I have been reluctant to share this possibility, because I did not want to fertilize the seeds of the Paulbots….. but it is now time to share.
Let me be perfectly clear. I do not believe for one second that Ron Paul actually wants to be President. Everything throughout the course of his life, and everything he has said and done points to his desire to be “in control” but not actually being president. Indeed, I would argue that Ron Paul is happiest arm-chair quarterbacking everything from a comfortable distance, but not actually being the executive decision maker. It is how he has led throughout his political career. He recoils instantaneously when told to “actually lead”, *it is not in his DNA.
*Note* If you hold a counter opinion feel free to provide substance to back it up. I’m open to being convinced otherwise, but I just don’t see it.
With that in mind, and understanding how a brokered convention actually works, it does appear that Ron Paul is quickly fulfilling his goal to be the King-Maker. You see, even though other candidates are winning primaries, and both binding and non-binding caucuses, if any candidate cannot win 1,147 delegates then the entire primary process is moot and a “brokered convention” is established.
In a brokered convention all the delegates are released from their committed, or binding votes; and that is where Ron Paul comes to the forefront. For over a year team Paul has been strategizing on such an outcome and they have instructed massive contingencies of Ron Paul supporters to apply and become the delegates in every state. So while Ron Paul might come in 3rd place, and only actually win a dozen delegates in an individual state, he might have 50% to 75% of the delegates be Ron Paul supporters. Once those delegates are released from any prior obligation they are free to vote for Paul.
What this means is a massive network of Ron Paul supporters at the convention in Tampa. So massive they will actually represent a delegation big enough to provide Ron Paul with the winning majority.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/02/16/ron-pauls-pathway-to-power/
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