To be taken as a serious challenger to Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination, a candidate has to finish ahead of Ron Paul in the Ames Straw Poll. This may be a high standard to meet, since Paul is going all out in Iowa to try to win the straw poll. He paid $31,000 to get the prime location beside the entrance to the polling | Read More »
In addition to tossing rhetorical hand-grenades, Ron Paul is also famous for his “Moneybombs”–large sums of campaign cash raised via the internet in a 24-hour period. Following the first Republican Presidential debate, his followers generated a million dollar moneybomb. Four years ago, he had a one-day record $6 million moneybomb. Despite some of his extreme libertarian positions, Paul has never been a slacker when it comes to fund-raising. | Read More »
It’s now been over 72 hours and the first debate is becoming a distant memory. Here are my last thoughts. Feel free to offer yours, and then let’s put this puppy to bed. 1. Herman Cain “won” but it doesn’t matter. None of the Sunday talk shows invited him to be a guest, and even the panel of Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace didn’t | Read More »
Immediately following the Republican Presidential Debate, Ron Paul has received over $1million and counting in donations, according to Ron Paul’s Exploratory Committee web-site ( www.ronpaul2012.com ). In addition, based on the latest CNN poll, taken before the debate, ”Who does best against Obama? Paul. The congressman from Texas, who also ran as a libertarian candidate for president in 1988 and who is well liked by | Read More »
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