“...thanks to a biased article that only focused on a few nutjobs to portray the Paul campaign as a whole as driven by them.”
I attended the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames and that pretty much described the vast majority of his (most likely) out of state supporters. Attendees of the straw poll were accosted by Paul supporters all day long. I could hardly walk 25 feet without another Paul nutjob trying to shove another “fact sheet” on Paul. One kook spoke to our group, expounding on how he had just heard of Paul the week before and jumped on his bandwagon. Lot of thought put into that decision I’m sure. Another thing that I found off-putting was the music blaring from Ron Paul’s tent. We heard Darryl Worley’s “Have You Forgotten,” coming out of his tent. How ironic, since that song supports our troops and the fight that we have had to engage in, when Ron Paul blames America and opposes the war. So, yeah. I think we’re talking a LOT more than just a few nutjobs.
Iowans traditionally don’t go for kooks. Now, Wisconsin has a long history of backing kooks on both sides of the political spectrum. I’d expect Ron Paul to do well there.