To
the Ron Paul Meetup group of Montréal
Fellow NolanChart
columnist, Walt Thiessen, reported on a recent scientific poll showing Ron
Paul in the double-digits:
A tamper-proof straw poll proctored by AOL shows Ron Paul
in first place nationwide at 26%. See here:
http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=208588
The
first-ever National Presidential Caucus resulted in a win for Ron Paul at
50% of the Republican votes.
Paul leads
among applicants for
GOP convention
delegates in Tenn.
12/27/2007
Associated Press
Supporters of Ron Paul's bid for the Republican
presidential nomination have picked up more than 100 petitions to become
convention delegates for the Texas congressman.
That leads the pack among potential GOP
presidential delegates who want to be on the ballot during the Feb. 5 primary.
There are 74 people seeking to be delegates for
Fred Thompson, a former Tennessee senator, and 72 for former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney.
The office of state election coordinator is
vetting each petition to ensure it has at least 100 signatures from people
eligible to vote for the delegate.
Campaigns can designate up to 24 at-large
delegates and six per congressional district.
Republican Ron Paul's volunteers submitted
the most signatures. The Texas congressman with
libertarian views who opposes the war in Iraq
tendered 21,142
signatures on
Thursday.
6 Democrats, 6
Republicans meet deadline for Va. primary ballot
By BOB LEWIS
| AP Political Writer
RICHMOND, Va. - A dozen presidential
candidates--six Democrats, six Republicans--met Friday's deadline for
submitting petitions to qualify for Virginia's Feb. 12 primaries.
Candidates had until 5 p.m. to supply the 10,000 signatures the State Board
of Elections requires for a spot on the ballot. Eight candidates waited
until Friday, some filing minutes before the cutoff.
Republican Ron Paul's volunteers submitted the most signatures. The Texas
congressman with libertarian views who opposes the war in Iraq tendered
21,142 signatures on Thursday.
Mike Huckabee's campaign showed up with 19,329
signatures, followed by fellow Republicans Rudy Giuliani (17,041), Fred
Thompson (15,549), Mitt Romney (15,443) and John McCain (15,024).
Barack Obama supporters filed 18,900 signatures--the most of any
Democrat--followed by
Hillary Clinton (15,075),
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden (12,074), John Edwards (10,081) and Bill Richardson
and Dennis Kucinich (10,000 each).
Obama on Nov. 28 was the first to file petitions. Romney's petitions were
filed the next day.
Chairmen of both parties have until Wednesday to certify their slates of
candidates. The SBE meets the next day for the random drawing of names that
determines their top-to-bottom order on the ballots.
Virginia's primaries fall one week after the Super Tuesday primaries, which
are likely to seal the nominations for both parties. Among the delegate-rich
primaries held Feb. 5 are California, Illinois and New York.
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--primary-20081214dec14,0,5398112.story
December
19th, 2007
According to
this story
in The Connection, Hillary Clinton’s campaign paid professional signature
gatherers $2.10 per signature, in order to collect enough signatures to
get on the Virginia presidential primary ballot. Virginia’s presidential
primary ballot access law is easily the most stringent such law in the
nation. Candidates need 10,000 signatures, with 400 from each U.S. House
district. However, the Virginia Democratic Party collected 7,300 for all
the approved Democratic candidates, so each of them only needed another
6,000 or so.
Ron Paul Leads the Republicans in the Wall
Street Chatter Chat Room
Monday December 3, 12:14 pm ET
NEW YORK,
NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 3, 2007 -- Dream Catcher Technology's (Other
OTC:DRMC.PK - News) Wall Street Chatter Ratings (www.wallstchatter.com) has
reported today
that of
the 9 primary Republican presidential candidates, the Wall Street Chatter
Presidential
Poll has
Ron Paul leading as the most talked about Republican candidate.
