establishment<\/em>, c’est une raret\u00e9, ou bien c’est un signe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00abBoy, oh, boy! Hidden behind all the hoopla, headlines and the Nevada caucus victories of Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton is one little-noticed but stunning political development and number:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbRon Paul, the one-time Libertarian candidate and 10-term Republican congressman from Texas, was in second place. That’s right, Second Place. The 72-year-old ob-gyn who’s always on the end of the line at GOP debates or barred altogether, was running ahead of John McCain, Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani, in fact, ahead of…. all other Republicans except Romney, who easily captured his second state in a week after Michigan.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbNow, Romney and Paul were basically the only Republicans who actively campaigned and advertised in the desert state. But a win is a win. And second place is second place. When Romney won Wyoming a couple of weeks ago, Paul won zero there.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbIn Iowa, Paul also beat Giuliani and he topped Thompson in New Hampshire, where Paul was excluded from the Fox News debate, which only energized his fervent followers. His jump in GOP election standings comes despite recent reports about a long series of newsletters from the 1990s carrying Paul’s name and numerous racist and anti-Semitic remarks. Paul has denied writing them and denounced their contents.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbThanks to those passionate and tireless supporters, Paul, the only Republican to oppose the Iraq war and favor significant dismantling of the federal government, won about 10% of the vote in Iowa and 8% in New Hampshire, coming in just behind the former New York mayor in the Granite state.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\tLaissons la comptabilit\u00e9 \u00e9lectorale de c\u00f4t\u00e9. Ron Paul ne peut pr\u00e9tendre jouer un r\u00f4le important au sein du parti r\u00e9publicain, dans le processus de s\u00e9lection du candidat. Tout est contre lui, la machine des partis, le monde m\u00e9diatique, les autres candidats par r\u00e9flexe de solidarit\u00e9 de l’establishment<\/em>, les attaques diverses contre lui, etc. M\u00eame ses positions politiques n’ont qu’une importance tr\u00e8s secondaire et, pour notre part, elle ne compte que d’une mani\u00e8re extr\u00eamement n\u00e9gligeable dans l’importance que nous accordons \u00e0 sa candidature. Ce qui compte c’est son statut de candidat anti-syst\u00e8me, classification symbolique mais d’une tr\u00e8s grande importance. C’est la seule raison pour laquelle il est l’objet de l’ostracisme de la part de l’appareil. C’est aussi le seul v\u00e9ritable grand int\u00e9r\u00eat de ses r\u00e9sultats.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\tLes r\u00e9sultats de Ron Paul montre que le m\u00e9contentement des \u00e9lecteurs, et essentiellement des seuls \u00e9lecteurs r\u00e9publicains dans ce cas alors que certaines de ses positions (anti-guerre) pourraient attirer nombre de d\u00e9mocrates, arrive \u00e0 percer le mur de protection du syst\u00e8me. Si Ron Paul continue de cette fa\u00e7on, compte tenu du fait que sa marginalisation par rapport aux structures du parti devrait se poursuivre jusqu’au bout, la tentation d’une candidature ind\u00e9pendante deviendra tr\u00e8s grande pour lui. Cela peut d’autant plus se faire que Paul continue \u00e0 amasser de l’argent par ses r\u00e9seaux Internet, lui permettant de tenir la distance. L\u00e0 encore, notre int\u00e9r\u00eat n’est pas pour l’aspect politique d’une telle candidature, mais bien entendu pour l’affaiblissement du processus et des structures du syst\u00e8me auquel elle contribuerait. La multiplication des candidatures fractionne et affaiblit le syst\u00e8me en r\u00e9duisant d’autant la l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 du processus \u00e9lectoral normalement r\u00e9duit aux deux partis, et la l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 de l’\u00e9lu au bout du compte. D’autre part, une candidature ind\u00e9pendante s\u00e9rieuse brouille les cartes, au niveau des engagements politiques, d’un syst\u00e8me dont la logique est un affrontement des deux candidats repr\u00e9sentant les deux ailes d\u00e9mocrate et r\u00e9publicaine du parti unique.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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