Election Day: The Ron Paul Factor

We stand less than forty-eight hours from the election of the next President of the United States. The two major candidates are Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. The key figure in this race could very well be one that is not even in the race and is retiring from Congress.

Congressman Ron Paul, the representative from Texas who led a revolution of libertarians and constitutionalists within the political mainstream. This year has been a well-documented battle of these political revolutionaries against the entrenched establishment. Kicked down and brushed aside, the Ron Paul people have now proven to be a force of influence and will be an interesting storyline to follow Tuesday night.

Conflict still remains as to whether or not many will vote for former New Mexico governor and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson or write in Congressman Paul himself, but one thing remains certain: Mitt Romney is not on the short list.

Maines Republican Party operations have been a mess from the beginning. To say the spike in activity during caucuses was unexpected is dishonest, as the Paul campaign had been open about its strategy being focused on the delegates in caucus states.

If the leadership in the party were paying attention, they would have picked up on this and prepared for the new recruits to be welcomed into the party. Instead, however, the wing nuts, as chairman Charlie Webster once called them, were insulted and robbed.

Wheres Waldo countys votes werent counted towards the straw poll count, mysteriously disappearing, apparently into the spam filter of someone at the offices of a major political party. Washington County was delayed because of debatable weather conditions, a controversial move at the time. Both counties, coincidentally, were strong on Congressman Paul. Instead of doing as a leader should, Webster refused to ensure all the votes would count. But as a good leader of the Old Boys Club, he kept things as is to ensure the victory of Mitt Romney.

The chairman of the Maine Republican Party refused to count all the votes of the Ron Paul people, implying their votes are insignificant and irrelevant to the big picture. But now, their votes are suddenly significant and relevant to the big picture, as any Republican will tell you they must vote for Mitt Romney. Ron Paul votes dont matter. Maybe they will just tell Webster that their votes for Romney got lost in someones spam filter.

The madness didnt cease there. In fact, it was just beginning.

Come the State Convention, the turnout was massive. Ron Paul supporters had the front of the Augusta Civic Center lined up like it was three hours before a rock concert. Instead, it was a couple hours before a major political event, which began check-in at 7am.

As the votes rolled in, it was tense, and delay tactics were endless. Romney lawyers were quickly working to find any way possible to undermine the turnout that clearly was not in their favor, and the supporters were endless in their Points of Orders that were randomly shouted left and right.

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Election Day: The Ron Paul Factor