Inside Ron Paul's San Francisco Surge

SF Bay Guardian :

San Franciscans rarely get excited about Republican presidential candidates, and it's rarer still to see GOP campaign signs in Mission District windows, beat-up old cars, or crowds of enthusiastic supporters flooding the city's streets. But that's what Ron Paul has been inspiring.

"I would give my entire net worth to see Ron Paul elected president," a man holding a "Ron Paul '08" sign on the corner of Powell and Geary on Dec. 16 said. "I've never contributed to a candidate's campaign in my life, but in the past months I've given about $600 or $700."

Paul's frank assessment of the United States as an overreaching empire got his campaign rolling, and it has gathered serious momentum in the past couple of months, as evidenced by an increasing online presence and record-breaking fundraising for November and December.

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[HollywoodBill]

California has some strange rules regarding voting in the Feb 5th primary that could benefit the whacked out social conservative pretending to be a Libertarian, Ron Paul.

-Voters may not vote in the Republican Primary unless they are registered Republicans. Independents may vote for the Dems but not for the Republicans.

-It is NOT a winner take all in the Republican Primary. Instead, the delegates are awarded by Congressional District with the winner in each district winning 3 delegates.

-There are only 34,000 registered Republicans in District 8, Nancy Pelosi's district, the smalles number of Republicans in any district in the state. Turnout rarely exceeds 50% in any California Primary.

-A win in CA8 would probably only take about 17,000 votes--a real possibility with huge publicity benefits should the whacked out Ron Paul win.

Big Problem for Ron Paul is his pro life position. No social conservative Republican has won statewide since 1986 and CA8 is probably one of the most liberal districts in the state.

Still Ron Paul has a chance of winning these 3 delegates. The usual practice in CA is to vote Libertarian when one is unhappy with the Republican choices. Whether this will translate into votes for this fake Libertarian remains to be seen.