The primaries started with a bang, didn’t they? Huckabee winning the Republican side isn’t too surprising, but beating Romney by eleven points is. Iowa was Romney’s strategy, win big early and build from there. The other candidates have already been spending time in the other primary states, so Romney is now playing catch up. This early upset can’t be good for him.
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Rolling Stone recognized that Paul is the only Republican speaking out against the war in Iraq, and just published an interview with him. In typical Paul fashion, his answers are blunt and honest without being rude. Whether or not you like Paul, you have to admit that he brings a fresh perspective to the presidential race. Its a short interview, just six questions. Here’s a quote…
If someone is unhappy with the Bush policy, they would find Giuliani’s would be even more extreme.
If you like Paul its worth a read.
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Ron Paul’s fanatic supporters have made him popular on the web, and he is slowly inching up in the polls, but he’s still an underdog candidate behind Giuliani, Thompson, Romney and others. The mainstream press hasn’t given him much attention, presumably because his politics are unorthodox. The Washington Post just released an article with some thoughts on libertarianism, and why America might be ready for a libertarian candidate.
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Ron Paul has almost two decades of experience in public office, fervent (if not fanatical) supporters that are very creative in getting the word out, and successful fund raising campaigns. What he doesn’t have is the lead spot in the polls. According to a recent article in the New York Times, Paul is stepping up to change that.
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You likely already know that Ron Paul placed 4th overall in the recent New Hampshire polls. I just came across an interesting stat on Lew Rockwell’s blog. 44% of the GOP voters that consider themselves liberal indicated that they would vote for Paul. These are the primaries, so I’ll assume these numbers were restricted to people that checked “Republican” when they registered to vote. I’d be curious to learn more about liberal republicans. If they’re liberal then why not cheer for the Democrats? Or do they now consider themselves Democrat but they had to vote in the GOP primaries because of the box they checked when they registered? Very interesting. The full results have been published by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
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I just came across a small article displaying the stats of Ron Paul’s fundraising efforts last quarter. The numbers have been reported elsewhere, so there was nothing surprising there (other than the fact that of the $5M raised, the average donation was $98). I did notice, however, the name of Mitt Romney’s largest benefactor… Mitt Romney. Of the $18.5M that he raised, Romney himself contributed $8.5M.
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Republican candidate Ron Paul made an end of quarter fund raising drive to bring in additional funds. The drive started this past Monday with the plea that his campaign is at a tipping point.
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The Gallup Poll released the latest GOP standings yesterday. Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead with the recently announced Fred Thompson trailing by 8 points. Senator John McCain is now ahead of Mitt Romney. One thing of note, I’m seeing a lot of interest in Ron Paul both online and in my community (Texas), but he’s tied with Mike Huckabee at only 4% in the polls.
I’ll be curious to see if Paul is able to convert all of his recent media attention to a bump in the polls in the coming weeks. Props to Fred Thompson for making a strong entry into the Presidential race. With so many candidates running for one nomination spot, its amazing that he’s already in the number two spot after a couple of (official) weeks.
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Iowa Mayhem
The primaries started with a bang, didn’t they? Huckabee winning the Republican side isn’t too surprising, but beating Romney by eleven points is. Iowa was Romney’s strategy, win big early and build from there. The other candidates have already been spending time in the other primary states, so Romney is now playing catch up. This early upset can’t be good for him.
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