Ron Paul Interview w/Neil Cavuto - Fox Business Thursday, April 26, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...;v=zyyvWQhTS_0
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Ron Paul Interview w/Neil Cavuto - Fox Business Thursday, April 26, 2012
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How Good It Feels – The Last Five Days Have Been Amazing for Ron Paul’s Campaign
Submitted by Allan Stevo on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 06:58
I must offer my congratulations to the activists in the liberty movement and in Ron Paul’s campaign, because many months, and arguably years of work are starting to bear fruit in the presidential selection process. These last five days have been outstanding.
In Mitt Romney’s backyard Tuesday night, we kicked butt against a man who has long been the presumed nominee and has a budget that at least doubles our own. Five states had their primaries – Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. Here are a few aspects of Tuesday that put a smile on my face:
We Beat 2008 Results
- In Rhode Island 7% in 2008 v. 24% in 2012,
- Delaware 4% in 2008 v. 11% in 2012,
- New York 6% in 2008 v. 15% in 2012, and
- Connecticut 4% in 2008 v. 13% in 2012.
We Beat the Expectations
- Pennsylvania Real Clear Politics from April has us in single digits, we nearly doubled with 13%.
- New York in early April we were expected 11%. We got 15%.
As a political analyst recently pointed out to me: “[Paul's campaign] always beat the polls, and almost always doubles, triples, or quadruples results from 2008. Those are the trends from [his] campaign that do not change.”
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The Delegate Race Matters, Not the Popular Vote
There are two contests that take place in an election – the narrative of electability and the delegate count. While it’s nice to pat ourselves on the back for increasing in popular vote totals, that delegate count (wisely) is the focus of Ron Paul’s campaign. It is the delegates who choose the next Republican nominee.
Ron Paul picked up a quarter of the delegates available in Rhode Island on Tuesday and also received an estimated 25% of the pledged delegates from the Pennsylvania primary.We essentially did better that we were predicted to have done in the Northeastern U.S. Tuesday and continued to rack up delegates with our strategy of showing up to the RNC rich in delegates and as the viable conservative alternative.
Professor Josh Putnam of Davidson College shared what he calls a “rough, rough delegate count” from Pennsylvania as primary results were being calculated. He lists 16 or 17 delegates as “uncommitted/unconfirmed,” and divvies up the other 19 or 20 delegates among the campaigns as follows: Romney 7 (35%), Paul 5 (25%), Gingrich 4 (20%) and Santorum 3 or 4 (20%)…
In what is a multistep process, that started with Tuesday’s loophole primary, Pennsylvania will send a total of 72 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida in late August. Tuesday, a total of 59 delegates were chosen in Pennsylvania, but the allegiance of many of those delegates is difficult to identify.
How The Independent Vote is Important
Some of the best news from this weekend for me is further verification that we are the only campaign that can beat Obama. We are the only campaign to inspire independents.
We see that motivated independents will vote for Ron Paul – they will support him over Mitt Romney from now until August and they will support Ron Paul over Barack Obama from now until November. For many years it is that independent swing vote that has determined elections. We decisively win that swing vote.
Additionally, while the Democratic Party advertises that because of the young vote, Barack Obama will beat Mitt Romney hands down, we know that it is exactly the young voters disenfranchised by Obama’s first term policies that will make it Ron Paul who beats Barack Obama hands down. Ron Paul divides the political dichotomy in a new way and offers the marginalized civil libertarians and anti-war movement a candidate that shares their views.
This Weekend Was Even Better
Other big news become clear this weekend, as we were shown that Ron Paul will influence Iowa for at least a generation. Additionally, Ron Paul supporters have proven themselves very influential in Iowa – relatively youthful, dedicated, Republicans have taken the Iowa Republican Party by storm, making it likely that Ron Paul will not just be a force in Iowa’s 2012 national delegation, but will be a force in Iowa for at least a generation. Through persistent hard work, the perennial first state in the nation to vote has become strongly influenced by Ron Paul.
Other big news came this weekend – Ron Paul dominated Minnesota. In Minnesota this Saturday, the Congressional District Conventions were completed. They had been held over the last few weekends. Ron Paul finished those conventions with 83% of the available delegates. This has been a grossly overlooked story. Ron Paul won Minnesota this weekend. There are still more state level delegates to be chosen in Minnesota, but due to his success in the Congressional District Conventions, Ron Paul has guaranteed himself 50% of the 40 delegates who will come from Minnesota.
Victories Ahead
As long as we can continue these results, these results are good enough results to get our delegations on the floor of the RNC and to have us standing as a strong alternative to Mitt Romney, a candidate that has been widely rejected by Republicans. Even among those who have now cast ballots for him, Mitt Romney has been viewed as something of a bland overboiled vegetable that must be consumed before leaving the dinner table to go on to other business. We can do better than that. We offer an alternative. In a world where we make ourselves the media, we can reach out and do a better job.
If you are eager to volunteer in other states, be sure to look ahead in the process by reading fact-filled websites like The Green Papers or FHQ, because the vast potential of grassroots members of our campaign can be focused on those endeavors to make them more successful.
Keep an eye on any contest in the South, where many voters have yet to decide how Santorum/Gingrich leaving the race affects them. Keep an eye out for calls for help like this one and even if your primary or caucus has passed and the process is completed, get involved locally to take over your party, if you feel interested enough to make a commitment. The GOP is usually so shorthanded in many states that they take any volunteer that comes along.
