Ron Paul Predicts Obama Will Be Next President of the United States
05.03.08 -- 2:28 AM
Texas congressman and nominal GOP presidential candidate (yes, he's still in the game) has made a surprise prediction: Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. Andrew Malcolm in a blog posting in the online version of the Los Angeles Times says Paul made the prediction at a school presidential forum at Maryland's Goucher College.
Rep. Ron Paul, the House member from Texas who technically remains in the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination against Sen. John McCain, predicts that Democratic Sen. Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States.
According to the campus newspaper of Maryland's Goucher College, the 72-year-old Paul made the surprising statement during campaign remarks Thursday at a school presidential forum.
The newspaper report said the auditorium was overflowing with students and parents, who interrupted the congressman with applause nearly two dozen times during his speech.
Paul was very successful in political fundraising during the past year, amassing more than $34 million, more than twice the amount collected by more prominent candidates such as ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee.
But Paul, whose views often run counter to standard Republican policies, had very disapppointing showings in party primary elections, with a couple of second-place caucus results but mainly third-, fourth- and fifth-place finishes in primaries. At one point in New Hampshire,...
...Fox News even excluded him from a nationally-televised GOP debate as politically irrelevant.
Given that Paul says he approves some elements of Obama's foreign policy positions could his prediction be an indirect way of hinting to his supporters that he endorses Obama's presidential bid?
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