Wall
Street Chatter collects data from nearly 100 online chat-rooms and focuses on
online
chat-room activity regarding
stocks and investments. The Wall Street Chatter Presidential Poll is
based on the top 17
Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. The data is
presented weekly by
percentage by party and overall.
The company also provides a
subscription based online system containing data on chat-room
activity about more than
5000 stocks. The Wall Street Chatter Ratings system is based entirely
upon non-biased frequency of
online conversations in public chat rooms. The data is published
daily on the
wallstchatter.com website as the top 10 list. Data on more than 5000 companies
is
available to subscribers via
the Wall Street Chatter service. Subscribers can run reports and see
historical data and graphs
on any of the more than 5000 stocks in the database. Subscribers
pay only $9.95 per month for
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Technology (Other OTC:DRMC.PK
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services company.
See www.wallstchatter.com
for today's top 10 and information how to subscribe.
Certain statements contained
herein are "forward-looking" statements (as such term is defined in
the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Because such statements include risks
and uncertainties, actual
results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.
The Wall Street Chatter
Wall Street Chatter Chat
Room Presidential Poll
Who are people talking about
in the chat rooms in regards to
the candidates for President
Democrats
Republicans
Clinton 39%
Paul 27%
Obama 22%
Giuliani 25%
Edwards 19%
Romney 15%
Kucinich 9%
McCain 15%
Gravel 5%
Thompson 7%
Richardson 4%
Huckabee 7%
Biden 1%
Tancredo 3%
Dodd 1%
Hunter 1%
Brownback 0%
Data provided by Wall Street
Chatter
Wall Street Chatter is a
division of Dream Catcher Technologies, Inc.
http://www.wallstchatter.com/Press.html
http://www.wallstchatter.com
Is Ron
Paul Really Polling So Badly? Look Inside !
Ron Paul Being
Censored In Telephone Polls
Posted December 5th, 2007
by
djcgmcse
Latest AP poll
does not include Ron Paul [DIRECT ACTION NEEDED]
Ron Paul's Straw Poll Results
Updated on December 7, 2007
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Ron Paul's
Head-to-Head Records (Win-Lose-Tie): |
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Ron Paul v. Rudy Giuliani |
39-7-0 |
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Ron Paul v. Mitt Romney |
30-16-0 |
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Ron Paul v. Fred Thompson |
30-15-0 |
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Ron Paul v. John McCain |
40-5-0 |
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Ron Paul v. Mike Huckabee |
38-6-1 |
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Ron Paul v. Tom Tancredo |
43-1-0 |
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Ron Paul v. Duncan Hunter |
42-2-0 |
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Straw Poll |
Date |
Rank |
Votes |
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San Diego County Republican
Straw Poll |
12/06/2007 |
2 |
23.3% |
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Republican Party of Virginia
Straw Poll (Arlington, VA) |
12/01/2007
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1
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38.0%
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The Patriot Primary Straw
Poll AM 1280 (Minnetonka, MN) |
11/28/2007 |
1 |
48.0% |
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Republican Abroad Korea
Straw Poll (Seoul, Korea) |
11/17/2007 |
1 |
50.0% |
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Fresno County GOP Straw Poll,
Fresno, CA |
11/15/2007 |
1 |
35.0% |
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Evanston (IL) Republican
Club Straw Poll |
11/11/2007 |
4 |
10.9% |
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New York State Republican
Straw Poll, New York City, NY |
11/6/2007 |
1 |
43.3% |
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South Sound Ronald Reagan
Republican Club, Tacoma, WA |
11/01/2007 |
1 |
37.7% |
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Springfield Metropolitan
Republican Club, Springfield, MO |
11/01/2007 |
1 |
77.3% |
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Laramie County GOP Straw
Poll, Cheyenne, WY |
10/28/2007 |
1 |
48.0% |
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Milton Township Republican
Central Committee (MTRCC) Oktoberfest, Lombard,IL |
10/26/2007 |
6 |
5.4% |
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Values Voter Straw Poll,
Washington, DC |
10/20/2007 |
3 |
15.0% |
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Conservative Leadership
Conference, Reno, Nevada |
10/13/2007 |
1 |
33.0% |
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Jefferson County, Alabama
Straw Poll |
10/13/2007 |
1 |
57.8% |
