{"id":3363,"date":"2012-02-03T18:02:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T02:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2012-02-03T18:02:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T02:02:15","slug":"do-romney-and-paul-have-a-strategic-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/do-romney-and-paul-have-a-strategic-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Romney and Paul Have a Strategic Alliance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dWODVKYqXPU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"360\" height=\"274\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The article Levin is talking about is below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"romney paul wash po\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtonpost.com\/rf\/image_606w\/2010-2019\/WashingtonPost\/2012\/02\/02\/National-Politics\/Images\/2012-01-27T015415Z_01_JAC214_RTRIDSP_3_USA-CAMPAIGN-DEBATE.jpg?resize=364%2C242\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"242\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Amy Gardner<br \/>\nRENO, NEV. \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They never do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite deep differences on a range of issues, Romney and Paul became friends in 2008, the last time both ran for president. So did their wives, Ann Romney and Carol Paul. The former Massachusetts governor compliments the Texas congressman during debates, praising Paul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s religious faith during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/2012-presidential-debates\/republican-primary-debate-january-26-2012\/\">the last one, in Jacksonville, Fla<\/a>. Immediately afterward, as is often the case, the Pauls and the Romneys gravitated toward one another to say hello.<\/p>\n<p>The Romney-Paul alliance is more than a curious connection. It is a strategic partnership: for Paul, an opportunity to gain a seat at the table if his long-shot bid for the presidency fails; for Romney, a chance to gain support from one of the most vibrant subgroups within the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It would be very foolish for anybody in the Republican Party to dismiss a very real constituency,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said one senior GOP aide in Washington who is familiar with both camps. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ron Paul plays a very valuable part in the process and brings a lot of voters toward the Republican Party and ultimately into the voting booth, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something that can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be ignored.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that they are heard \u00e2\u20ac\u201d not just now but after Election Day, too \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Paul and his followers are working to gain a permanent foothold in the Republican Party nationwide. One state at a time, Paul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supporters are seating themselves at county committee meetings, and standing for election as state officers and convention delegates, to make sure their candidate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s libertarian vision is taken into account. The goal is a lasting voice for an army of outsiders that has long felt ignored and sees the nation headed toward ruin if things don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t change.&#8221;&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/for-paul-and-romney-a-strategic-alliance-between-outsider-and-establishment\/2012\/01\/20\/gIQAf8foiQ_story.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article Levin is talking about is below&#8230; &#8220;For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider By Amy Gardner RENO, NEV. \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[2476,12,192],"tags":[4375,328,6852,42273,900,93,89,1605,338,6851,91,4149,2683,95,6849,6850],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}