A Discussion on Executive Power with Dr. Ron Paul, Presented by the Federalist Society Chapter of Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, 12/19/07 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7493899900883927358&hl=en Really long, really good Q&A session starts about halfway through. ------------------------ Politifact "It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education." Ron Paul on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa So true, he's understating it. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/239/ Great explanation of why the Department of Education is a useless bureaucracy, and the Republicans have not only abandoned one of their longest held platform positions, they have exacerbated the problem. ------------------------ TownHall: Paul Shaping Up As Spoiler in GOP Race http://www.townhall.com/news/politi...paul_shaping_up_as_spoiler_in_gop_race?page=1 What's missing in the discussions on New Hampshire being a "Paul state" is that the Iowa Republican Caucus is also open to Independents and Democrats to register GOP on the night of the caucus, and the Michigan Primary also allows crossover voters quite liberally.
Did you see this gem? Paul Shaping Up As Spoiler in GOP Race [edit - ah... same article, different source...]
We're going to shock a lot of people in Iowa, and that momentum will carry over to New Hampshire. Operation Live Free or Die now has over 400 people on the ground in NH, and precinct houses set up all over the state, organizing canvassers, distributing literature and phone banking.
Take 10 minutes out of your life, and read the comments on this post at NPR. Warning, there are over 1,000 comments though. http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/12/who_are_ron_pauls_supporters.html Who are Ron Paul's supporters? --------------------- New Ad from the Campaign http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AmY-fW3gdc --------------------- Tucker talks about Ron Paul and his Christmas Ad. Nice segment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vza4p71X6g8&eurl=http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ ---------------------
Article of the day! Fantastic Article in the New Republic by Tucker Carlson about being embedded with the Ron Paul campaign in Nevada. http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=83665295-1de6-4571-af9c-0a90f6d1fde0 Very funny and insightful. Excerpt Excerpt --------------------------------- Tom Tancredo on MSNBC's "Tucker". Talks about his Romney endorsement, and why he couldn't endorse Ron Paul. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/#22349148 Lots of good things to say about Dr. Paul. --------------------------------- Ron Paul answering Pop Culture Questions on NH TV. http://www.wmur.com/video/14899886/index.html --------------------------------- The handiwork of NW Indiana MeetUps #614 & #449 --------------------------------- Cafferty File, two good Ron Paul emails lead off the viewer response portion. http://youtube.com/watch?v=hNfiyq3BHQE --------------------------------- Washington Post has Ron Paul tied for 4th in Iowa, trending upwards!!! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/post_poll_121907.html NET LEANED VOTE: 12/17/07 11/18/07 7/31/07 Mike Huckabee 35 24 8 Mitt Romney 27 28 26 Fred Thompson 9 15 13 Rudy Giuliani 8 13 14 Ron Paul 8 6 2 John McCain 6 6 8 HTML: Of course, looking at the whole poll (thanks WaPo for posting the methodology), they were only polling the infamous "likely Republican voters" of which 50% or so say they may not even Caucus. When you figure that some polls show Paulunteers likely to Caucus at 80+%, I really like our chances to finish 3rd, or even second. I'm including all of the Dems, Independents and people without landlines who make up the base of Paul's support. That 8% are the Bush Republicans. ---------------------------------
Huck seems to be flying, as does Paul (to a lesser extent.) But Americas fake mayor is on the wane. Do you think the scumbag has overcooked the 9/11 card and it's coming back to bite him on the arse?
Giuliani will crush Huckabee on Super Tuesday. You can book that. I've said before, I only see a field of 3 candidates. Rudy, Mitt and Paul.
Ron Paul wins (yawn) another Straw Poll, this time in Aiken County, South Carolina. http://www.aikengop.com/ Hugh Cort: 0 John Cox: 0 Cap Fendig: 0 Daniel Gilbert: 0 Rudy Giuliani: 6 Mike Huckabee: 18 (#3) Duncan Hunter: 3 John McCain: 6 Ron Paul: 31 (#1) Mitt Romney: 12 Tom Tancredo: 0 Fred Thompson: 29 (#2) --------------------------- DesMoines (Iowa) Register Video Ron Paul's Christmas Vacationers (Students from around the country and world for Ron Paul, includes cute girl from Florida) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aazSrVRV7II ---------------------------
The girl in the Christmas video is pretty hot. What the hell am I doing spending the holidays in hell incarnate? (Was like 80 today, so much for a White Xmas)
While not residing in the USA, I must say Ron Paul has a very sharp list of policies based on what the people want and what's genuinely good for the nation. Why don't we trade.. You can have Rudd (our new Prime Minister) and you give us Paul. I wanted to clarify this exert from an article I read in the paper. Source For some reason, I find this pretty hard to believe. Can someone in the US verify this for me? Thanks
Nope, it's true. He wins every online and text-messaging poll, and even wins a majority of the straw polls (kinda like a real poll, but just for kicks, they hold them at fairs and other big events). The only polls he does not do well in are phone polls, which are generally considered the most scientific. I'm not going to reopen the argument as to why those polls aren't as scientific as they claim to be and shit all over the updates thread, but suffice it to say that Paul has a lot of support that the phone polls don't register, and Paul has a supporter base who is much more dedicated and larger than any other candidate in the race.
Here is a pretty complete list of Ron Paul's voting record. He certainly has earned the "Dr. No" nickname.
They matter. They're motivation to work harder. Every single percentage point is earned with 1000's of dollars and thousands of grassroots activists. What's special, is that it's a given that we're going to turn out better than the polls. In the primaries, hardly anyone votes. Like 10% of the party. Great stage for an upset.
Lexiseek/Will -> The polls provide some useful information on the current support for GOP candidates amongst a small percentage of Bush's 2004 supporters. They don't give a complete picture though and it is the representation of the polls in the media that drew (and continues to draw) much criticism from the RP camp. When RP is doing well in those polls, it is very encouraging because we know that he also has a very large group of "invisible" support that the polls are not canvassing.
Paul @ 9% in New Hampshire http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-20-NHpoll_N.htm --- Endorsment from Jason Gross in Iowa. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/ap.../20071220/GETPUBLISHED/712200420/1035/Opinion ----