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Washington State Republican
Party Fall Dinner Straw Poll |
10/11/2007 |
4 |
12.2% |
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Tulsa State Fair, Oklahoma
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10/07/2007 |
1 |
41.5% |
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Oregon Straw Poll- Portland,
Oregon |
10/06/2007 |
1 |
67.0% |
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Gwinnett County GOP,
Atlanta, Georgia |
9/30/2007 |
1 |
36.2% |
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CWA New Jersey GOP Straw
Poll |
9/29/2007 |
1 |
77.0% |
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South Sound Ronald Reagan
Republican Club, Tacoma, WA |
9/26/2007 |
1 |
35.0% |
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Mackinac Island - Michigan
Republican Leadership Conference |
9/23/2007 |
3 |
10.8% |
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Oklahoma County GOP Straw
Poll |
9/23/2007 |
3 |
11.0% |
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Palmetto Family Council
Straw Poll |
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Values Voters Presidential
Debate Poll |
9/17/2007 |
2 |
13.0% |
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Manchester, NH Straw Poll
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9/16/2007 |
1 |
65.0% |
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South Dakota Straw Poll
|
9/03/2007 |
6 |
8.0% |
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Maryland Straw Poll
|
9/03/2007 |
1 |
27.3% |
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Texas Straw Poll
|
9/01/2007 |
3 |
16.7% |
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Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania |
8/26/2007 |
1 |
45.2% |
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DeKalb County, Georgia Straw
Poll |
8/25/2007 |
1 |
24.0% |
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HRCC (Minnesota)
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Ronald Reagan Club
(Washington) |
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West Alabama |
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Strafford County, NH
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West Lafayette, Indiana
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Illinois Republican Party @
Illinois State Fair |
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Students for Life of America
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Western Montana Fair
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Gaston County, NC
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Ames, Iowa |
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National Federation of
Republican Assemblies (NFRA), St. Louis, MO |
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FreedomWorks Straw Poll
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8/03/2007 |
1 |
56.0% |
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Georgetown County, SC
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New Hampshire Taxpayers
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Cobb County, GA |
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California Republican
Assembly |
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National Taxpayers Union
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Utah GOP convention
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Zogby Poll - Ron
Paul Receiving Broad Base Support - Crossing Many Divisional Labels
by Jones Report / Ed Ward, MD Monday, Nov. 26, 2007 at 4:30 PM
"Get Off Your Seat, On Your
Feet & In the Street. Take Your Government Back. Dr. Ron Paul President
2008!"
Zogby Poll - Ron Paul Receiving Broad Base Support - Crossing Many
Divisional Labels
http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/201107_rp_minority.html
A recent national Zogby poll found that Ron Paul dominated in a bi-partisan
'blind' match-up with GOP front runners in nearly every demographic,
including most religious groups.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1391
That proved especially true amongst racial demographics. Ron Paul's lead
over Giuliani exceeded 20 percentage points in some categories including
African Americans, who make up 11% of the electorate, and Asian voters, who
make up 2%.
Ron Paul even held a sharp lead in 'White' and 'Hispanic' demographics (in
which racial voting trends are usually less cohesive), pulling 31.5% and 34%
to Giuliani's 20% and 17.2%, respectively.
Furthermore, concerns that Ron Paul isn't reaching women voters were offset
by poll numbers showing 34.7% support from female voters in the 'blind' poll
as compared with only 30.8% support from male voters. Giuliani, by
comparison, pulled only 17% and 20.3% support in the same poll.
Consider that Dr. Paul leads the GOP candidates in support from such
demographic groups as 'Born Again' (29.6%), 'Married' (30.9%) and 'NASCAR
fans' (32.5%).
