Bokababe says:
Actually, quite the opposite. It's about the only way that Republicans can win it.
Posted on 12/13/2011 2:43:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Ron Paul, the once-forgotten presidential candidate, is picking up steam in Iowa and now appears poised to overtake frontrunner Newt Gingrich, according to a new survey released today from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling.
The poll finds support for Gingrich has slipped to 22%, with Ron Paul just behind with 21%. Mitt Romney trails in third place with 16%.
That's a five-point drop in favorability for Gingrich, who has raced to the top of the Republican presidential field over the past month. PPP found Gingrich's favorability numbers have fallen 19 points over the past week.
Meanwhile, support for Paul is on the rise, particularly among younger voters and voters who identify themselves as "new." Among likely caucus-goers under age 45, Paul leads Gingrich 30-16. The numbers are nearly flipped for caucus-goers over age 45.
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“Under no circumstances is he worse than the guy in there right now...”
WRONG! As Obama screws up the nation, the Democrat Party owns responsibility and gets blamed for it. As the nutcase Paul, a libertarian, screws up the nation, the GOP gets blamed.
Paul is a nut that fits in nowhere. He is not a conservative, not a Republican, and not Tea Party. He is the party crasher that nobody wants. At a time the Tea Party needs to continue to displace the establishment RINO GOP, that kook is doing nothing but screw up the effort. Both major factions of the GOP need to tell that nut to take a hike.
Not a surprise to a lot of us; Iowa is a mecca for so-called “independent thinkers” at their Caucus. I expected Ron “Ralien” Paul to win there, since last time.
If Paul flip flops on dope smoking, 3/4 of his support bails.
This poll just shows how weak the current leaders, are. Maybe there is still hope to get away from the media elite picks.
If he is not a candidate in the general, I will probably write him in.
That will probably be marginally better than what I did in the last Presidential election, which was to write myself in.
Paul is the only candidate that reflects the majority of my values.
Like it or not, that's the way it is.
And actually we are probably more (or at least as conservative) conservative on the R state than many other states.
And yet for all the money and time the candidates spend in Iowa it remains a blue state. I have nothing against Iowa being part of the process, but I am concerned about granting a blue state the first crack at “sorting” Republican candidates.
Sorry Momma, but he said with his own mouth that if they want a nuke then why shouldn’t they have one, Israel has hundreds.
As backwards as that theory seems to me, can you tell me how he is not conservative? How is he not Tea Party?
Pro-life, small government, deficit cutting...
Rasmussen poll out today puts Paul down 8 head to head against Obama. Both Gingrich and Romney are now positive against Obama.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_paul_vs_obama-1750.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2819841/posts
Should have bought stock in Skittles....
So what’s your point? You think Iran is ready to BE nuked?
While I don’t like the idea of them having a nuke, North Korea already has one. As does Pakistan.
Although it may seem contradictory, nuclear weaponry is the greatest assurance of peace in history.
Why shouldn’t dope smoking be legalized? Why aren’t we open to new revenue streams?
Bokababe says:
Actually, quite the opposite. It's about the only way that Republicans can win it.
Ron Paul doesn’t believe in “incorporation of the Bill of Rights”.
Paul opposed the McDonald v Chicago decision:
http://lonelymachines.org/2009/12/07/still-a-ron-paul-fan/
And supported the Kelo decision:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul259.html
Most people don’t this. If they did, I think his support would collapse.
The point is, what you said was not true. I corrected you and you change the subject.
Right on.
Give me a break;
Just watch the flash-mobs on every FreeRepublic thread about Dr Paul, most of them are posted by themselves.
They are desperate to try to bludgeon the Republicans here.
They most likely have never voted Republican in their lives.
Yeah, a little progress in the mid-term, but at the Presidential level, Obama won by Iowa by almost 10%. Yeah, I know that McCain was a weak candidate, but that much of a margin looks pretty blue to me.
And please understand I mean no disrespect to you, or to Iowans in general. I'm just questioning the process.
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