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Entry: Ron Paul Rising Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_rising#7845 Post contents: I appreciate what Ron Paul is trying to do, and God Bless all his supporters who are working so hard on his behalf. But 7.4% in New Hampshire is hardly significant, and as New Hampshire has a strong independent streak... The rule is don't run if you can't get at least 15%, because anything below that is just putting you into the fringe category. The Republican Party oews it's support to the "I've got mine, screw everyone else" attitude, the fiancial support of the CEO classes & Wall Street bankers, and appeals to the resentments of white working class voters fed up with the "diversity" and "multiculuralism" of the globalization economy. Justin, you're a great journalist, a tremendous intellectaul force, but you're dreaming when it comes to your theory of an "Old Right" emergence, and a libertarian surge that doesnt' buy into the Alan Greenspan version of Government on belhalf of the Plutocracy. 7.2% just ain't significant, and Paul's campaign will just provide proof to the pundits that his anti-war, anti-big government message is just another lunatic fringe candidacy like Nader on the Left. That being said, I'm glad Paul is out there, because of the thrill I get when he contradicts the Republican "me-too" candidates in the ebatess. But it's a futile effort, and in the end will not be worth the thrill becassue of what it will do to the anti-war cause. Sent at: 2008 07 24