<p>The Democratic dream competition: Huckabee as the Republican nom, with RP running as an independent. Come on, guys. You got the war, how much easier do you want to make it for you? :)</p>
<p>Coureur: see also, “The kept on coming in the same old way and we kept on stopping them in the same old way.” Predictions of startling results due to the youth vote and/or the power of the internet are about as cyclical as credit card statements.</p>
<p>The problem with True Believers of any stripe is that they tend to live in an echo chamber that reinforces their views and they project their passion upon everyone else, leading to significant distortions of perception. In politics, I’m more skeptical of good news than bad news and I’ve found that it’s served me well. Sigh…I believe the only state I missed in my 2000 prediction was…Florida, which I marked as a coin-flip and had to choose.</p>
<p>You folks haven’t been keeping up. You who limit yourselves to only mainstream media are missing a great deal. (Um, did someone say something about burying one’s head in the sand?) You sound like me a few years ago, talking about the Nader supporters costing Gore the election. But this is different…way different. Why? Because the country is far, far more messed up than it was then. Nader? Perot? Dean? Nah, no comparison. None of those guys crossed party boundaries like Ron Paul has. Pro-lifers standing next to pro-choicers…far left-wing liberals next to ultra-conservative Christians…Environmentalists next to those who think global warming is a joke…all waving Ron Paul signs. This is UNPRECEDENTED.</p>
<p>You underestimate.</p>
<p>You can scoff all you want…as I said, we shall see…</p>
<p>hahahahahahahaha!</p>
<p>Glad I’m not the only one who thinks of a big black transvestite everytime I hear “Ron Paul!”</p>
<p>[Well</a>, RuPaul would certainly be the most glamorous President you’d ever had, and one of the tallest too, I think.](<a href=“http://www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009524.html]Well”>Making Light: Don't Be Confused)</p>
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<p>The Republican Party is going to implode this year. I think even Kucinich could win. If Huckabee wins the party will be damned to be a Southern Evangelical circus till the election of 2012. And Ron Paul will be the thorn on the side that appeals to the crazy uncle in the attic demographic. It’s like 1980/1994, but this time the Dems are sitting on the other side.</p>