A brokered convention might just be what the Dr ordered, imagine the media being forced to cover it, what a great deal of free advertising and Obama bashing covering the air waves. Wait, that must have been a dream, only Fox News would cover it and the ministry of propoganda would be busy lying and digging up dirt and suspect mistresses of any potential nominee.

Allen West for president!!

...and some people thought me a racist because I do loathe Obama....

Amen, Mac! Allen West for pres and Marco Rubio for VP. Let's see the Ministry of Propaganda (i.e.MSM) put a negative spin on that - though I'm sure they would try!

I propose that Republicans follow the Truman strategy. Shortly after Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, Truman said, "If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible...".

That is, we should support whichever of the GOP candidates is trailing at the moment. This is the surest path to a brokered convention, which would at least provide some hope of a real conservative getting the nomination. Besides, a brokered convention would be the political event of a lifetime.

@wjm & mac - Agree! Allen West or Marco Rubio for Pres and the other one for VP, although West could definitely be a candidate for SecDef. Would prefer to see him on the ticket though. He has said he doesn't feel he is qualified to be Pres (I heartily disagree) but would answer a call for VP. Let's get these two guys up there and get this nation squared away!

At this point, I don't care who gets the nom...whether they start winning primaries or win at the convention in Tampa. I'm supporting him.

I can't take another 4 years of Obama. I want a better economy and conservative/constitutional supreme court justices.

Too many people are forgetting to keep their eyes on the prize, which is beating Obama in November. Whoever the Republicans eventually nominate will be better than the little tin-pot dictator currently in the oval office. Stupid editorials such as Mr. Goldberg`s only serve to stir the pot and add to the discontent. Let`s get our act together and pledge to support whoever is the eventual nominee.

Richard Ryan

Lamar,Missouri - Birthplace of Harry S Truman

@ Richard-

I'll be behind any GOP nominee.

But, Allen West is certainly more qualified than the 'vote present' one term senator-marxist-Chicago-cockroach-community organizer-DH that's posing as the President right now.

Plus-there's no baggage (I'd hope), military background, ...well -lets face it -I do believe he'd blow the doors off the democraps!!!

Paul doesn't have "conspiratorial nuttiness" he has a clear understanding of the way evil is operating through the rich bankers and lobbyists who control the FED and the candidates chosen and empowered by those rich and powerful bankers and lobbyists.

The fact that those lobbyists don't try to purchase Paul's vote is an indication that he has rejected their bribes so consistently they don't bother offering them any more. The fact that all of the other candidates have "generously" accepted their bribes is an indication that they can be bought. Failure to recognize this is an indication that the media has been purchased with by the same forces of evil.

Character is the only thing that stands between this nation and prosperity. Character is developed by either the God of Creation and his laws, statutes and judgments or by the god of this world and the filthy lucre he redistributes through the gifts and favors that elevate his representatives into positions of power.

"He's a true political chimera, a Nelson Rockefeller Republican right-wing revolutionary." That is some oxymoron. Rockefeller is the original RINO. That means he is extreme left wing. Remember the 64 convention where he gave the crowd the one finger salute when Goldwater received the nomination?

1964 was America's best chance to turn away from the BIG-GOV socialism of FDR and restore the Constitution as our true guide. Barry Goldwater, though definitely a hawk, believed that all federal spending should be limited to powers delegated in the Constitution.

Instead, America chose LBJ and the Great Society and War on Poverty...that is, more socialism and BIG GOV and DEBT.

Reagan started us back in the right direction, but doubled down on military spending (trading for high spending on the social side, too), spending which drove the USSR to bankruptcy.

From Bush to Clinton to Bush to Obama...spending has gone up, up, up.

Ron Paul offers a Goldwater stance on the Constitution and real plans for cutting spending on all fronts. Unfortunately, the Republican Party remains true to its Lincolnian WAR roots, and the establishment Repubs demand only increases, never cuts, to military spending. A poll shows that 76 percent of Repubs favor invading Iran and that 62% would cheer if Israel attacked Iran. {Cue the Bomb Bomb Iran music here}

Despite the fact that the Republican wind and polls favor hawkish rhetoric and promises of more military spending, Ron Paul refuses to alter his position of common sense. Though admirable, that position won't win the GOP nomination of the WAR Party.

George Washington devoted ten pages (22-32) of his farewell address to the wisdom of an non-interventionist foreign policy --avoiding entangling alliances. America abandoned that founding wisdom in the 20th century. Now Ron Paul earns ridicule as "naive," "nutty" and "whacky" for proposing to restore wise policy.

Washington and Paul earned reputations for integrity and consistency. Too bad Americans don't value that much anymore.

Looks like the US Treasury is on track to devalue the dollar long before the August primaries. Should that happen, and if Hillary pushes her Small Arms Treaty with the UN for all to see, the resulting chaos will turn both political parties on their ears and Ron Paul will become the nominee and the President.

I have never seen such a deliberate disinformation campaign carried out against a single person, Ron Paul, in my life. BY BOTH PARTIES! AND THE MEDIA! It's clear the Dems are afraid of him, and the Republicans seem complicit in their own conspiracy to maintain the status quo. Are both parties Establishment's bought and paid for by the NWO?? Are we being systematically disassembled by members within our own government? Holder refuses to uphold the law, our own Congress refuses to file injunctions against Obama for his czars and many transgressions against the powers of his office!!

