of the species via inefficiencies and self inflicted brutalities.

Thus, we as libertarians of all kinds need to voice this immutable truth of our message if we're ever to get anywhere 'politically.'

[klasifyde]

I would support him again if..... he is in it to win and not to educate. He would have to get a lot better campaign team than he had this time. Good commercials and lots of them!

[JSenator06]

RUN PAUL RUN..

[anyusmoon1]

Arnold Schwartzeneger will be running in 2012, if- Obama succeeds at taking the seat despite he is not constitutionally vetted to do so.

[libertyfizz]

I for one would not support another run by Ron Paul. Mostly because of how 08 Paul campaign squandered opportunities. Many of his campaign managers actively tried to shut down grassroots advertising. In Alaska the Ron Paul meetup leader removed from campaign office in Alaska. The lack of professional television advertising relevant to area. ie. no mention of bringing the troops home in the ad about having the largest share of military donations.

[libertyfizz]

I think many Libertarians will see a 2nd Ron Paul run as being a way to siphon off campaign money and effort from Libertarians. And the whole split the vote then endorsement of the Constitution Party candidate, will not be forgotten. The, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me," feeling will apply to many former Ron Paul supporters.

[RidleyReport]

The Libertarian Party is not a significant factor in U.S. politics. Anything that siphons liberty activism away from them....toward more successful activism...is good.

[libertyfizz]

It is a factor in local politics. However Libertarians in the two major parties are not factors. The party machine shuts them down every time. Yeah they get a higher percentage of the vote by claiming to be a Republican or Democrat but they still lose the elections. The respective parties always root them out, tell the membership they are moles or con-artist. I saw this happen with many of the RP congressional candidates even the very well funded ones that managed to make it out of primary.

[TEBON]

in NH it has been shown that putting up a Democrat Libertarian versus a Republican Libertarian can be beneficial

[RidleyReport]

yeah we wouldn't possibly want a repeat of the most successful libertarian presidential campaign ever....

[mcdudem]

I would like to see Rand Paul put forward as a possible candidate. He seems to understand the issues just as well as his father and would breathe new life into the campaign. If Ron wishes to run again, then great; he has already done so much.

[RidleyReport]

I hope after the dismal performance of third parties this time around everyone has figured out not to drink that kool-aid...and learned to fight it out as republicans or democrats.

[libertyfizz]

And I would hope people will not drink the kool-aid and learn that the DEM and GOP political machines will keep Libertarian leaning candidates out of significant offices. A loss by a higher percentage is still a loss.

[stacie1420]

I wish he would have run third party for the constitution party he would have won

as far as his age they need some adults on the hill watching them

[P3rf3ctStorm]

The Republican Party really blew it when they bypassed Paul for McCain. I hope RP runs in 2012, but I fear that it'll be too late at that time.

[goronpaul2012]

Doesn't matter what age he is. He's intellegent, has more intergrity than any other politician I've seen and he cares about people. This guy could literally build peace and prosperity around the world with his policies of following the constitution and protecting civil liberties. America would be more than lucky to have him at any age.

[TheParaz]

Ron Paul is as libertarian you can get and is only running as republican because there is no real democracy in the us and there is no place for a third party and he is forced to run as republican to even have the slightest chance which he also admits was the reason he left the libertarian party.

[prmd142]

americans don't deserve this Man!

[Mazz1916]

He'll be too old in my opinion. He already looked his age from time to time this go round. However I'm confident that in four years we'll have plenty of good options and more importantly the third party movement should have it's act together.

[zack9912000]

I pray to God he does. We need a man that will do a Major OVERHAUL and not just false promises.

[NickyTheHeel]

As an anarchist there are many things about Ron Paul that I really disagree with. Having said that, he would surely be a step in the right direction. Still, I don't think he has the charisma to win the presidency. Neither did Bush, of course, but he was up against Gore.

[Dreepa]

Nice footage of the FreeStateProject Liberty Forum in the beginning.

You should go to the 2009 Liberty Forum!

Use code 2009Ridley for a 10 percent discount

[tito2b2]

I don't care if he's 100. RP needs to run on 2012. We need to start now! take back the republican party and get involved!!

[tagrr]

Come down to Boston Saturday Nov. 22 for the rally for sound money & end the fed!

Google "end the fed"

See you outside the Boston Federal Reserve on Saturday.

[starclopsofish]

There MUST BE open debates next year.

[chunstiger]

RUN PAUL RUN !!!!!

[CurtHowland]

There are other principled individuals, such as Badnarik, that Paul could get behind.

I'd prefer someone more consistently principled than Johnson or Ventura. But then, keep in mind, Paul is a republican, not libertarian.

[wait887]

the problem is that the system is set up where only a democrat or republican can win. Local elections I could see Libertarians winning but national elections are owned by the system.

[RidleyReport]

so....run as a republican or democrat. problem mitigated.

[ed2276]

Instead of advocating leaving the RP--a retreat--you are putting together and invasion plan? Brilliant!!! But, will there be enough of us to be able to take back the RP from the squishy leftist repubs?

[TEBON]

that's cool I'm not a libertarian either, libertarians nominate CIA agents like Bob Barr who wants government. I'm a principled former libertarian, in other words. . .a voluntaryist

[libertyfizz]

And why did that happen. Well way too many Libertarians were tied up in the Ron Paul campaign. Their money and energy were burned up in the hope that Ron Paul would run as the Libertarian Presidential candidate. Mary Ruwart was tied up in RP campaign which made her a slow starter. If she had been actively seeking the nomination instead, Barr would not have won. I could easily say missing Libertarian delegates were still campaigning for RP in the vain at the time Barr won the nomination.

[TEBON]

Ron Paul is a libertarian. Bob Barr is a neo-Libertarian. I would have sacrificed my principles to elect Ron Paul. I would not sacrifice my principles for an unprincipled 'man'. . . a coward, a fool, and his sports jockey running mate. Good riddence to the LP

[libertyfizz]

Maybe this is difficult for you to realize but the election is over. Bob Barr was the nominee and only because so many Libertarians spent their time and energy on the RP campaign. But then again you sound like a good little Republican who doesn't want any more people to defect to the Libertarian party. Considering how the GOP treated Ron Paul, attempting to keep him out of debates and changing primary rules just to steal wins. I say good riddence to the GOP.

[TEBON]

if you think I'm a republican, frankly you're being foolish. I'm a Voluntaryist, and I didn't vote for any of them. I actually don't want republicans to become libertarians, I wish the republic/libertarians became republicans so we can have our principled party back.

[libertyfizz]

I suppose all the democrat/libertarians should go back to the democratic party as well. Where the leadership in the Dem party will treat them the same way RP was treated by the GOP. I understand the need to have some benchmarks to be able to be Libertarian. But if that benchmark is too high it means there will be no opposition to the main two parties. They will collude and sell off policy only pretending to represent differing views.

[christopherquinn]

If Dr. Ron Paul is willing to run again in 2010, I will get behind him and push hard to get him elected.

If not, Gary E. Johnson would be my choice and, if he ran, I would get behind him and push hard.

I like Jesse Ventura but prefer Ron and Gary.

[Josiah531]

Ron Paul 2012!!!!

Please save our nation. Vote Ron Paul.