Those who make $35-50k have nearly the same support for Paul at 34.2% as
those making $75-100k (at 34.6%). Those who make less than $25k show even
higher support at 47.6%.
A third of Armed Forces families support Paul in the GOP comparison (see
chart two places above) and some 32.1% of non-military families also
selected Ron Paul in the blind poll. A related poll question found that
49.1% of respondents support a candidate who would 'immediately withdraw'
troops from Iraq.
More poll respondents in the South (35.1%) and West (36.5%) favored Paul in
the polls, but the Texas Congressman still won more supporters than his GOP
rivals in the East (28.3%) and Central (31.8%) United States regions.
Thus Ron Paul shows wide and varied support for his policies which include
ending the Iraq War, injecting sound monetary policy and upholding the
Constitution. The poll showed a very favorable response for Paul across the
political spectrum and suggests he could do well in a general election and
in open-primary states where Independents, Moderates and Democrats could
support him in droves.
Indeed, broad-based support shows Ron Paul could be a true 'uniter,'
because, as Paul often claims, "the message of liberty does not divide" (though,
it is clear, the current political climate certainly does).
Zogby analyst Fritz Wenzel pointed out in an interview about the poll that
Ron Paul is moving "in the right direction" at a time when "other candidates
are not moving." Wenzel said Paul "has the momentum and a lot of money in
his pocket."
Poll numbers from the 'blind-bio' poll conducted by Zogby America of
Nationwide Likely Voters for 11/14/07 thru 11/17/07. Sample size 1009. Read
full poll at Zogby.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1391
Posted December 7th, 2007 by
antiwar
The
new MSNBC/Newsweek poll on Iowa
puts Ron Paul at 8% of likely GOP caucus-goers, 2 points above McCain.
But both MSNBC and
Newsweek, who commissioned the poll, have omitted Ron Paul from the
analyses.
Newsweek's article on the poll
analyzes it with regard to the top candidates, including McCain, but omits
any mention of Ron Paul, who beats McCain in their own numbers.
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/11935
December 08, 2007
Ron Paul Knocks Thompson Off "The Line"
Posted by Daniel McCarthy at December 8,
2007 05:04 AM
For the first time, the Washington Post has ranked Ron Paul among
the
top five Republican contenders on "The Line,"
Chris Cillizza's regular parsing of the candidates' prospects. Fred Thompson
falls off the line altogether.
Although
Cillizza downplays Paul's chances of winning, just consider: who thought
before Ames that apparent no-hoper Mike Huckabee would catch up with Romney
in Iowa? And who besides we Paulists dared think a few months back that Paul
could catch or surpass Thompson in the early states? Support for the
supposed "top tier" candidates is very soft indeed. We've seen a few upsets
in this race already -- Paul's fund-raising most spectacular among them --
and I think we're going to see many more.
Friday (12/07) at 02:54 AM
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In the past week,
momentum in Iowa's GOP caucuses has shifted significantly. Gov.
Mitt Romney, who had an apparent stranglehold on the 2008 caucuses
through the summer and fall, has found himself in the midst of a
true fight.
Today, in the second
round of Iowa Independent's Republican Power Rankings, we seek again
to answer the question, "If the Iowa Caucuses were held tonight,
what would be their results?"
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Chase Martyn
::
Huckabee Tops GOP Power Rankings, Paul Takes
Third |
We caution
our readers that our methodology is wholly unscientific.
Our rankings are based on impressions we received from activists,
politicos, and caucus-goers along with our gut feelings and guesses.
We hope that as our readers follow the always unpredictable Iowa
horse race from day to day, they will keep this list in mind as a
useful perspective from reporters on the ground across the state.
If the
caucuses were held tonight, these are the results we would predict:
First Place
Mike
Huckabee -- Upward Momentum --
Huckabee's meteoric rise came late enough in the campaign that many
had already written him off, but even his skeptics here appear to be
giving him a second look. His support, cultivated by time and
resources spent largely in Western Iowa while the media was busy
elsewhere watching other candidates over the past several months, is
solid. And the organizational disadvantage he faced compared to
former Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be diminishing. Huckabee is the
new Iowa frontrunner.