Our candidate is fantastic, our message of freedom is fantastic, and no matter how loudly the media shouts, we, through contact with our social precincts, those people we know, can overcome the media. We can become the media. We can make 2012 a year that will long be remembered – the kind of year in politics that men will find themselves accursed for having missed, the kind of year that stories will long be told about. Welcome to 2012, the year that we made ourselves the media, the year that we made ourselves the Republican Party. The year that we pushed to see our esteemed champion of the Constitution elected President, the year that we inspired the Great Debate in America, the year that we began to see how good it feels to win in our battle to retake our country.
Allan Stevo is author of How to Win America for Ron Paul and the Cause of Freedom in 2012.
How Good It Feels
The Revolution has come to Pittsburgh
Published on April 26, 2012 by John O. in Ron Paul
How can a 76-year-old country doctor send a crowd of usually politically apathetic individuals into frenzy simply by walking on stage? He doesn’t fit the traditional mold of today’s political crusaders. Politicians today are two sides of the same coin. For a large majority, the bidding of special interest groups trumps the oath they took when they swore to protect the US Constitution. Most of these animals could care less about the prosperity of their own constituents. One man has remained incorruptible while serving in the capital of moral depravity. Lobbyists do not even visit him in Washington. There has not been one time that he has voted in opposition to the Constitution. It has been a dream of mine to see this man in person. Not to witness the power that he wields, but in contrast the power that he fights to cede back to the great people of the United States of America.
Over the past five years I’ve watched more Ron Paul speeches on YouTube than I can remember. In the same time frame I have read many of Dr. Paul’s books, A Foreign Policy of Freedom, The Revolution: A Manifesto, End the Fed, and Liberty Defined.
Similar to sports or concerts, some events are better experienced live. It has been a goal of mine to attend a Ron Paul Rally and experience first hand the hype that surrounds his campaign. Last Friday, April 20th I was lucky enough to attend the Ron Paul Rally at Soldiers and Sailors Hall at the University of Pittsburgh.
As Ron alluded to at the beginning of his speech, he was up against some stiff competition for the 7:00 PM time slot in the city of Pittsburgh. The Penguins were playing a playoff game against the rival Flyers and the Pirates were back in town taking on the defending World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. This did not stop the more than 2,500 people who came out to cheer the greatest champion of liberty in our lifetime. Many people do not know that Ron Paul was a standout athlete in his youth and still holds the record as the only congressman to hit an over the fence home run during the annual congressional baseball game. He did this in 1976, during his first stint in congress. At the beginning of his speech he correctly asserted that ball games will be forgotten, but the liberty movement will have a lasting impact.
Dr. Paul also overcame another obstacle in his quest to assemble a large crowd on the campus at the University of Pittsburgh. Most people outside of western Pennsylvania probably are not familiar with the recent epidemic of bomb threats that have vaulted the campus into chaos. Buildings and dorms were forced to be evacuated numerous times, as a result of the bomb threats that began 2 months ago. This week, a group has finally taken responsibility for the threats and has claimed that they are now finished sending bomb threats. Last Friday, at the time of Dr. Paul’s rally speech, there remained a serious fear for public safety on campus. This did not deter freedom lovers from coming out to support Dr. Paul on his historic campaign tour that will go down as one of the greatest contributions to the advancement of liberty in our lifetime.
As I sat with my friend, waiting for the rally to begin, he remarked how ironic it was that we were going to witness Dr. Paul’s speak in front of a back drop that paid homage to Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address, which was scribed on the wall behind the podium in enormous letters. A staunch defender of individual rights, peace, free markets, and the Constitution giving a speech in front of a memorial to the most tyrannical, bloodthirsty, statist President in our young nation’s history. This was quite a contrast indeed. In hindsight, it was a perfect backdrop considering the majority of the crowd consisted of college students who quite recently had been indoctrinated with the fabricated revisionist history taught in our public schools. It was a great venue for Ron Paul to outline a path towards liberty in our future, while standing in front of a symbol that reminds us of the idiocy that guided our destructive past.
We arrived to the rally about an hour early and watched as families with young children in tow, senior citizens with faces of youthful exuberance, and groups of excited college students filed into the auditorium to witness history in the making. The crowd was diverse in both race and age. Offering a path to a free society and presenting an agenda to restore the republic energizes people of all demographics. It doesn’t matter if you’re 18 or 81; the opportunity to break free from the shackles of the state resonates with people of all ages, colors, and faiths.
When Dr. Paul walked out on stage the crowd went absolutely wild. Many in attendance were waving homemade signs affirming their agreement with Paul on a host of issues including, ending the Fed, privatizing airport security, repealing the Patriot Act, and of course bringing our troops home and ending our global empire. These were REAL homemade signs, not the kind that the Romney campaign passes out and then promptly collects at the end of campaign events.
Dr. Paul was cool, calm, and collected throughout his talk. As always, he did an incredible job of simplifying complex ideas and relating them to the crowd in understandable terms. This is one man’s opinion, but Ron comes across better in person, than on a television or computer screen. That’s not a knock against his television presence, but a compliment to his ability to engage a room. Every set eyes in the room was locked in on Ron, listening intently and digesting every word. Even the young children with a family seated in my row were well-behaved and were interested in the message. I cannot imagine being as attentive as these kids if my parents had taken me to a political rally when I was young. These kids understood they were a part of something special.
Although this was my first experience attending a political rally, it would be safe to assume that other candidates’ political rallies differ greatly in numbers and do not create anywhere close to the same amount of energy. Dr. Paul received thunderous applause in response to his call for the troops to come home. Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, or Mitt Romney probably have not and will not see spontaneous, dynamic applause like that in their lifetimes.
