Taco John
10-12-2007, 02:21 PM
The base is fracturing, and Ron Paul is tapping into a conservative vein that will shrink the party even more if they don't embrace it.
Ron Paul: The Dean Precedent for a New Political Wing
Friday, October 12, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
Whether GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul wins the election his party’s nomination, or the presidency itself, he is likely amassing one of the best data bases ever of free-market names, those who have contributed to his campaign and are willing to fund other candidates running on a Ron Paul style platform.
In fact, this data base may spark a resurgence, nation wide of the kind of Jeffersonian conservatism platform – anti-war and anti-big government – on which Ron Paul has run with increasing success thus far. “The fund raising, straw polls and debates themselves show that there is considerable receptivity to his message,” says one source close to the campaign.
This source and others add that one likely option for Ron Paul is to utilize his increasingly powerful database on a state by state basis to build up funding for candidates with backgrounds and ideologies similar to his.
One source says, “[These days] you’ve got young people of all backgrounds who are very motivated and go to political meetings and sit around and talk about fiat money and other concepts that you would never have heard discussed a decade ago. There’s been a qualitative change in the political conversation, and if there’s some funding, there would be plenty of candidates willing to run at state and local levels, and even national levels on Ron Paul’s platform.”
There is precedent to this in that the Democratic presidential contender in the last presidential cycle, Howard Dean, built a massive fund-raising and electoral effort using the Internet-oriented data base he amassed. The results can be seen at the web site “Democracy for America” which has successfully endorsed and helped fund what would seem to be socialist-oriented candidates – levelers - at all levels throughout the nation. The group even sponsors a DFA Training Academy to solicit further donations and spread the word.
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/candidates
Sources close to the campaign believe Ron Paul will be in a position to set up the same sort of effort, only one that would focus on “Liberty for America” rather than “Democracy for America.”
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From the Democracy for America website:
What is Democracy for America?
Inspired by the presidential campaign of Howard Dean, Democracy for America (DFA) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency. DFA fights against the influence of the far right-wing and their radical, divisive policies and the selfish special interests that for too long have dominated our politics.
DFA has a long-term goal to rebuild the Democratic Party from the bottom up—it will take time, but we must start building a base now for the future.
Ron Paul: The Dean Precedent for a New Political Wing
Friday, October 12, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
Whether GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul wins the election his party’s nomination, or the presidency itself, he is likely amassing one of the best data bases ever of free-market names, those who have contributed to his campaign and are willing to fund other candidates running on a Ron Paul style platform.
In fact, this data base may spark a resurgence, nation wide of the kind of Jeffersonian conservatism platform – anti-war and anti-big government – on which Ron Paul has run with increasing success thus far. “The fund raising, straw polls and debates themselves show that there is considerable receptivity to his message,” says one source close to the campaign.
This source and others add that one likely option for Ron Paul is to utilize his increasingly powerful database on a state by state basis to build up funding for candidates with backgrounds and ideologies similar to his.
One source says, “[These days] you’ve got young people of all backgrounds who are very motivated and go to political meetings and sit around and talk about fiat money and other concepts that you would never have heard discussed a decade ago. There’s been a qualitative change in the political conversation, and if there’s some funding, there would be plenty of candidates willing to run at state and local levels, and even national levels on Ron Paul’s platform.”
There is precedent to this in that the Democratic presidential contender in the last presidential cycle, Howard Dean, built a massive fund-raising and electoral effort using the Internet-oriented data base he amassed. The results can be seen at the web site “Democracy for America” which has successfully endorsed and helped fund what would seem to be socialist-oriented candidates – levelers - at all levels throughout the nation. The group even sponsors a DFA Training Academy to solicit further donations and spread the word.
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/candidates
Sources close to the campaign believe Ron Paul will be in a position to set up the same sort of effort, only one that would focus on “Liberty for America” rather than “Democracy for America.”
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From the Democracy for America website:
What is Democracy for America?
Inspired by the presidential campaign of Howard Dean, Democracy for America (DFA) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency. DFA fights against the influence of the far right-wing and their radical, divisive policies and the selfish special interests that for too long have dominated our politics.
DFA has a long-term goal to rebuild the Democratic Party from the bottom up—it will take time, but we must start building a base now for the future.