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 ...
Neither Paul or the 9/11 Commission have credibility in that arena.
unfortunate that he is picking up support from Reagan conservatives who should be spending their time doing more useful things.
They say they are defenders of the Constitution, but do they really follow the decisions of the court? Were they there in opposition the Kagan? Did they defend Alito against attacks during his nomination fight? Will they be there the next time a Souter or Meyers is put forward?
Will they really do a thing to stop Romney’s drive toward the nomination?
Aside from the fact he can't discern a deadly enemy from a lilac bush...
They reported what they did. Paul just repeated that.
I dont agree with him on everything - but GMAFB about Cain, Perry, Newt, etc. What a joke.
Those Freepers are merely mini-me’s for Rush, Levin, and Vanity.
We are broke and cant afford this craziness anymore.
That'll be easy. That fresh roasted troll smell in here is ol' Luther. :-)
If not Cain, I’m voting for Paul in the primary. Flamers be damned.
But we can afford another 9/11...???
Paul's the biggest joke of them all. Just ahead of his devoted spam monkeys.
Paul's the biggest joke of them all. Just ahead of his devoted spam monkeys.
HELP ME!
I’m trying to remain a real human being through it all, but it seems like the fairies are hitting me on the noggin with their magic wands. MAKE THEM STOP!!!! PLEASE!!!
Perhaps, but I was skeptical of Paul years ago, given his most ardent supporters are Bideberger-fearing, Zionist-hating, tin foil hat-wearing David Icke types. Broken clock theory aside, I generally avoid the things that crowd finds appealing.
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I admire you paulbots that you have expanded and warped the meaning of fringe....into front runner
I support him for his fiscal and monetary views and general get the govt out of your life positions, nothing else.
Cain is done and has become a gaffe machine
Romney - no way.
Newt - I could live w Newt but he has his moments
Perry - Done going nowhere
Bachmann - I like her alot
Santorum - irritating and annoying
Huntsman - forget it.
Paul sounds very reasonable for a while and then if you listen long enough he turns into a nutjob.
He kind of reminds me of the time I heard Louis Farrakahn on the radio giving a speech to a group of black students. I remember thinking “these kids should listen to him, he is making a lot of sense”. Then all of a sudden LF shifts gears and he is talking about the mother ship! Wow!
Now that's sad.
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