It is true that Dr. Paul’s enthusiastic, passionate following has not translated into wins in states that utilize the primary system, he is not being shut out of delegates in primaries. The Paul campaign picked up at least 5 delegates in the PA primary, which was more than both Santorum and Gingrich. In 2008 Paul received zero delegates from the state of Pennsylvania. It has not been a secret that the Paul campaign has focused almost all of its energy on the caucus states. The success of this plan has gone largely unreported in the media, but in recent weeks the Paul campaign has secured a plurality of delegates in Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington State. There are several other states that will most likely result in Dr. Paul gaining the majority of the delegates, thus securing him at least 5 states with a plurality and will place him on the first ballot at the convention in Tampa. A lot can happen between now and the convention, so stay tuned. Contrary to the corporate/government media’s reporting, Mitt Romney does not have the nomination secured.
The Revolution came to Pittsburgh and will be coming to a city near you. The Ron Paul campaign and the liberty movement as a whole are just getting started. Freedom loving patriots across the country are getting off the couch and getting involved in local, state, and federal politics. More importantly, the liberty movement is winning the battle for the hearts and minds of America’s youth. It is the youth who understand that we will reap what has been sown by our government over the last 100 years. Radical change is necessary in order to offset the debilitating mistakes of previous generations.
Lions of Liberty - The Revolution Has Come To Pittsburgh
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Ron Paul Packs the House in El Paso
Here’s the scene from Ron Paul’s town hall meeting in El Paso, Texas tonight. 1,200 plus. Tomorrow, University of Texas Austin.
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Ron Paul Statement on Labor Department Regulations Affecting Family Farms
“I wonder when the Department of Labor will forbid parents from requiring children to make their beds, clean their rooms, or set the table for dinner.” – Ron Paul
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Congressman and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul issued the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s new regulations applying child labor laws to family farms.
Below find comments from Congressman Paul:
“The Department of Labor’s plan to issue new regulations applying child labor laws to family farms is an outrageous assault on America’s farmers. My parents were dairy farmers who required me and my brothers to help out on the farm. I certainly benefited from this experience, and, as a Representative of a congressional district containing a large number of farmers, I have had the opportunity to meet many farmers who learned about their profession by doing chores on their parents’ farms. Working on a family farm also provides a tremendous opportunity to form a strong work ethic that these children will carry through the rest of their lives.
“Thanks to the Obama Administration, future generations of children will be deprived of these experiences.
“Now that the federal government is planning to, for all intents and purposes, outlaw chores on the farm, I wonder when the Department of Labor will forbid parents from requiring children to make their beds, clean their rooms, or set the table for dinner. The founding fathers would be outraged to see the federal government attempting to prevent children from helping their parents on their farms. If the American people select me as their next President, I will put an end to these regulations on my first day in office.
“Under my ‘Plan to Restore America,’ I will use my constitutional authority as President to impose a moratorium on any new federal regulations. My Plan also reduces spending by $1 trillion in the first year of my presidency and balances the budget by my third year, while providing much-needed tax relief to the American people. This will put more money back in the pockets of hard-working Americans, like those who provide vital goods by running family farms.
“Out of all the candidates seeking the presidential nomination of a major party, I am the only one with a record of consistently opposing all unconstitutional, job-destroying regulations. I urge all Americans who wish to free their businesses and their families from the grip of the regulatory state to join my campaign to Restore America Now.”
Ron Paul Statement on Labor Department Regulations Affecting Family Farms*|*Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
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“They Were Following a Candidate – We Are Following a Movement”
Elizabeth Dwoskin has a good piece at Bloomberg Businessweek “Ron Paul’s Torchbearers.” My only criticism is that there are a number of candidates inspired by Ron Paul running this year who aren’t discussed that have a decent shot at winning their primaries and general elections. Still, Dowskin outlines how Paul’s movement is about more than just one man:
Paul leaves behind a small army of brawlers itching to take up the battle in his name. This election year, at least 65 of his supporters are campaigning for local, state, or national office in 23 states. They join more than a dozen Paul acolytes who won elections in 2010, including GOP Representative Justin Amash of Michigan, who is seeking a second term—not to mention Paul’s son Rand, who was elected to the Senate as a Republican in Kentucky.
Other Paul followers and former aides have maneuvered their way into Republican Party leadership positions in Nevada, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, and Maine, where they are attempting to rewrite party platforms and keep establishment Republicans from giving Paul’s 70-plus primary delegates to Mitt Romney. Usually, “when a candidate drops out, the followers go too,” says Aaron Libby, a 29-year-old Maine blueberry farmer and Paul die-hard who was elected to the state legislature in 2010. “They were following a candidate; we are following a movement.”
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Ron Paul Winning: MSM Decides its Safe to Announce Delegate Wins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T6yP6ySSO0&feature=relmfu
Apr 24, 2012 by TheAlexJonesChannel
Now three people have won Iowa during this primary season. Last night, Ron Paul's delegate finagling strategy paid off as he guaranteed himself at least half of the delegates in Iowa and Minnesota.
Remember, back in January, Mitt Romney was declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses by eight votes. This official declaration was made by the state Republican Party chairman, Matt Strawn, despite ongoing discrepancies in the way that county commissioners and the state commissioners were reporting vote totals. Rachel Maddow has some of the footage of the news stations that night re-learning how to cover the complicated Iowa voting system (the video seems to be going viral, btw, as at 9 a.m. the video only had 300+ views, but as of 10 a.m. was pushing 9,000).
» Ron Paul Won Iowa and Minnesota, In Fact Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
by Jordan Wolf
Ron Paul Draws 6,000 in Austin at UT
Submitted by Mauibrad on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 22:58
Events
Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w55BplpQ_Q&feature=player_embedded
Thousands of chanting, cheering supporters flooded the University of Texas campus to show Ron Paul some love Thursday night, undaunted by the prospect that the Texas congressman is a long shot for the GOP presidential nomination.