Second Place
Mitt
Romney -- Counterintuitively, it seems,
Huckabee's rise had little to do with Romney's own campaign. He still
makes few mistakes and is as skilled a politician as any presidential
candidate from either party. Most of Iowa's political heavy-hitters
continue to stand by him. But rank-and-file caucus-goers, many of
whom remained undecided up until this point, appear to be breaking in
Huckabee's favor. Romney's support among these voters, which was
fairly soft to begin with, is slowly shrinking.
Third Place
Ron
Paul -- The more we think about it, the
more we conclude that none of the remaining candidates on this list
have a strong base of support the way Rep. Paul does. His unlikely
coalition of supporters does not include many typical caucus-goers,
but they are devoted. And to top it all off, the campaign appears to
be fairly well organized here, with paid calls, visibility (television,
radio, billboards), and direct outreach efforts. Much about the Paul
campaign will remain up in the air until caucus night, but a third
place finish would certainly raise some eyebrows heading into New
Hampshire. |
Paul
Poses Serious Threat to Hillary Clinton in a General
Election Match up
Larry
Fester
Published
09/12/2007 - 7:44 p.m. EST
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Analysis: The antiwar
Republican congressman from Texas poses a serious threat to
Hillary Clinton and potential Democratic rivals in the general
election.
The presidential race has to a great extent turned into a two
issue campaign,
immigration
and the war in Iraq. Democratic candidates are capitalizing on
popular antiwar sentiments among the public but are swimming up
stream by apparently supporting President Bush’s policy of turning
a blind eye toward
illegal
immigration
and unsecured borders.
Republicans running for president, unless sentiments change, are
generally positioned against public opinion with their support for
the war, however, they are riding the tide of public opinion when
it comes to securing the borders and stopping illegal immigration
and terrorists from entering the country. (Even if half of them
are faking it)
Two
Presidential
candidates,
Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul, clearly support protecting U.S. borders
from illegal immigration and terrorist attacks. Both candidates
have opposed President Bush’s seeming support of the Council On
Foreign Relations plans to replace the United States with a North
American Union by integrating North America and erasing national
boundaries.
Ron Paul sets himself apart from other Republicans by being
decidedly antiwar. In a general election this may actually put
Paul at a decided advantage over Hillary Clinton and most of her
Democratic rivals. Paul will likely steal the thunder from
Clinton’s antiwar rhetoric since he voted against the Iraq war
that Hillary Clinton voted for.
At least among those voters that believe the Iraq war was a
mistake, including
Democrats,
Paul will demonstrate his foresight was better than Clinton’s.
In a general election on the issue of protecting U.S. borders,
Paul would likely ride public opinion with his support for
protecting U.S. borders while Clinton would be positioned against
public opinion.
Paul is generally considered more credible with his popular
positions on the war and immigration than his Democratic rivals.
Paul certainly isn’t the only Republican that would give Clinton a
run for her money he is however, the only Republican that would be
getting energized support from both Republican and the Democratic
base voters.
Of course, winning the Republican primary is still an uphill
battle at this point, unless of course Paul can effectively argue
that he is the most likely Republican to win a general election,
which only
GOP
primary voters can decide
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Ron
Paul Pulls Ahead in WV GOP Delegate Race
By Tony Rutherford
Huntington News Network Writer
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Against the odds, a grassroots candidate
for President of the United States has emerged as the leader in the
West Virginia GOP delegate race for the state convention.
Based on numbers released by
wvgopconvention.com,
Ron Paul has overtaken Mitt Romney to lead the state's committed
delegate count 217-212. The other candidates stack up this way: Fred
Thompson 163, Mike Huckabee 129, Rudy Giuliani 90, John McCain 25,
Duncan Hunter 7, Alan Keyes 5 and Uncommitted 630.
