Ron Paul wins CPAC poll again, Palin comes in last & the progressive-Libertarian alliance

Ron Paul has won the CPAC poll once again. He got 30% and Palin only got 3%. I have written a lot about the real “middle” or “center” in this country which is what Greens and Libertarians share in common. The Democrats and Republicans share a lot of bipartisan positions that aren’t popular like the wars, bloated military budget, corporate welfare etc.

Ron Paul, a Libertarian, is one of the few Republicans that excites young people, especially young conservatives. And they turn out to support him.

Paul has teamed up with Ralph Nader on many occasions to talk about what they describe as the most exciting dynamic in politics today and that is the broad consensus for change between Libertarians and progressives. They teamed up in 2008 to point out their common ground positions and how these issues can be a place where people from the left and right can work together for change. And they are not alone.

People may find it strange that people on the “far left” like Dennis Kucinich and Bernie Sanders often find themselves voting alone with Ron Paul a guy from the “far right”. But that just shows how much common ground there really is between some on the left and some on the right.

What are examples of that common ground? Ending the wars and imperial foreign policies, getting rid of all of the well documented waste in the bloated Pentagon budget, no longer supporting dictatorships around the world, repealing the Patriot Act and reigning in the bureaucratic National (in)Security state and ending the failed war on drugs and prison industrial complex are all examples where we can show solidarity for policies that are both socially just and fiscally responsible.

Making these changes would free up massive resources that could be redirected into rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure and doing the things most people think government should do. This is the new progressive-libertarian alliance.

We can expect the corporate media to continue to marginalize Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich and Ralph Nader. They will continue to focus on the bipartisan corporate politics and ignore public opinion on those corporate policies, but this message keeps being repeated and will soon catch fire because some ideas are to powerful to suppress.

And in times such as these where domestic American politics has become so partisan, divisive and causes so much disappointment and disillusionment this is a new cause for great hope. Young people are transforming the Middle East and young people can transform the US. As the democracy movements around the world continue to fight for justice there is one common theme that keeps reemerging. Another World Is Possible!