Ron Paul News 1-05-12
January 5th, 2012
(BusinessInsider) – The Big Takeaway From Iowa: 75 Percent Of Republicans Don’t Want Mitt Romney – Read More Here
(Rys2Sense) – Video: Romney is not going to beat Obama. I’ll tell you why. – Ryan Dawson – Video Link Here
(Fox) – Video: Judge Napolitano Endorses Ron Paul
(Rys2Sense) – Video: Iowa and why voting does matter (man) – Ryan Dawson – Video Link Here
(SteveWatson) – New Hampshire Press Endorses Ron Paul For President – Three State newspapers choose Paul over Romney – Read More Here
(SteveWatson) – Slimey CNN Anchor Lectures Paul On Huntsman Tweet – Huntsman plays down incident: “I thought it was pretty funny” – Read More Here
(SteveWatson) – Ron Paul Raises $13 Million In Q4, Only Romney Raised More – Paul is the only candidate with the resources to challenge financially – Read More Here
(MediaRoots) – Progressives and the Ron Paul Fallacies – Glenn Greenwald – Read More Here
(WSWS) – Romney, Santorum in Virtual Tie in Iowa Republican Caucus – Read More Here
(Infowars) – Iowa Outcome Ideal for Ron Paul – Greg Buls – Read More Here
(SteveWatson) – Paul: Young People, Independents, Moderates Key To Campaign Success
Young voters provided Congressman with one third of his total votes in Iowa. Read More Here
(Reason) – Ron Paul Should Be Proud to Be ‘Outside the Mainstream’ – Read More Here
(SteveWatson) – Ron Paul Comments On Mysterious Tweet Sent From His Campaign Account – Congressman was unaware of strange swipe at Huntsman – Read More Here
(PaulWatson) – New Poll: Ron Paul Retains Strong Second Place In New Hampshire – Santorum has not eaten into Texan Congressman’s numbers – Read More Here
(SteveWatson) – Video: Ron Paul Blasts Back At “Chicken Hawk” Gingrich – “Gingrich has no business talking about danger because he is putting other people in danger” – View More Here
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(PaulWatson) – Ron Paul Doubles Vote Tally, Captures Equal Number of Delegates As Romney & Santorum
Paul runs establishment candidates close despite weeks of vitriolic smear attacks by corporate media
Ron Paul heads to New Hampshire having more than doubled his 2008 Iowa vote tally, secured an equal number of Republican delegates as Romney and Santorum, and is projected to beat Santorum into a strong second-placed finish in next week’s primary.
After weeks of intense and sustained smear attacks by the establishment media, during which Paul was labeled everything from “dangerous,” to “disgusting,” to “racist” and even called a “terrorist,” the Texan Congressman still managed to secure 26,219 votes compared to 11,841 votes in 2008 – finishing third behind Romney and Santorum.
Crucially, Paul has obtained an equal number of delegates to both Santorum and Romney – seven in total.
“Paul may actually be the real winner of the first Republican voting contest,” writes Grace Wyler. “That’s because Paul’s massive organizational push in Iowa focused on both winning votes, and also on making sure that Paul supporters stuck around after the vote to make sure they were selected as county delegates — the first step towards being elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention.”
In comparison to Ron Paul doubling his tally, Mitt Romney received marginally less votes than he did in 2008 despite the millions of dollars his campaign spent in the state. Indeed, as Michael Brendan Dougherty notes, “75 percent of Republican Caucus-goers want someone that isn’t Mitt Romney – a result that reflects polls nationwide.” Romney is also expected to perform poorly in the southern states, where his brand of big government isn’t welcomed.
Saying he was the recipient of “one of three tickets out of Iowa,” Paul noted that Rick Santorum’s surprise showing is highly unlikely to be replicated anywhere else, and that he and Romney were the top two going into next week’s primary.
Santorum received a blow on the eve of voting yesterday when his own nephew penned an op-ed warning that his uncle was “another big-government politician who supports the status quo,” urging people to vote for Ron Paul.
Although Romney is the clear frontrunner in New Hampshire, Paul is currently running a strong second according to the New York Times’s caucuses projection. Paul is forecast to take 19.1 per cent of the vote, with Santorum significantly behind with just 5.2 per cent of the projected vote.
Two recent polls out of New Hampshire also show Paul holding down a strong second-placed finish, with Santorum nowhere to be seen. Paul is also forecast for a 3rd place finish in South Carolina and Florida behind Gingrich and Romney.
“We’ve had success reintroducing some ideas Republicans have needed for a long time. And that is the conviction that freedom is popular,” Paul said in his speech last night. “Let’s go back to to this real old fashioned idea, this dangerous idea: let’s obey the Constitution,” he added, urging his supporters to press on to New Hampshire with renewed momentum.
Source: Prison Planet
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