A list of delegates registered as of 3 p.m. Dec. 6 can be found at:
http://www.wvgopconvention.com/conte...ions_12_06.pdf.
As state campaigns launch, Paul's support has not come from a staff of
paid consultants or advisors. Most of those supporting Paul have given
freely of their time. An internet campaign proved extremely successful
in fund raising. On November 5, 2007, 38,905 donors contributed nearly
$4 million dollars to the campaign.
Orchestrating an innovative approach for publicity, Paul's campaign
has started raising funds for a blimp, which will fly over rallies.
The organizers would like the blimp to fly over Times Square on New
Year's Eve, but advance permission must be secured. A First Amendment
attorney currently prepares the legal documents for filing in
Washington, D.C. to gain the necessary waivers.
The
www.ronpaulblimp.com
web site believes the toughest arrangement will be getting permission
to fly over the Super Bowl in Arizona. "The owner of an airfield
nearby has agreed to host us for free," the web site said. Other
potential blimp locations would be Wall Street and various Federal
Reserve Banks. Except for the Super Bowl, the site states that the
goal is "do-able" since the air space restrictions apply to
"commercial and pleasure flights."
However, the plan will likely require court orders granting the blimp
permission as a First Amendment exercise of free speech. No
presidential candidate in history has ever had a blimp with their name
on it, the site said.
Jim Fosbiner, a cutting edge First Amendment attorney, with 15
published cases and numerous victories against the entrenched
establishment, will file the documents for constitutionally protected
speech in 'no fly' zones such as Washington, D.C., New York City and
Disney World.
If the necessary funds are raised, the Skyship 600 would have seats
for twelve passengers, a restroom, and average a speed of 30 mph at
2,000 feet.
CAMPAIGN RELIGION
The Paul campaign issued the following statement to coincide with
Mormon candidate Gov. Romney's Dec. 6 speech:
"We live in times of great uncertainty when men of faith must stand up
for American values and traditions before they are washed away in a
sea of fear and relativism. I have never been one who is particularly
comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena, and I find
the pandering that typically occurs in the election season to be
distasteful.
"Our nation was founded to be a place where religion is freely
practiced and differences are tolerated and respected. I come to my
faith through Jesus Christ and have accepted him as my personal savior.
At the same time, I have worked tirelessly to defend and restore
individual rights and religious freedom for all Americans.
"The recent attacks and insinuations, both direct and subtle, that Gov.
Romney may be less fit to serve as president of our United States
because of his faith fly in the face of everything America stands for.
Gov. Romney should be judged fairly, on his record and his character,
not on the church he attends."
ACADEMIC ENDORSEMENTS
Professors from prestigious universities such as American University,
Brigham Young University, Ohio University, and Indiana University
endorsed Paul on Dec. 6. Academics for Ron Paul stated, "Our
government continues to wage a ceaseless assault on the American
people's rights to make their own choices. It has done so through the
USA Patriot Act, the REAL ID Act, the War on Drugs, McCain-Feingold
and countless other initiatives. . The endless and inept foreign
policy of interventionism of the establishment politicians has put our
country in grave danger not only of a destructive war with Iran but a
new financial crisis… we believe [Ron Paul] is the candidate best able
to solve these profound problems."
In fact, Paul in a speech to Congress on February 6, 2007 demanded
that: "Mr. President, don't bomb Iran."
Paul stated, "The threat is overblown… Have we already forgotten Iraq?
If it's carried out the Middle East , and possibly the world, will
explode. Oil will soar to over $100 a barrel, and gasoline will be
over $5 a gallon."
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HAHA the LA times needs a history lesson...
Dec. 17th, 2003 John Kerry was polling at 4% nationally and won the nomination....
Historically POLLS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INACCURATE...ALWAYS
Only 22% of likely Republican primary voters say they have definitely decided who they will vote for,
33% say they are leaning toward a candidate, and 45% say they are still trying to decide who to support.
