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    Ron Paul Quietly Plots Backup Strategy While Seeking the Nomination

    Rep. Ron Paul says he's in it to win it and the campaign boasts that it has a comprehensive strategy in place to ensure that happens.

    But behind the scenes Campaign Manager Jesse Benton admits to ABC News that the team is plotting a back up strategy in case the congressman doesn't pull in enough delegates to become the nominee.

    If the campaign comes up short at the convention, Benton says the plan is to use all the delegates awarded to Paul as a bargaining chip to force the Republican Party to stick to its limited government platform.

    Benton says this could include auditing the Federal Reserve and winding back several parts of the Patriot Act, including roving wire taps which he says were originally written with the intent of expiring.

    "I think it would be wise for the Republican Party to allow them to sun set next time they come up for authorization," said Benton, adding a good portion of the American people are with that.

    Benton also admits the policy shift would help Republicans attract more independents, undercutting President Obama's base.

    Flush with cash from a $13 million fundraising haul last quarter, the Paul campaign will focus winning delegates from caucus states, where TV advertising is usually cheaper and it's easier for independents to vote.

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    • AlbertInGA  •  Unadilla, Georgia  •  4 mths ago
      These have become auctions, not elections.............
      • G 4 mths ago
        ooo, good one.....Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, etc. putting up four candidates....the Military and the People backing Ron Paul......hmmmmmm
      • HOME MADE 4 mths ago
        Well done !! And thanx !
      • joseph 4 mths ago
        Goldman Sachs is basically trying to buy the Presidency. Unless enough Americans stand up and refuse to accept their erosion of American sovereignty, we will get another 4 years of trillion dollar deficits, loss of personal freedoms, and higher taxes squeezed in between the cracks.
    • Josh  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      vote your beliefs. it's stupid to vote for who the media determines is most "electable".
      • Kelly Boy 4 mths ago
        As long as it is not a Texan with mad cow disease.
      • Herb 4 mths ago
        I do vote on my beliefs, that is why Gary Johnson is the candidate I'm voting for.
      • crimson red 4 mths ago
        Settle down people, Kelly Boy was referring to Rick Perry.
    • UMEI  •  Tilton, New Hampshire  •  4 mths ago
      Need to stop the war on our own people too.
      • jorgen 4 mths ago
        Good point!
      • HereWeGoAgain 4 mths ago
        The government has been working the system quietly for decades to divide us and now has the tools to complete the job of total control over our lives if we don't really stay vigilant and protect our freedoms. This ain't a joke! This IS a war.
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        i know brother. we are all brothers and sisters here. we must unite.
    • Charles  •  Farmingdale, New York  •  4 mths ago
      ‎"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." - James Madison
      • DogsRule 4 mths ago
        The fact that Romney will vote for NDAA says it all
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        +1 for what james Madison
      • Michael 4 mths ago
        #$%$ fine quote. That is perfectly in line with Ron Paul's ideology as well.
    • Joseph  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  4 mths ago
      This country is in a mess they continue to take away our rights and no one cares.
      • Martin Brady 4 mths ago
        Joseph, would you mind enlightening us as to just what "rights" you think you have lost recently?
      • Joseph 4 mths ago
        the right to choose on health care
      • Joseph 4 mths ago
        right to make a living without the government taking 1/2
    • Rock  •  4 mths ago
      Last night ROMNEY entusiastically(!) proclaimed his SUPPORT OF THE NDAA - in it's current form! Frightening and Unbelievable! Any American who understands anything at all about our constitution and the danger this act could mean to our liberty, could never vote for a man who supports the US Military policing Americans as they did in Nazi Germany.
    • Josh  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      i also don't follow the theory of voting for the most "electable" candidate as determined by the media. you should vote your beliefs, not vote for someone you don't even like. furthermore, what evidence is there that romney or anyone else will do as asked? their track records show otherwise and i don't believe paul would be foolish enough to believe any of them. on top of all that, i was never part of the low brow, knuckle dragging canabalistic party of the republicans. i am an independent and was swayed by paul's message. hell, just last night romney said he supported the NDAA.
    • Biggiedawgerton  •  4 mths ago
      "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none." Thomas Jefferson
    • go time  •  4 mths ago
      "Plotting".....Such a friendly word. Thanks ABC.
    • Daniel  •  4 mths ago
      "Quietly plots"...? What is he, a super villian now?
    • unintended consequences  •  4 mths ago
      "If you don't stand for something, then you'll fall for anything."

      Stand for Liberty, vote for Ron Paul
    • Don Pablo  •  Steubenville, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      Ron Paul has voted against all Congressional pay raises, against all tax increases, he will not collect a pension from the Federal government, he has voted against all unbalanced budgets, he voted against the Iraq war, he voted against the Patriot Act, he has proposed legislation to audit the private Federal Reserve bank, he has helped prohibit funding for national identification numbers, and has authored several bill that would impose term limits and abolish the income tax. If only our other elected representatives sided with Dr. Paul - instead, they swear allegiance to the corporations and the global elitists.
    • Vegas Yoda  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  4 mths ago
      War does not make one great.
    • Freddy  •  4 mths ago
      Beware, the main stream media is pumping propaganda for Romney to get you brain washed into voting for him.
      This is propaganda from ABC trying to tell you banking stooge Romney is a shoe in. He ain't!
    • Dariusz  •  Sterling, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      Besides constitution, what else is there?
    • Stinky McGee  •  4 mths ago
      The only wasted vote is one for a candidate you don't trust.
    • RonPaul  •  4 mths ago
      We, the ones who followed the rules, we took a #, we provided all documents at the American Consulate in our countries, we waited our turn, we want the immigration laws enforced, we want RON PAUL!
    • Michael  •  4 mths ago
      I'm a business owner, don't do drugs, and support Ron Paul. I've never met any of these "kooks" the paid shills have been trying to convince people are his only supporters. My brother-in-law is a Marine in Afghanistan right now and has a Ron Paul bumper sticker on his vehicle.
    • melee401  •  4 mths ago
      Those who voted for the Patriot Act or ANY of it's extensions betrayed their oath to this nation's constitution and needs to be hauled out, put on trial and SHOT.
    • Darrin  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 mths ago
      Does anyone realize that Mittens and Ron Paul are the only candidates to have their names all 50 states ballots? I would say that the other 3 are just in it for a gig on Fox News.
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