@boomer8

The Repubs and the Dems are two wings of the same BIG-GOV party owned and operated by the same corporate interests.

Ron Paul stands out because, as Sherry points out, he's not for sale to lobbyists. Character. Integrity. Consistency. He stands for the Constitution and the Rule of Law and the Founding Principles. The BIG-GOV party does NOT want to acknowledge the Constitution or any limitations on more spending. More, more, more.

The BIG-GOV party is completely ignoring the ticking Budget time bombs and fiscal sanity. The catastrophic cataclysm that the STATUS QUO assures is coming...and is the true threat to America.

Ron Paul is the only candidate with serious plans and serious intent to reduce spending and the scope of government. Thus, it appears GOP primaries prefer the status quo, they prefer insanity continued. Party on!

RON PAUL RON PAUL RON PAUL. Are you people on drugs?

Someone writes an intelligent, well-reasoned column on the viability of the presidential candidates, and sure as the sun rises in the east...a bunch of paul-bots come running in to go on about what a great guy their candidate is.

You know, I don't mind Ron Paul himself so much. Other than the fact that he couldn't get a darn thing done in his 20 years of holding a TX House seat, he seems like a swell guy.

It's his obsessive, cultish followers that annoy and frustrate me to no end. The way they actually think the tired old has-been (who's been running for president since 1988) is actually going to be elected this time around. Wait and see. He's run for president about fifteen times, but this time's the charm. Just you wait and see.

From questions about his authorship or editing of racist newsletters, to his association with 9/11 Troofers and assorted conspiracy nuts....

...I've about heard enough from Paul-bots.

The Republic is in dire need of restoration to to

@Cylar

Perhaps, Cylar, you should avoid reading reader comments here and the PatriotPost altogether if the Founding Principles annoy you so much.

Ideas like the Constitution, Rule of Law, spending constraint, LIMITED government are indeed terrifying to many in both wings of the BIG-GOV Party, the Repubs AND the Dems.

In the Jefferson quote below, from PatriotPost, it sounds like the mantra we often hear to CONFORM to the GOP "big tent" in order to defeat Ohdrama.

"If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path he thinks most direct, we become an easy conquest to those who can now barely hold us in check." ---–Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Duane, 1811

But keep in mind that Jefferson also made clear that he would surrender his conscience to NO PARTY on any subject, from religion to politics. Not sure of the full context of Jefferson's comments to William Duane above, but it seems to be advice to avoid the old DIVIDE & CONQUER ploy the BIG GOV Party wings often deploy to foil those who would stand for first principles.

He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

@Steve, as I made clear, it's not Founder principles that annoy me. It is not even Ron Paul who does, though admittedly I'm tired of hearing about the man.

If Founder principles were important to you, you should have gotten behind Rick Perry like I did. He was a governor with a proven track record of job creation, low tax policies, and gun rights. Instead, you backed an isolationist conspiracy nut. Come on, gold standard? In 2012? Really?

It's Paul-bots that annoy me and their stubborn refusal to accept reality. You're going to need to get behind someone else. I am looking forward to him dropping out of the race after next month's Super Tuesday contest, just so the Paulistinians will shut up for four more years.

"He who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

No, he who backs Ron Paul will fall for anything.

Your man will NEVER be president. NEVER. Even Paul himself has admitted he doesn't have a shot at it. Why are you wasting everyone's time campaigning for him?

Admittedly, I have little patience for the libertarian view to start with. First, third parties are never going to gain any traction here - we are not like other Western republics that have six or eight major parties running candidates at each election. Second, I reject the idea that "live and let live" is the way to run a country. It's completely unrealistic, and even if it made sense to throw morality completely out the window, it's still not going to find much support among a public conditioned to being taken care of. Libertarian views were not popular even in the 19th century, so I don't know what makes anyone think they'd be popular today.

@Cylar

Get off the high horse, dude. I have always known that Ron Paul's odds of winning were VERY long. His ideas TERRIFY the establishment powers of the BIG-GOV party and have been out of favor for 80 years (see Barry Goldwater, 1964).

I believe that IF there were two other candidates (preferably younger and more articulate) running on Ron Paul's platform concepts, they would be equally rejected.

I don't support the Founding Principles, the Constitution and the Rule of Law because they are popular. They haven't been in some time. May never be again. But that doesn't make them any less RIGHT. I'll always stand for Truth and Right whether it's popular or not.

Ross Perot and George Wallace were the only third party candidates in my lifetime with a real chance. Wallace was removed by force... but he remains right that there's not a dimes worth of difference between the Repubs and Dems. They're both BIG-GOV party, with only slightly different spending priorities.

Rick Perry? Really? He showed his colors and sold out to "Moon Colony" Newt. Ron Paul has way more support than Perry ever did, though it probably won't win a presidency.

My hope for the Ron Paul candidacy and the Tea Party is to have more Americans studying and becoming more aware of the Constitution and the Founding Principles. They won't get those ideas from GOV schools.

Of course, if we stay with the Status Quo BIG-GOV party, we'll have to start over after the economic collapse, perhaps as a Chinese colony since they hold the paper on our mortgage.