There is more to winning than victory at the polls, Paul told the crowd, which broke into occasional chants of "President Paul."
"I'm convinced a revolution is going on. It is an intellectual revolution," Paul said.
"It is going to be difficult, but it is always glorious to have success. And we will have success," he said. "Regardless of what happens next week, next month, November — the spirit of this revolution is not going away."
Article: Ron Paul draws thousands at UT speech
Ron Paul Draws 6,000 in Austin at UT | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Important! From the poll numbers, Romney vs. Paul... if undecided, Santorum and Gingrich voters vote for Ron
Submitted by defe07Ω™ on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 01:36
Ron Paul 2012
Ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to inform you that, thanks to the website www.uselectionatlas.org, I was able to find past poll results in the remaining primary states. This website uses an average and they see which state is leaning to which candidate.
Anywho, the point of my thread is to inject some hope.
The polls show that if the remaining states had a Romney vs. Paul matchup, Paul, thanks to Santorum, Gingrich and undecided voters, as well as the Paul voters, would WIN the remaining states. R is Romney while P+ is Paul plus all the anti-Romney voters
Indiana:
R: 27%
P+: 73%
North Carolina:
R: 32%
P+: 68%
West Virginia:
R: 13%
P+: 87%
South Dakota:
R: 20%
P+: 80%
Nebraska:
R: 18%
P+: 82%
Montana:
R: 17%
P+: 83%
Utah:
R: 67%
P+: 33%
New Mexico:
R: 16%
P+: 84%
Oregon:
R: 33%
P+: 67%
Texas:
R: 35%
P+: 65%
New Jersey:
R: 42%
P+: 58%
California:
R: 43%
P+: 57%
Why did I decide to put this up? If we can make flyers of these poll numbers, showing that Ron can win these states with the help of Santorum, Gingrich and undecided voters, we can actually sway them.
We can tell them that if they vote for Ron, they'll actually stop Romney from getting the nomination and they'd allow for Ron to win enough states and delegates to actually have an open convention. We need to try this at least! Polls don't lie.
While it may seem too much to assume all Gingrich, Santorum and undecided voters will all vote for Ron, I don't think it's far-fetched to tell them that we need their votes and only voting for Ron will allow for an open convention.
Time to print flyers up, baby!
Important! From the poll numbers, Romney vs. Paul... if undecided, Santorum and Gingrich voters vote for Ron | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Jon Stewart to Ron Paul: "You're our only hope."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhvLEt5F03o&feature=player_embedded
(A higher rez video may be coming)
Voters in Louisiana-vote slate 7
Submitted by ralph hornsby on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 11:00
Delegates
Louisiana
From a facebook post:
Ken LaRive is a devout Ron Paul supporter. Vote for Slate 7 in Saturday's caucus.
Dear Family and friends,
Presidents are created at the caucus where delegates are selected, not at manipulated straw polls. Please vote for Slate #7 in Louisiana's Republican Caucus this Saturday, April 28, 2012. Help me to take back our Republican form of government from the Obama Progressives and Neocons who now control our White House.
Voting will be held at 30 locations across the state, and slate #7 will be on every one. If you are a registered Republican before 12/15/2011 you are qualified to vote. Vote for me on slate #7, and not by name, as the other 24 people on slate #7 are of like mind. Any questions or suggestions please call me at 337-581-8176.
Please forward this to all of your friends and family, and have them do the same, as I can think of no election in my lifetime more important. Please take the time to vote between 08:30 and noon. If you are in line by that time your vote will be counted.
The location to vote in Lafayette is The Family Church at 223 Stone Ave. I will be there all day and hope to meet you. Thank you.
In Liberty under God,
Kenneth Michael LaRive
Voters in Louisiana-vote slate 7 | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Paul soldiers on as race comes to Texas - KXAN.com
Submitted by newsbuster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 02:06
Daily Paul Liberty Forum
Paul soldiers on as race comes to Texas - KXAN.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVpGaTeHwNU&feature=player_embedded
Paul soldiers on as race comes to Texas - KXAN.com | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Ron Paul Announces Visits To UC Davis and UC San Diego
Submitted by emalvini on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 16:03
Ron Paul 2012
Texas
Ron Paul Announces Visits To UC Davis and UC San Diego
RON PAUL U.S.A. | April 26, 2012
Ron Paul is going back to Cali! The campaign announced today that Dr. Paul will hold rallies next week at two large California universities and continue to spread his message of freedom and liberty!
The first stop is at The University of California, Davis, and is scheduled for Thursday, May 3rd, at 7:00 PM. The event will be held in the West Memorial Union Quad. U.C. Davis is well known for academic excellence, and is currently ranked as one of the top 10 public universities in the country. The school currently enrolls over 25,000 undergrads and 7,000 graduate students.
Dr. Paul will then go south to vitist The University of California, San Diego. He will speak at the Warren Mall on Friday, May 4th, at 7:00 PM. The reception in San Diego should be outstanding, as the city is home to a large population of active and retired military personel, you are well known for supporting Ron Paul's foreign policy ideas.
Early seating vouchers for both the UC Davis and UC San Diego events can be found here.
More: Ron Paul U.S.A.: Ron Paul Announces Visits to U.C. Davis & U.C. San Diego
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Ron Paul 2012 Wins Majority Of Washington Delegates To Convention, Other States Expected To Follow
By IBTimes Staff Reporter
April 26, 2012 5:48 PM EDT
Ron Paul's 2012 campaign has won the majority of Washington's delegates to the Republican National Convention, and a number of other states are expected to follow suit, pointing to a hectic convention in which Mitt Romney's path to the nomination may face a major insurgent opponent.
