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Republicans Give Ron Paul the Ultimate Snub | Political Lore .com: "Republicans Give Ron Paul the Ultimate Snub
Post Date: August 28th, 2008
Submitted By: irishr
Filed Under: Barack Obama • Bob Barr • Election 2008 • Featured • Irishr • John McCain • Presidential Candidates • Ron Paul • Uncategorized • Writers

R and DThe Republicans have released the line up of speakers for their convention next week and it is more notable for who is not going to speak than it is for who is.


All of the primary candidates will be speaking, all but one -Ron Paul. Now, he probably does not care about that anymore because he is going to be holding his own convention at the same time. But it could make a difference to the Republicans in November.

The talk up to now has been mostly about whether or not Hillary Clinton’s supporters will fall in line behind Barack Obama. The Republicans are so concerned about it, they are running adds trying to lure them away. Meanwhile at least 15% of the Republican voters still support Ron Paul and the chance of them falling in line behind John McCain is about the same as John Edwards becoming Secretary of State.

So far, the Democratic Convention has gone pretty smooth. They have come under criticism for not attacking John McCain right fro"