Posted on 11/17/2011 2:26:31 PM PST by Kurt Evans
Texas Rep. Ron Paul, long dismissed by the GOP establishment as a fringe candidate, has broadened his electoral appeal and emerged as a major player in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, according to several recent polls and conversations with a handful of longtime Hawkeye political operatives...
In a Bloomberg News survey — conducted by renowned Iowa-based pollster Ann Selzer — Paul was in a four-way statistical tie for first along with businessman Herman Cain, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich...
And, in a new Iowa State/Gazette/KCRG survey, Paul took 20 percent — behind only Cain at 25 percent...
Paul is using the relatively uncluttered airwaves to tell a story of himself as a consistent champion of fiscal responsibility in a field of candidates that have not always hewed so closely to that mantra.
One ad attacks the inconsistencies of Cain, Romney and Perry on fiscal matters — TARP, economic stimulus — before cutting to Paul; “I’ve been talking about these problems for a long long time...now we’re bankrupt and we have to decide which way we’re going to go,” he says.
And, it’s not just Paul’s television ads that have blanketed the state. Sixty seven percent of those tested in the Bloomberg poll said they had been contacted by the Paul campaign via email, direct mail, telephone or someone coming directly to their door over the last year — the highest percentage for any candidate...
“We have a strong ground game in the state that is reaching out at a faster pace than any other campaign,” argued Trygve Olson, a Paul adviser...
“We are picking up support among social conservatives in Iowa -- particularly ones who believe our country’s fiscal situation is in serious peril,” noted Olson...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
He has my vote for the primary. He is the only one remotely speaking in terms of what needs to be done domestically and monetarily.
If that is the case, then please do America a service and stay home. Do not vote.
He didnt blame America for 9/11. He simply pointed out what was reported in the 9/11 Commission Report if you had read it.
Ron Paul on Dennis Kucinich:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJcnoDfFWhM
When it’s the WAPO, the only prayer they have is that somebody will believe them and that we will select a candidate that looks better in a straight jacket than on the ballot.
Still it’s surprising that only 20% of Republicans want to stop borrowing money from China to be world policeman and finance job-exporting trade deficits.
Ron Paul = Lyndon LaRouche.
Nationally he will never get over 5% of the vote where LR actually got 20% in 1949. But then again LaRouche was the better man.
Interesting that the younger 25-30 educated professional voters are looking at both Paul and Gingrich. I see people blow Paul off yet when I look at actions vs. words regarding the state of this country, Paul is the only one standing, in my eyes. Not saying I’d vote for him just yet. I just don’t see the reason for people to freak-out about him.
Ron Paul would lose resoundingly.
Ron Paul is certifiable.
Take a hike noob, if you even THINK that the USA was ‘asking’ for it or like your Preacher said, “chickens came home to roost” then you are in the wrong place.
I have that book on my shelf somewhere...couldn’t finish it because it was full of shiite blather.
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So, you agree with Paul.
We "deserved" 9/11.
OK. Good to know. I can ignore you from here on.
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