"Paul vs. Clinton
Nolan Chart
Monday December 10, 2007
Lets take a logical look at each issue and see who could win the general election, Ron Paul or Hillary Clinton.
We will start with Iraq. Ron Paul is the only person on the GOP side that voted against Iraq from the beginning. So he is the only one that literally negates Clinton's flip-flop opposition to the war. Paul is more anti-war then Clinton so this turns it Iraq into a non-issue. If we have two anti-war candidates (though I am not completely convinced Clinton is anti-war) then voters are forced to look to other issues.
While it is true that Hillary Clinton is much more familiar to the people of our great nation this is not as much of an issue as it is being pushed as. When the general election rolls around every one will know both of the candidates names and at least be somewhat familiar with where they stand on issues. Name recognition has some importance in the primaries but not so much in the general election. Also, Clinton's name recognition brings some negative connotation to it as well. According to the recent Gallup poll a full 50% of those polled have a unfavorable opinion of Sen. Clinton, this is a huge hurtle for her to overcome and it is one that Rep. Paul does not have to deal with. Paul only has a 13% unfavorable as of the latest poll with many people still unfamiliar with him.
Illegal Immigration is a hot spot today and again, Ron Paul is more in tune with the American people then Hillary Clinton. Apart from Sen. Clinton's many flip-flops on licenses and border security she is strongly in support of a "path to citizenship" that allows illegal immigrants legal status in our country. She also supported an amendment to make "family reunification the guiding principle of our immigration system". On the other hand Ron Paul is for a fence and against amnesty, he does not believe we should reward illegal behavior. This issue is divisive and some citizens will not vote for Ron Paul because of it, but I do not believe the majority of Americans would throw out a candidate because of this one issue.
The last issue I am going to look at today is America's place in the world. Ron Paul believes we need to trade, talk and travel with all but never use force unless it is to preserve our own security. He believes in peace. He believes America leads best when leading by example and not forcing our way of life on others through the barrel of a gun. Historically colonialism and forced assimilation does not ever end well, we cannot intervene in the matters of other nations. Hillary Clinton wants us to intervene in other nations. According to her website she wants us in Darfur, she wants us to interfere with Hamas, she wants us to be involved in Northern Ireland. She also wants to send tax money to support the public schools of other nations and that " America is stronger when we lead the world through alliances". I don't think the American people want this, I think the American people want peace. It is one thing to activily pursue terrorist threats against our nation, but it is quite another to be using our money to set up beaurcracies and alliances with nations across the globe. The American people will not elect Hillary Clinton against Ron Paul. Unfortunately for the GOP, if they do not nominate Ron Paul then a large group of voters will go third party or simply "write in Ron Paul" and the GOP will be crushed.
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