(You are absolutely correct! Nothing in here says anything about predicting the outcome. The poll results are each tied to a certain calendar period nowhere near Jan. 8.)
Posted by: 4liberty | December 19, 2007 at 11:51 PM
Hi Andrew,
Please point out where my logic is flawed.
The pollsters are polling registered Republicans who are likely to vote in the primaries....correct?
The way they get this list of potential voters is through the state GOP list of Republicans who voted in the last primary or caucus in that state...correct?
In 2004, incumbent President George Bush ran unopposed...correct?
Turn out for primaries and caucuses on the Republican side amounted to about 6% of registered Republicans...correct?
So pollsters are calling a narrow group of Republicans who are hard core enough Bush fans to go vote for him in a primary when he is running unopposed...correct?
94% of registered republicans are never polled...correct?
Ron Paul is receiving 4x the money ($18.5 mil vs. $4.5 mil) than the supposed current front runner Mike Huckabee...correct?
Ron Paul gatherings draw 5x as many supporters than any of the other candidates...correct?
Is it possible that a lot of the 94% of registered Republicans that did not vote in the primaries last time might vote for Dr. Paul?
Is it probable that the 6% of hard core Bush primary voters who support the war, would not support Dr. Paul?
Could this be the reason that the ONLY indicator that is not showing Dr. Paul as the favorite are polls where his supporters are not allowed to participate?
Let's do a Ben Franklin Spread Sheet:
Indicators proving Ron Paul is winning:
- # 1 in Straw Polls winning 25 out of 48
- # 1 in On-line Polls usually winning with more than 50%
- # 1 in campaign signs in front of houses
- # 1 in supporters showing up to events
- # 1 in Meet-up groups
- # 1 on Facebook
- # 1 googled term "Ron Paul"
- # 1 on YouTube
- # 1 Internationally with meetup groups and websites in 20+ countries
Indicators showing Ron Paul is losing
- # 6 in narrow telephone polling of previous cylce primary voters
Ben Franklin would say Dr. Paul is winning.
Where is my logic wrong?
(Who could argue with your logic? But when I've been polled, they've asked me to identify my party myself and whether I was certain, likely or unlikely to vote.)
Posted by: Darren D. | December 20, 2007 at 12:34 AM
Ron Paul Sweeps in AOL Poll
Monday, December 24, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
See the AOL link, below, to the poll, which is supposed to prevent "double-voting." Some comments on the site ....
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2007/12/21/straw-poll-dec-21-jan-4/
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I, as an individual am committed to advancing liberty in our nation, thus I am and will do everything I can to help the campaign of Ron Paul. If I believe a candidate is sincere, trustworthy, and devoted to the cause of liberty - I am more than happy, I am elated, to help them. This is how I feel about helping Ron Paul. He has done more to advance liberty in our nation than any politician in our lifetime.
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I don't think you can vote more than once but at any rate those are voters not spammers. It may be more appropriate to ask the "pollsters" why Ron Paul was only polling 3% before the primaries but ended up winning them going away?
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Because we always get labeled as spammers we kind of have this unspoken creed to ONLY vote ONCE the reason we win these is because we are ORGANIZED and know how to spread this message to other Ron Paul supporters QUICKLY and we are so dedicated that we will VOTE while the other candidate supporters are more likely to NOT CARE. As you can plainly see by the voting process you may only vote once anyway in this poll. Wake up America there are a LOT of us :) find out more about the grass roots at DailyPaul.com Paulunteer.com and Digg.com/Elections. Read a book about monitary policy the federal reserve and Dr. Paul's issues you might just switch too.
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I have never been polled and I support RP, and many of his supporters did not vote int he last election or ever for that matter so they do not get a phone call asking who they support. BUT, let back up for a moment. Tell me are you going to let a Poll and the Main Stream Media tell you who to vote for? Can you not sit down and look into the issues and make a decision for yourself?
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=52962