Many of the suggestions we’ve received have a common request: put Ron Paul on the candidate list.
Here’s the problem: Ron Paul is running in the Republican primary. He is registered on early state ballots as a Republican, meaning he cannot challenge President Obama in the Democratic caucuses and primaries. At most, you could vote for him as a “write-in” candidate in the Democratic primaries, but this strategy is doomed to fail.
We are trying to field a viable challenger in the Democratic primary, who will appear on the ballot, debate President Obama and win the nomination on a program of economic recovery, not regressive austerity.
It’s clear from your messages that many of you support Ron Paul because you want a change from the dominance by Wall Street, the Federal Reserve and permanent war economy.
Another way to bring about those changes is to challenge Obama from within his own party. With only 11 days to go before the New Hampshire filing deadline (Nov. 1), your energy would be better spent emailing, tweeting, or calling your preferred Democratic or independent candidates and asking them to run against President Obama.
