Confirmed: Ron Paul 3rd Party Run A No Go

Israel Anderson of Ron Paul FLIX has made a video making the following claim:

I just got off the phone with Doug Wead to confirm or deny these rumors. The reality is that Ron Paul has finished his run and is relaxing in Texas right now. There is zero chance, no matter how much support he gets, of Ron Paul going on to do a third party run.

And to only compound the unlikeliness of Ron Paul getting the nomination of the Libertarian Party, if Gary Johnson were to step aside, Libertarian Party Chairman Geoffrey Neale, in an email to members of the Libertarian National Committee, explained several obstacles that would prevent such a ticket from becoming a reality:

The second consideration is found in our Bylaws regarding the role of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) in relation to our Presidential ticket. Article 14 Section 4 states: “The National Committee shall respect the vote of the delegates at Nominating Conventions and provide full support for the Party’s nominee for President and nominee for Vice-President as long as their campaigns are conducted in accordance with the Platform of the Party.” In short, the LNC does not have the authority under our Bylaws to change the ticket unless “for cause”. No matter how strong an argument is made about the benefits of such a change to our vote totals, our delegates have set strict and strong limits upon our authority.

More can be read about Paul’s chances with the LP nomination here.