Washington is now the third state, after Iowa and Minnesota, in which Ron Paul has locked up at least half of the state's nominating delegates. In order to be officially entered in nomination at the Tampa, Fla., convention, he needs to secure half or more of the delegates in five states, and as of Thursday, he looks poised to grab a majority of delegates in other states like North Dakota and Maine in coming weeks.
Ron Paul's 2012 campaign has taken an unorthodox tack, hoping to draw state delegates to his camp rather than simply winning the popular vote. As such, he is stacking up delegates who once backed Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum and other fallen candidates.
And the strategy is not unprecedented. Warren G. Harding pulled off a surprise win at the 1920 Republican convention, where he eventually won the nomination despite heading in with the fewest delegates of any remaining candidate. And Harding went on to sweep into the White House.
Even Fox News said this week that Paul's presence on the ballot at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa "looks inevitable at this point."
And if he makes it onto the ballot, Ron Paul's 2012 campaign has the chance to throw a wrench in the nominating process, proving all the critics wrong by having a huge impact on the Republican race instead of just fizzling out as has long been predicted.
Even if he doesn't end up with the GOP nod, Paul may be able to influence the proceedings in Tampa by changing the conversation and revamping the strategy in order to target Paulites and others who don't agree with Romney's policies.
The libertarian Texas congressman could also continue to remain relevant by running on a third-party ticket, an option he has not ruled out.
Ron Paul 2012 Wins Majority Of Washington Delegates To Convention, Other States Expected To Follow - International Business Times
Ron Paul Statement on Labor Department Regulations Affecting Family Farms
“I wonder when the Department of Labor will forbid parents from requiring children to make their beds, clean their rooms, or set the table for dinner.”
– Ron Paul
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Congressman and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul issued the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s new regulations applying child labor laws to family farms.
Below find comments from Congressman Paul:
“The Department of Labor’s plan to issue new regulations applying child labor laws to family farms is an outrageous assault on America’s farmers. My parents were dairy farmers who required me and my brothers to help out on the farm. I certainly benefited from this experience, and, as a Representative of a congressional district containing a large number of farmers, I have had the opportunity to meet many farmers who learned about their profession by doing chores on their parents’ farms. Working on a family farm also provides a tremendous opportunity to form a strong work ethic that these children will carry through the rest of their lives.
“Thanks to the Obama Administration, future generations of children will be deprived of these experiences.
“Now that the federal government is planning to, for all intents and purposes, outlaw chores on the farm, I wonder when the Department of Labor will forbid parents from requiring children to make their beds, clean their rooms, or set the table for dinner. The founding fathers would be outraged to see the federal government attempting to prevent children from helping their parents on their farms. If the American people select me as their next President, I will put an end to these regulations on my first day in office.
“Under my ‘Plan to Restore America,’ I will use my constitutional authority as President to impose a moratorium on any new federal regulations. My Plan also reduces spending by $1 trillion in the first year of my presidency and balances the budget by my third year, while providing much-needed tax relief to the American people. This will put more money back in the pockets of hard-working Americans, like those who provide vital goods by running family farms.
“Out of all the candidates seeking the presidential nomination of a major party, I am the only one with a record of consistently opposing all unconstitutional, job-destroying regulations. I urge all Americans who wish to free their businesses and their families from the grip of the regulatory state to join my campaign to Restore America Now.”
Ron Paul Statement on Labor Department Regulations Affecting Family Farms*|*Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
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Our Movement in Austin
Over 6,000 for Ron Paul at his town hall meeting in Austin, Texas yesterday. As Dr. Paul says “An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.”
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Ron Paul Attracts More Than 6,000 Voters to Austin Town Hall Meeting
UTA and broader community welcome sole Texan, veteran and conservative seeking Republican nomination for the presidency
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul attracted an impressive 6,000-plus supporters and undecided voters tonight at his University of Texas at Austin town hall meeting.
Ron Paul’s UTA town hall meeting was held at 7:00 p.m. CT at the university’s LBJ Library Lawn, located at 2313 Red River Street in Austin, TX 78705. At the event, Dr. Paul discussed his platform of constitutionally-limited government, the restoration of economic and civil liberties, and provisions of his path-breaking ‘Plan to Restore America.’
Tomorrow Ron Paul will hold another large on-campus town hall meeting at the University of Houston. Details of Dr. Paul’s ongoing campaign swing in the Lone Star State, including information on how to RSVP, can be found here.
Photographs of Ron Paul’s Austin town hall meeting with 6,000-plus people follow.
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The Delegate Strategy
Reports International Business Times:
Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign has won the majority of Washington’s delegates to the Republican National Convention, and a number of other states are expected to follow suit, pointing to a hectic convention in which Mitt Romney’s path to the nomination may face a major insurgent opponent.
Washington is now the third state, after Iowa and Minnesota, in which Ron Paul has locked up at least half of the state’s nominating delegates. In order to be officially entered in nomination at the Tampa, Fla., convention, he needs to secure half or more of the delegates in five states, and as of Thursday, he looks poised to grab a majority of delegates in other states like North Dakota and Maine in coming weeks.
Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign has taken an unorthodox tack, hoping to draw state delegates to his camp rather than simply winning the popular vote. As such, he is stacking up delegates who once backed Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum and other fallen candidates.
And the strategy is not unprecedented. Warren G. Harding pulled off a surprise win at the 1920 Republican convention, where he eventually won the nomination despite heading in with the fewest delegates of any remaining candidate. And Harding went on to sweep into the White House.
Even Fox News said this week that Paul’s presence on the ballot at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa ”looks inevitable at this point.”
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Karl Rove Now Says Mitty Will Lose To Obama!
