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[MollyBloom]

First off, I love him.

Second, I thought Hucksterbee dropped out, so that leaves McCain and Ronnie P, right?

Drudge Report says McCain clinched the GOP, but then other sites say Ron Paul is still in it. What is going on? Anyone hear anything?

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

Yes Ron Paul is on the verge of winning

[igotthisguitar]

[thepeel]

[ontheway]

[MollyBloom]

Thanks!

[stillnotking]

If he did run third-party, who would he be helping, and would the answer depend on who the D nominee is?

Paul's constituency is primarily young, urban, educated libertarians. Seems like a fair amount of overlap with Obama.

[mithridates]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Well, he never WAS in it, except in a formal, technical way. Yesterday McCain won the nomination. RP no doubt will continue to campaign because he is neurotic enough to continue to campaign. CNN is not ignoring him as much as it is being realistic--why waste time on a minor candidate after the nomination has been confirmed? Are Biden and Richardson being ignored?

And I don't believe RP's main group of supporters are 'primarily young, urban, educated libertarians'. I think his supporters are anti-government survivalists.

[MollyBloom]

[bacasper]

[ontheway]

New polls show McCain losing badly to either Clinton or Obama. No surprise. It's been obvious from the outset that the only Republican who could win in November is Ron Paul. That is still true. And that is why Ron Paul is still in the race:


2 hours, 23 minutes ago



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain trails Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in hypothetical matchups, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Wednesday.

Illinois Sen. Obama leads McCain by 12 percentage points -- 52 percent to 40 percent; New York Sen. Clinton leads McCain by 6 points -- 50 percent to 44 percent, the poll found.

McCain, an Arizona senator, has turned his attention to the November 4 general election after clinching his party's nomination on Tuesday night. Clinton and Obama are still locked in a close battle for the Democratic nomination.

McCain, endorsed by U.S. President George W. Bush, fares poorly against Clinton and Obama among Americans who disapprove of the president and Americans opposing the war, The Washington Post said.

About two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job and think the war was not worth fighting, the newspaper said.

Age might be another obstacle for 71-year-old McCain, who if elected would be the oldest first-term president.

The percentage of Americans discouraged by McCain's age (27 percent) is more than double the number who would be less enthusiastic about supporting Obama, who would be the first African American president or Clinton, who would be the first female president, the Post reported.

In a campaign pitting McCain against Obama, the veteran Arizona lawmaker pulls ahead of the junior senator from Illinois on the question of "experience." Sixty-eight percent of Americans who favor experience over "change" support McCain. However, 80 percent of those who desire a new direction and new ideas favor Obama, the poll found.

In a matchup with Clinton, the Republican holds a wide lead among those seeking experience while Clinton wins two-thirds of voters seeking change, the newspaper reported.

Obama also leads McCain on top issues in the poll: the economy, health care, immigration and ethics in government. The survey shows McCain with a wide advantage as the one better suited to handle the U.S. campaign against terrorism, the Post said.

The random telephone poll of 1,126 adults was taken February 28 through March 2 and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.

[ernie]

this election is shaping up to be a race between dumb, dumber, and dumberer

[TheUrbanMyth]

[TheUrbanMyth]