why doesn't Ron Paul run as a Libertarian?

Question

Has he given any reasons for this? It seems the republican party has shunned him...

Has he been quoted on the record about this? Just curious.

Answer 1

He has been asked this and his response has been that as a third party candidate he wouldn't have received the attention he has now. He ran as a libertarian in '88 and no press coverage. Now as a Republican with libertarian ideals, Paul is finally getting the attention he deserves.

Answer 2

id say simply by fact there has continuously been a libertarian area of the republican party , in simple terms like there has continuously been a libertarian area of the Democratic party. why do you think of republican or Democrat label covers all aspects of the spectrum Ron Paul became into and is a republican nominated representative no longer a libertarian representative he did circulate away the party to run as a libertarian candidate yet became into and is a republican. a million Conservatives a million.a million non secular in simple terms right a million.2 Neoconservatives a million.3 Social conservatives a million.4 economic conservatives a million.5 safety orientated a million.6 States' Rights orientated a million.7 Paleoconservatives 2 Moderates and Liberals 2.a million Moderates 2.2 Log Cabin Republicans 2.3 Liberals 2.4 Libertarians Democratic factions Ideology and voter base 2.a million Ideologies 2.2 Progressives 2.3 Civil libertarians 2.4 Conservatives 2.5 Centrists 2.6 experts 2.6.a million Economists 2.6.2 Academia 2.7 hard artwork 2.7.a million working classification 2.8 Ethnic Minorities 2.8.a million African individuals 2.8.2 Hispanics 2.8.3 Asian individuals 2.8.4 Others

Answer 3

Paul is running as a Republican libertarian, not as a Libertarian. Notice the capitalization of the R and the L. It makes all the difference.

Answer 4

He's a Republican, so he's running as one. If he ran as a Libertarian he'd get much less press coverage for his positions. And his best chance (albeit might slim) of getting elected is as a Republican: get the Republican nomination an he's only running against the candidate from one major party. Run as a Libertarian and he's running against candidates from two.

Answer 5

Ron Paul wanted to have the support of a big party and it is the reason that he wanted to be a Republican rather than a Libertarian and lose his quest for the Presidency.

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Answer 6

The political system has been corrupted by the Republican and Democratic Parties. They have manipulated the system to insure that they have the advantage in any election and any third party is handicapped.

Answer 7

yes- he has in 20 years in congress he has been a republican who ran for one year as the libertarian candidate for president-he doesnt run as libertarian because although he might tilt that way he is "more" republican than many of the candidates running -he is on record stating this (not his exact words)

Answer 8

He's not libertarian. The party's always give no support to candidates that they don't want even getting close to the "favorites'.

Answer 9

Click here to see his support spread.

http://goprising.com/ft/campaigns/newGOP/register/d258233236335889f5d4e9deacd9d6a2/

He doesn't need to run as a libertarian.
3rd party candidates don't have the financial resources to compete with the Corporate Candidates

Answer 10

Because he is trying to bring back the Conservative Republicans views the Republicans once had. The Republican party, right now, is being run by a bunch of former Liberal Democrats.