Submitted by yrad on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 16:47
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Republican strategist Karl Rove, who is considered the architect of George W. Bush's two successful campaigns for the White House, is predicting that Mitt Romney will have a difficult time beating Barack Obama in the general election in November.
According to Rove, the situation is so dire that if the election were held today, Obama would win handily.
Romney is the presumptive Republican nominee, although he does not yet have enough delegates to win.
Rove is known for his pinpoint accuracy in predicting how the states will vote in general elections. In 2008 he correctly predicted the election results in 48 out of 50 states.
http://www.examiner.com/article/karl...-loss-to-obama
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Karl Rove predicts Romney loss to Obama
Anthony Martin
Conservative Examiner
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Republican strategist Karl Rove. Photo credit: (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Republican strategist Karl Rove, who is considered the architect of George W. Bush's two successful campaigns for the White House, is predicting that Mitt Romney will have a difficult time beating Barack Obama in the general election in November.
According to Rove, the situation is so dire that if the election were held today, Obama would win handily.
Romney is the presumptive Republican nominee, although he does not yet have enough delegates to win.
Rove is known for his pinpoint accuracy in predicting how the states will vote in general elections. In 2008 he correctly predicted the election results in 48 out of 50 states.
In an interview with NewsMax yesterday, Rove states that if the election were held today, Obama would win 284 electoral votes compared to Romney's 157. A candidate must win at least 270 electoral votes to gain the presidency.
Although Rove admits that it is still early and the electoral map will change as the campaign progresses, his prediction is odd given his numerous statements on Fox News concerning the electability factor of various potential Republican nominees.
This reporter has personally heard Rove claim that Romney is one of the few in the field who has the ability to beat Barack Obama in November. He has also disparaged potential and former candidates such as Sarah Palin, claiming that they are unelectable.
The fact that Rove is now saying that Romney will have a difficult time coming up with the 270 electoral votes necessary to win is perplexing given his previous statements.
Further, Rove's assessment gives one pause to question the entire premise of the Republican leadership establishment that assumes conservatives are unelectable and liberal or moderate candidates are best equipped to win.
The leadership establishment has incessantly harped on the electability factor, claiming that only candidates such as Romney, Chris Christie, or Jeb Bush can garner enough support to beat Obama. Now that it appears Romney is sailing to the nomination, the public is being told a different story. Romney is in trouble.
This makes one wonder if the Republican leadership also misled voters on the electability of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, and Herman Cain. The leadership establishment claimed that these candidates are unelectable.
Interestingly, the very same elitist political machine said the same thing about Ronald Reagan throughout the 1970s and even in the 1980 Republican race for the nomination. While the faces were different back then, the mindset of the machine was exactly the same.
Reagan was constantly bashed as being too conservative for the general public to stomach. George H.W. Bush, who was one of the candidates opposing Reagan in 1980, referred to the Reagan economic plan as "voodoo."
Yet it was Reagan who became the only Republican to beat two different Democrats in two of the largest landslides in U.S. history, in 1980 and 1984.
These factors are ample reason to question not only the wisdom but the motives of people like Rove.
This reporter would like to ask Rove the following question: Why are you now saying that Romney will struggle to beat Obama when only a few months ago you were claiming that he was one of the few who are electable?
A second question logically follows the first: Do you also think it's possible you were dead wrong about the electability of Palin, Bachmann, Paul, Gingrich, and Cain?
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Rove: GOP Faces Uphill Battle to Deny Obama Re-election
Thursday, 26 Apr 2012 05:24 PM
Veteran GOP political strategist Karl Rove says Mitt Romney is facing very tough electoral math in his presidential bid -- so dire that President Obama would likely win re-election if voters were going to the polls this week.
The math is simple and indisputable, says Rove, though he warns that the situtation is highly fluid.
The next president needs 270 Electoral College votes to win.
There are currently 18 states (220 electoral votes) where Obama has a solid lead and 15 states (93 votes) that are solidly in Romney's column.
There are six states -- crucial battleground states -- with a combined 82 electoral vtes that are “toss--ups” (IA, FL, MO, NC, SC, VA).
Five more states -- MI, NH, NV, OH, PA -- with a combined 64 EC votes are "leaning" toward Obama.
Six other states -- AZ, GA, KY, SD, TN, TX -- with a combined 79 EC votes “lean” Romney.
Simply put, that means there are 17 states for a total of 225 Electoral College votes up for grabs.
So if the election were held today, 284 electoral votes are safely Obama's, according to Rove. Romney has 157 safe or leaning votes.
"These projections will change as more polls are conducted in the coming weeks," Rove warns. The situation is extremely fluid.
Rove was considered one of the best prognosticators during the 2008 election when he called 48 states correctly, only getting Indiana and North Carolina wrong.
Rove: GOP Faces Uphill Battle to Deny Obama Re-election
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Doug Wead: Ron Paul’s delegate math, an accurate update
Has Ron Paul won the majority of delegates from Washington State to the Republican National Convention? That is the claim in a report that filed by the International Business Times last night. Has Ron Paul won the majority of delegates from Iowa?
That was a recent report from Rachel Maddow on MSNBC the day before.
Now, here are the facts. No delegates to the Republican National Convention have been chosen from either state. The selection of the official delegation from Washington State will take place May 30, 2012. And the official delegation from Iowa will take place June 16, 2012.
Last Sunday night I reported on wins for Ron Paul in Minnesota and Iowa at the state’s respective district conventions. Delegates were indeed chosen in Minnesota, at the district level, to be part of the official state delegation to the RNC in Tampa. But not in Iowa. The rules are different there.
The wins that I referred to in Iowa had to do with committee selection and the elections of district delegates to the state convention that could lead to a Ron Paul heavy delegation to the RNC. The point to keep in mind is this. It hasn’t happened yet.
