Comments on: Constitution Party assesses its general election performance

By: johnpmorris

johnpmorris — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:51:51 +0000

It does seem that the Constitution Party could benefit from some better leadership, or at least fundraising. Nonetheless, they have the best platform of any party out there.

“Constitution Conscious”
http://constitution-conscious.blogspot.com

By: TheOriginalAndy

TheOriginalAndy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:49:28 +0000

“Trent Hill // Nov 17, 2008 at 11:35 am

Undoubtedly the Ron Paul endorsement wasnt worth as much as some people, myself included, claimed. But Iâ€™d be willing to bet it was worth 10,000 votes.”

The Ron Paul endorsement would have had a greater effect if the following had happened..

1) The Constitution Party had been on the ballot in more states.

2) The endorsement had come earlier in the election cycle.

3) The Constitution Party had a bigger advertising budget to spread the word about the endorsement.

4) Ron Paul had not been on the ballot as a candidate in Louisiana and Montana and if he had not been a write in vote in some states (such as California).

By: joetauke

joetauke — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:40:05 +0000

Tracking back, because our actual Trackback feature isn’t working:

“If you want an example of the pathetically submissive mentality that surrounds current third parties, look no further than the Constitution Party, which proudly declared success on its own website because Chuck Baldwin netted a handful more votes than Alec Baldwin.”

http://www.meltingpotproject.com/mpp/2008/11/to-the-constitution-party-getting-blown-out-winning.html

By: Catholic Trotskyist

Catholic Trotskyist — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:30:58 +0000

No Joseph, Ron Paul has great speaking ability, and that’s how he got a lot of support and admiration, even from socialists like me.

By: Libertarian Joseph

Libertarian Joseph — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:36:18 +0000

That’s because Ron Paul has no speaking ability. He should go to toastmasters

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:35:09 +0000

Undoubtedly the Ron Paul endorsement wasnt worth as much as some people, myself included, claimed. But I’d be willing to bet it was worth 10,000 votes.

By: Libertarian Joseph

Libertarian Joseph — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:48:01 +0000

Ron Paul squandered yet another opportunity and endorsed a loser.

By: rdupuy

rdupuy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:43:37 +0000

If you believe the estimates of how much some people think the Ron Paul endorsement ‘cost’ Bob Barr…then you’d have to conclude, without the Ron Paul endorsement Chuck Baldwin would have gotten zero votes, or worse, NEGATIVE votes.

ok, maybe that calls into question the value of the Ron Paul endorsement. But I still don’t think its a great year for the CP, and its because of the weak leadership at the top of the ticket.

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:09:23 +0000

Pretty bad year for the CP,actually. No local officials elected.