How Will Ron Paul Win?

Second Place.

Ron Paul supporters far and wide kept an eye on Nevada this past Saturday as we watched the returns start to come in. The only Republican to purchase TV ad's, the only Republican to actively work his butt off and win the state, the only man who had a real concrete plan on making sure America became strong again... Ron Paul came in second. A distant, but strong, second, to a Mormon in a Mormon state with 14% of the vote, to Mitt Romney with 51%.

Disappointing? Not at all! It's about 2 weeks before Super Tuesday, when a good estimate of 25 - 45% of all likely voters in the country would have made up their minds on who they would want to be their nominees. To this point, Ron Paul has not won a single state. Although, neither have Fred Thompson and always-last Rudy Giuliani.

No, in fact, the only people who have won states have been a businessman (Mitt Romney), a liberal-Republican turned Neo-Con (John McCain), and a psychopath (Mike Huckabee). And, admittedly, they all make good points at times about the economy and quality of life. They just plain suck when it comes to solutions. So, now that Florida is racing ever so closer, about a week from now, does Ron Paul stand a chance?

Now, mind you, I am a STRONG Ron Paul supporter. I have him in my top friends on MySpace, I have his yard sign on my yard and his button on my backpack, and Ive done 3 pro-bono designs to support him (albeit on merchandise I'm selling myself). So it is with a love and respect for the only person on earth who has made me swoon over an economic policy and ending needless wars (I feel faint), or the only man period who has. Damn, man crush... I've got one. But I still love women, don't get me wrong. That said, Ron Paul can still win this election.

Obama. Now, now, stop the boos for a second and hear me out. Ron Paul and Obama have 1 thing in common; they both have a large youth movement following that has translated into internet success. The problem is that Obama's supporters, while not even close to being as passionate, smart, or clever as Ron Paul supporters (who have basically turned this campaign into their own), Obama supporters are doing the main thing that counts; They are out there VOTING IN BIG NUMBERS. If Ron Paul wants to win, he has to win one state by Super Tuesday. Period.

I don't want to make it so do-or-die, but lets face a sad fact; the media sucks. They aren't respecting Ron Paul or his campaign, and if you hear anything about him coming in second in Nevada, your lucky. You would think that coming in second for any candidate would be worth noting, good, bad, or otherwise. Ron Paul winning Florida means one thing; He has what it takes. Nevada should have been just that; a shot in the arm for the Ron Paul campaign and a way to show that, yes, he CAN win a state. Instead, it may not show he won a state, but it shows that he has a LOT of pull! Right now, he needs to start advertising like crazy in Florida. Bus ads, TV ads, radio ads, skyscraper wraps, billboards, hell, tattoo the Ron Paul Revolution logo on people's heads if you have too, RON PAUL MUST WIN!

The question is how?

The grassroots efforts have been great, but it isn't translating into votes. Democrats aren't being converted in time and Republicans aren't being told that, yes, a REAL Republican is running who wants to save money and, more importantly, the USA, for President who can win! Instead, a malaise is falling over that we are going to have to pick from 6 people who don't know jack (3 dems, 3 reps) and just want to bend America over and, as George Carlin put it, "provide customer service"!

It boils down to Ron Paul and the revolution to admit that, yes, in this case, the revolution MUST be televised. Otherwise, who's going to believe it happened?