In the end, Rachel Maddow will likely be right. In fact, it will likely be better than what she is saying. She either got inside information from our campaign on the makeup of those delegates to state or she had her staff at MSNBC make phone calls to the delegates themselves to determine their favorite candidates.
By the way. I misspoke on her show when I incorrectly claimed that Ron Paul had carried a county in 2008 that he had not actually won. My point was right, that a Romney county chairman had postponed a county caucus that Ron Paul was expected to win, and one that he did eventually carry, but he had not won that county in the last cycle. So mistakes are easy to make.
Which brings me to one more correction. The International Business Times claims that Ron Paul will win a majority of the delegates from North Dakota. Nada. That will not happen. In fact, that process is done and it is one of the states where the Ron Paul people were ambushed by Romney’s Goldman Sachs brigade. While Ron Paul beat Mitt Romney, who came in third place in the North Dakota state vote, Romney still won 60% of the delegation at the state convention by a combination of lawyers, parliamentarians, the elimination of paper ballots and controlling the audio visuals. As the former state chairman said, “What could the Ron Paul people do? Go up and write a delegates name on the screen?”
The point here is to be accurate. And when a mistake is made to correct it. Which is a lot better than the New York Times or the Associated Press seem willing to do. They have still refused to correct their lists of delegates that are now wholesale fiction.
So what does it all mean?
It means that journalists are beginning to catch on to the truth of the Ron Paul delegate strategy which is very different from what has been reported. It means that we are on schedule to win many of those delegations from a number of states. It means that a brokered convention probably would have happened if the Santorum and Gingrich campaigns had not collapsed. And there are a number of options possible even now.
But it also means that things can go wrong. It isn’t done yet.
Journalism is dead in America. This is the age of entertainment. Keep that in mind. And double check your sources.
My earlier miscue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x28_I9oIVg&feature=player_embedded
Ron Paul’s delegate math, an accurate update « Doug Wead The Blog
Romney Snubs Texas GOP – Gets Stern Warning From State Chairman
Submitted by cherterr on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 18:47
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In an important member email dated March 3oth, Texas State Republican Party Chairman, Steve Munisteri not only doubts the delegate count we’re being fed by main stream media, but seemingly warned Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney, to be wary of snubbing the voters of Texas.
Announcing a proposed Presidential Debate tentatively set for Texas prior to the May 29th Primary Election, Munisteri stated: “Today, I am happy to report that I have a commitment of a major television outlet to televise such a debate, if all the candidates show up. There is a significant chance that they will televise the debate even if we are lacking only one candidate. We already have commitments from former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Texas Congressman Ron Paul and Senator Rick Santorum to participate in such a debate. Both my staff and myself have reached out to the campaign of Governor Mitt Romney and have been told that they are considering attending the debate."
By way of further explanation, Munisteri said: “"I am disappointed that Governor Romney has not yet committed to attending an official Republican Party of Texas event. I believe it is important that whoever heads our national ticket pay attention to our state. We are the largest Republican state in the nation. I believe that failure to show up at this debate will be viewed by many Texas Republicans as a lack of interest in our state and our State Party. I am hopeful that Governor Romney will show that Texas is important to him by accepting our invitation, and this weekend, I am asking the State Republican Executive Committee to pass a resolution during the Spring Quarterly SREC meeting which requests Governor Romney to accept our debate invitation. I would urge all Texas Republicans to let Governor Romney know how important it is that he accept our invitation by using social media, emailing or calling his campaign."
So who would come out on top of a live, nationally televised debate in May with only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul? Based on attendance at speaking engagements by supporters of both candidates, Ron Paul would surely become the GOPs darling after full blown exposure in a one-on-one debate, as well as making Romney’s lack of substance regarding the liberty movement, clearly evident. Perhaps that is why the Texas GOP still has no answer from Mr. Romney.
“Tentative dates and locations have been discussed with the three candidates who have already accepted” said Munisteri. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have already suspended their campaigns since the debate invitation was issued, only a show down between Ron Paul and Mitt Romney remains.
Sadly, the Texas GOP Chairman seemed in his letter, to still let Mr. Romney be his guide by stating: “ The Republican Party of Texas has suggested a date and location to the three candidates, but will hold off on naming a final date and location until we hear from Governor Romney and get feedback from all the candidates.”
Regarding Delegate Counts
Regarding the delegate counts we’re all hearing in the mainstream media, Muisteri states "In looking at the delegate math - this race is far from over. There is a wide discrepancy between what the Republican National Committee reports as the count of bound, committed delegates, and the count reported by the national press. I view it as next to impossible for any candidate to wrap up 50% of the committed delegates necessary for a first-ballot nomination before the May 29th Texas Primary."
Amazing! But then readers of this article probably already knew that. Isn’t it nice to get official confirmation for once?
Hold on, though – it gets better:
"I believe the media's delegate counts are inaccurate for multiple reasons," Munisteri continued. "First, they assign delegates from caucus states to candidates despite the fact that those caucus processes are not complete. Many of the early states such as Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri did not pick delegates during the first round of their process, yet the media counts have assigned delegates to candidates in such states despite the fact that the ultimate delegate selection may not correlate with the first round of voting.
The media counts also include delegates which are not bound under law or party rules, who may change their mind before the convention. I might point out that before the 1976 convention, a significant number of unbound delegates switched sides before the final convention floor vote. The second point I would make is that the media outlets are fond of coming up with percentages of remaining delegates that various candidates need to obtain a first-ballot nomination, so as to make it appear the race is all but over. This is done without noting the fact that if no candidate receives 50% of the first ballot - then all bets are off. In many states, any delegate can vote for whomever they wish on the second ballot."
