Report: A Third-Party Ron Paul Run Could Doom The GOP’s White House Hopes

If Ron Paul were to run a third-party bid for president, he would critically hemorrhage voters from the GOP nominee and bolster President Obama to reelection, The Washington Post‘s Scott Clement finds in a new poll.

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Clement notes that in a two-man horserace with President Obama versus Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the two would tie. However, if Congressman Paul were to launch a independent candidacy, he would play spoiler and would vault Obama to victory by 10 points.

Clement reports:

“Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ties Obama at 47 percent among registered voters in the poll, but fully 21 percent of all voters say they’d pick Paul as an independent candidate over either Romney or the president. Obama would win such a three-way match-up by 10 percentage points.“

(h/t WaPo)

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