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As the presumptive Republican nominee last month, McCain bumped up his fundraising and raised $15 million.  Ron Paul never broke out of the 6% range in the primaries, but he did raise $20 million in December! And was the only Republican to generate any excitement.

A Bob Barr - Ron Paul ticked would seriously get my consideration even if Obama is the Democratic nominee.  Frankly, an Obama, McCain, and Paul three way scrum would be just about a dream for me.  Not so much for the result, but just the fact that we have the three most decent and seemingly competent of the candidates running.  When you think last year at this time,  Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton were essentially being written in by the media as the nominees, we’ve come a heckuva long way, and my faith in the intelligence of the electorate to make smart, individual, choices has been renewed somewhat. With the economy doing what it’s doing, I still think he’d be one of the best stewards of our economy, even if he can be a little unyielding at times in terms of principle vs reality.  As to what ails us, his explanations make the most sense to me and haven’t really been refuted to my mind in any major way …