An article in Reuters asks "How can Republicans win the presidency now?" I think that is a valid question to ask. We have seen huge turnouts for Democrat primaries and caucuses and only moderate turnout in Republican contests. Curiously though, in the article comparisons are made between McCain, Obama and Hillary as to who stood the best chance of winning, and oddly enough, McCain has a slight lead.

With that thought in mind, I would like to pose the question again, How can Republicans win the presidency in November? With either Hillary or Obama on the Democrat ballot and McCain on the Republican ballot, there is only a choice of two Democrats. If Romney is the Republican choice there is at least a part Republican in the race, but he wasn't figured the guy with a chance to win, McCain was.

Again, can Republicans win in November? Can they win with McCain, and if so isn't that just the same as Obama or Hillary? Can Romney win? Will Huckabee be in it long enough to be at the convention? How about Guliani, is he still in contention? I doubt it.

So it looks like Republicans won't win in November, since if McCain is their candidate and wins, Republicans lose, and if Romney, Guliani, or Huckabee is the candidate they won't win, so the "Democrat for real" candidate wins. Either way its just business as usual in Washington regardless of who wins in that scenario.

There is one other possibility, however remote, that the Republicans might just win, and that is if Ron Paul is their nominee in November. Here's a guy who real conservative Republicans like because of his position regarding the Constitution. Moderate Democrats also like him because of his position on our being in Iraq. Independents like him for the very reason they are Independents, that the major parties have failed to distinguish themselves from one another and spend like drunken sailors.

Because of the lack of media coverage on his positions, it is unlikely that Ron Paul will win the Republican nomination, and the biggest fear Republican party leaders should have is that Ron Paul decides to run as a third party candidate, which right now he says he is not inclined to do. He did not completely rule out that possibility, but says it is unlikely.

But if Republicans do fear a Ron Paul third party move, wouldn't it be in the best interest of the country to keep him on the team, and then as team leader?

Republicans' biggest complaint about Ron Paul is his stance on the war in Iraq, and his insistance on bringing the troops home, as well as those stationed around the world in places we haven't fought in for more than 50 years. His position may be a lot different from what we have all grown up with, that is American occupation of contries we have conquered, but since our image has gone into the dumper around the world, wouldn't it be worth a try? Remember what Einstein said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results".

If Ron Paul were to be the nominee of the Republican party, and he were to lose, how would that be different from winning with McCain or losing with Huckabee or Romney? But...if he were to win we may find ourselves on the way back to a Constitutional Republic.