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Originally Posted by Navy Pride  And its probably for one reason, his radical view on his war on terorism............... |
Actually, I think his "radical view" is shared by a pretty high percentage of people. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who agree that part of the reason we're a terrorist target is because we occupy Islamic countries (which, to them, is a religious offense- it's also the reason specifically cited by Osama bin Laden for why he opposes us). Not everyone buys the Neo-Con rhetoric that Islamic terrorists hate us because they're deeply offended by bald eagles, apple pie and the stars and stripes.
Paul won't perform well because:
1. He's a Representative. Abraham Lincoln is the only Representative to ever be elected President. Probably won't ever happen again.
2. He's got zero "establishment" support. Unfortunately, in today's United States, you don't get elected without at least some serious endorsements. Unfortunately, Donna D'Errico doesn't really fall into that category.
3. He's not perceived by most people to be "presidential" (awful public speaker, not exactly warm and friendly, kind of socially awkward).
4. He's facing very stiff competition on both sides. This is arguably the strongest field of candidates we've seen in decades.
5. While some of his positions are wildly popular, too many more are so far outside the mainstream that they would never catch on with the bulk of the voting public. The fact that he defends them poorly (owing to his poor public speaking abilities) doesn't really help.