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Originally Posted by Timesobserver
I just wrote about how many in the Democratic Party want Hillary Clinton to step out of the race, because she's dividing the party, among other things. Yet, she is nearly neck-in-neck with her foe Barack Obama and I don't think she should step down just yet.
This is far different then Ron Paul, who hasn't come in a close second place. I've written that he should step down because he doesn't have the huge donations or support like the three major candidates.
What do you guys think, should Hillary step down and why?
And more importantly, what do you think the reasons are that Ron Paul isn't beating John McCain or at least close enough to tap him on the shoulder? And no wild, conspiracy theories.
I had a lot of Ron Paul supporters a few weeks back who wanted my head on a silver plate because I wrote the Texas congressman should step out of the race because he wasn't doing that well, among other things.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with many of the things that Ron Paul is saying, but he just doesn't have that backing like McCain has, which has pushed the Arizona senator within fingertip reach of his party's nomination.
Ron Paul is telling it like it is and with so much talk about civil liberties allegedly being taken away and raising taxes and out-of-control spending, you would think more people would be behind him enough that he would have won a good number of states. So why aren't the majority of Americans backing the Texas doctor?
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Hillary Clinton is neck-n'-neck with Obama. I've heard so many talking heads say that the Superdelegates can't go against the will of the people and select Hillary over Obama (we're talking about a 0-2% difference here), but they shhh down and don't mention that, will of the people, they should run together. If Obama doesn't select her, is he going against the will of the people?
Ron Paul - he actually has won second place. Since he's the only one (other than McCain) still campaigning, he has won more second place finishes (he actually won second place in one or two of the early races). He's worth mentioning because he was a fringe candidate in this race, but many Republicans wouldn't vote for him because he didn't have a chance - he's now shown that he DOES have a chance, and so if he's in the primary again he'll have a strong following. Further, it's worth noting that he's the strongest candidate amongst young people (at least on the conservative side). If that continues to be the trend, then we can expect his current followers to support him next time he's up, and that he'll have more youngin's to follow him.