Ron Paul Wins Maine

Congressman Ron Paul is still campaigning for delegates for the GOP Presidential nomination. The Maine GOP caucus has transferred all the non-binding delegates to the second-place candidate in the GOP primary race, giving the Texas candidate his first win during this long primary onslaught.

The Austrian economist-enthusiast Congressman from Texas will not win the nomination, but he can still peel away enough votes to force a brokered convention, an outcome which will force the party and the nation to recognize the alarm which our federal government's out-of-control spending has created for this country’s voters.

Perhaps Governor Romney may consider adding the Texas libertarian to his ticket as vice-president. The outspoken fiscal conservative adds the much-need yet sorely-lacking element of consistency to the front-runner's campaign, which has spent millions attacking opponents yet articulating very little of the Establishment candidate’s vision for restoring the fiscal, social, and national fortunes of the United States.

Even if Congressman Ron Paul cannot convince Romney to adopt key elements of his political program, this diminutive professor's presence at the convention will signal to the country and the world that the voters do take seriously the impending economic crises which are afflicting this nation’s financial future. From the floor of the nomination convention, Governor Romney will be able to position the general election squarely on the economy, marginalize the incumbent president and his failed economic policies, and take back the White House for four years of desperately needed deregulation, spending cuts, and balanced budgeting.