I think this is the most important thing that is lost on most people…
Ron Paul has pushed the ideal of liberty past the tipping point.
Scientists at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when an unshakable belief is held by just 10 percent of the population, that belief will always be adopted by the majority of society. Here is an article link to their findings.
The latest gallop poll for the republican nomination shows Rick Perry at 29%, Mitt Romney at 17% and Ron Paul in third place at 13%.
Update Feb 7, 2012: Ron Paul up to 21% reuters (Romney: 29%, Paul: 21%, Gingrich: 19%, Santorum: 18%)…
This was reinforced in another article here, which intelligently points out:
It is not that the media think that Paul can win. Romney has too much support. What scares them is Paul’s message. It is resonating with too many voters, especially those under 30. These voters are learning that they are not alone. The people who own the mainstream media recognize this threat. When people find out that millions of voters share their anti-Establishment views, this gives them confidence.
Worse, Paul is building a huge mailing list. This mailing list can be as powerful as Richard Viguerie’s was. Viguerie got his list from the list of Goldwater’s donors in 1964. He built the modern conservative political movement with those 12,000 names and addresses. Paul will have a million email names and addresses — maybe more. And he can mail without paying postage.
This is a political turning point — the biggest in 48 years. Maybe more.
And not just email…the Internet as a whole provides countless ways to communicate…not only allowing the dissemination of these ideas at a speed unheard of even just 10 years ago, but also organization like no one would imagine. And remember, Paul gets literally half the entire youth vote. Bring it up to voters under 40 and he’s still carrying 40%. And he constantly has to remind everyone who tries to get him to let up on the foreign policy issue that that’s precisely where a large bulk, if not most of his support comes from…the young people who understand, with true comprehension of what liberty and security is all about.
This is the future we’re looking at. These are the people who will be running industry and infiltrating government. And just think…their kids will be raised on this stuff. They won’t even have to go through the ideological journey and hardship of unlearning all the nonsense indoctrinated into them that their parents did.
Ron Paul “revolution” is not an overstatement.