The L.A. Times blog "Top of the Ticket" reports "Ron Paul's forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt against McCain"
Yippee, I say!
In the last three months, Paul's forces, who donated $34.5 million to his White House effort and upward of a million total votes, have, as The Ticket has noted, been fighting a series of guerrilla battles with party establishment officials at county and state conventions from Washington and Missouri to Maine and Mississippi. Their goal: to take control of local committees, boost their delegate totals and influence platform debates.Some signs of cracking in the notorious discipline in the right are welcome as far as I am concerned.
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They hope to demonstrate their disagreements with McCain vocally at the convention through platform fights and an attempt to get Paul a prominent speaking slot. Paul, who's running unopposed in his home Texas district for an 11th House term, still has some $5 million in war funds and has instructed his followers that their struggle is not about a single election, but a long-term revolution for control of the Republican Party.
UPDATE: I got more of my wish! Bob Barr is officially running! Clip from 4/9/2008 "speculation" on Hannity & Colmes:
I still wonder if Minneapolis is paying $200,000 for a new SWAT vehicle for their convention, like Denver is?
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