2012 Election and the Republican Party

The Republicans lost in a landslide election to Barack Obama once again, however, despite Mitt Romney garnering a higher percentage of the popular vote than McCain did, he actually received less votes. They both harbored near 60 million, but it should go to show that the Republican Party itself is shrinking.

I don't think that this means the idea of liberty is dying, because I don't think the Republican party cares for it. The liberty candidate was Ron Paul, now I'm sure the Nobel Prize committee isn't going to award a Peace Prize to someone who actually preaches peace, but he was treated like scum by the Republican establishment.

It also shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Ron Paul garnered enough votes in every "swing state" during the Republican primary to swing the election in favor of Mitt Romney.

I don't think many, which I'm sure there were some, would vote for Romney. He is as different to Paul as Obama is, if not moreso.

Here is the issue at hand. Will the Republican Party do as Jim DeMint says and adopt Paul's ideas into the platform, or will it cease to exist as a party? If the Republican Party continues it's spiral, along with the downward spiral of American prosperity under Democratic/Republican leadership, will third parties grow to national relevance?

I don't have the answer to these questions, but I do think that either the Republican Party will make a serious effort to adopt libertarian ideas, or the Libertarian Party will be more than .5-1% of the national vote. Republicans have lost the popular vote 3 of the last 4 elections by popular vote, it appears the party that we had in 2000 is all but dead. Perhaps there is hope for either a revolution in the party or an emergence of new parties.

Mitt Romney breaks RNC Rules

Ron Paul in one of his early attempts at being elected (which he was successful in) as a congressman the Republican Party spent the entire fund thats saved for the general election on attempting to prevent him from winning his primary. He obviously received no money from the Republican Party in the general election, since it was spent during the primary election (on a former Democrat to boot).

It appears something similar may be happening in the 2012 Republican Primary for President. Here is rule No. 11 from the RNC's own rulebook:

RULE NO. 11
Candidate Support
(a) The Republican National Committee shall
not, without the prior written and filed approval of all
members of the Republican National Committee from
the state involved, contribute money or in-kind aid to
any candidate for any public or party office except the
nominee of the Republican Party or a candidate who is
unopposed in the Republican primary after the filing
deadline for that office. In those states where state law
establishes a nonpartisan primary in which Republican
candidates could participate, but in which the general
election may not include a Republican candidate, the
candidate endorsed by a convention held under the
authority of the state Republican Party shall be
recognized by the Republican National Committee as
the Republican nominee.
(b) No state Republican Party rule or state
law shall be observed that allows persons who have
participated or are participating in the selection of any
nominee of a party other than the Republican Party,
including, but not limited to, through the use of a multiparty primary or similar type ballot, to participate in the
selection of a nominee of the Republican Party for that
general election. No person nominated in violation of
this rule shall be recognized by the Republican National
Committee as the nominee of the Republican Partyfrom that state.

And here's a direct quote from Mitt Romney's donation sub-page on his own site:

Already hit your limit? If you’ve given the maximum of $2,500 for the primary and $2,500 for the general election to Romney for President, you can still give to the Romney Victory fund, our joint fundraising committee with the Republican National Committee by clicking here.

Is it the contest over? Media outlets seem to think so, however Romney does not have the full delegate count to be the official nominee. Media outlets have the right to be wrong, but not the RNC via their own rules. Now, there here's a video showing why that Romney being the candidate is not a foregone conclusion.