Paulie
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I saw an interview with him in the last week or so and he was still pretty adamant about not running third party. I know he can't come out and say it if he plans to but I tend to believe him. I think the only way he will run as third party is if he honestly believes he can win as third party and we all know that is a slim chance. He is smart enough to know that if he runs as a third party he is handing it to Obama. He was asked if he would support Newt and he didn't rule it out but said that it would take some conversations to come to an understanding on positions.
Yesterday on Meet the Press he hedged, which isn't like him: "I'm not going to rule anything out or anything in... "
Maybe I'm just engaging in wishful thinking. But I'm thinking that if the Republicans nominate Gingrich or Romney, and the Libertarians don't have a strong candidate, he'll consider it.
I'd like to see him run 3rd party just to stick it to the GOP for doing everything they could to hold him down all these years. They're going to need his supporters and quite frankly they don't deserve a single one of them.
Lindsey Graham was talking about it the other day on MTP, about how they're going to need Paul's support. The irony is unbelievable. They don't give the guy the time of day, but then have the audacity to say they need his help.