As we’ve seen in recent days, Munisteri seems to be completely correct, because once the final actual count came in, Iowa, Minnesota, and Colorado have all gone to Ron Paul
And now for my favorite part of Mr. Munisteri’s quote:
“Make no mistake - this race is far from over. Candidates who ignore Texas, and specifically insult our state by not accepting the invitation to our nationally-televised debate, do so at their peril."
Why?
Munisteri added: "Finally, I would point out that Texas and California account together for 327 delegates - a number which represents approximately 28% of the delegates a candidate needs to secure the nomination. ”
Romney Snubs Texas GOP
Paul/Napolitano 2012 - Freedom Is Our Only Hope for Change!
Submitted by weebles on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 18:27
Ron Paul 2012
just wanted to see what the slogan I made up would look like in a forum topic headline. My apologies if you were expecting something more exciting. :P
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We Can Win: Great Success In Louisiana With Just A Few Calls
Submitted by Dr.K.Research on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 18:35
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Just got off the phone with a sweet lady in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Told her that a historic event was happening in her state, and she could help us make history: the presidential caucus. A fan of natural herbs and medicines, I told her that we have a big supporter in Dr. Ron Paul and that it would be great if she went out and caucused for him. She said, “I like Ron Paul” and “I’m against all these wars, so tired of it.”
Told her about the caucus, and she said, “I would like to go. Can you tell me where it is?” Now, I’m new at this, you pros, so was just excited at her excitement. Found out where is her caucus/parish and informed her.” She wanted to know the time, so I called the local RP Campaign office. Oops: they couldn’t find her on the roll; she isn’t a registered Republican.
So, I called her back.
Disappointed but not discouraged, she said, “I love Ron Paul. I just told my husband we’re going to caucus for Dr. Paul tomorrow—and I’m going to go to my church early in the morning and fire-up all my friends.”
“I’m so against these wars, and I love everything about Ron Paul.”
Told her not to despair, there is still something she could do. She can go there and bring friends; she could replace her and her husband's desired positions with two or more registered Republicans.
Gave her number to the campaign guys, who called her and encouraged her; she said she bunch of people at her church and she will try to organize them to caucus in the morning.
Called a health food store owner. He said he caucused last time; many of his customers are huge fans. Has RP literature at the front, but, apparently, wasn’t planning on going. Now, duly informed, he said he will go ahead and go. A registered Rebublican, the RP campaign office followed up and called him, and he confirmed his plan to go.
A few calls: postive results.
Moral of the story: NEVER take anything for granted. It won't just happen. We have to make it happen. Call, and call some more—all night long. Support the LA Campaign Team, and make those calls:
Phone from Home!
We are inches from victory. Just a few more successes and we win. Let the hundreds of DP'ers each make those calls, now. The rewards will be phenomenal.
What an inspiration. I will always remember that lady’s words, and her thirst for a better, more peaceful—kinder and more gentile—world. Keep talking to everyone you can. Never, never, never take anything for granted. Convert the whole world to Ron Paul. The results will be stupendous, beyond imagination.
See also (on DP front page): http://www.dailypaul.com/229174/breaking-ron-paul-about-to-w...
Note: for support, Anyone with any questions can call the Ron Paul headquarters in Baton Rouge at(225) 532-3063.
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Winning California and Texas. What are you doing?
Submitted by jurgs01 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 19:51
California
One of my meetup group members in Central California paid to get a list of all voters in our county.
I am spending my weekend getting 1000 envelopes each with a personal letter letting them know this is paid for by locals Republicans and why we support Dr. Paul, a Superbrochure, and a comparison sheet provided by a member of Daily Paul.
Is this going to have an impact? I don't know. The only thing I know is that I am exposing 1000 households that are registered republican to the opportunity and information to look into Dr. Paul.
I am one person.
What are you doing in Texas and California? Please do everything you can and leave it all on the table in these two states. If people decide to vote Romney, at least we will have given them another option the MSM isn't going to provide.
Winning California and Texas. What are you doing? | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
NORAD and US Northern Command to conduct simulated nuclear attack
Submitted by Bob-45 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 01:28
NORAD and USNORTHCOM Conduct ARDENT SENTRY 2012
April 24, 2012
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command will conduct a major exercise, ARDENT SENTRY 2012, focused on Defense Support of Civil Authorities, May 2 – 9, 2012.
The exercise will be primarily a Command Post Exercise, but there will be field training events within the exercise. Those events will take place in North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Alaska, Connecticut and Nova Scotia and involve United States and Canadian military units.
- North Dakota, the Air Force Global Strike Command will respond to a simulated Nuclear Weapons Incident (NUWAIX) on Minot Air Force Base.
read more NORAD and USNORTHCOM Conduct ARDENT SENTRY 2012
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Louisiana Caucus this Saturday – April 28th. The most important action a Ron Paul supporter can do – is to come out and vote!
Submitted by kcop on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 08:48
Ron Paul 2012
If you are a registered republican in Louisiana State please visit the GOP website (LAGOP) and find out where your caucus is and go vote for Ron Paul delegates this Saturday. There are 30 locations and voting will be conducted between 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon. Each location will have a Ron Paul group who will inform you which delegates to vote for. Please note all you have to do is show up, find out who are the Ron Paul delegates, vote, and then you can leave. It is not a four-hour event.
Please, please make the effort and come out and vote. We can talk about Ron Paul, we can donate to Ron Paul, but the most important thing we can do is go vote for Ron Paul. This is how we win – it is about getting delegates to the national convention. We have a tough battle in this State as there is a coalition formed to stop Ron Paul delegates from being elected – so it is about numbers and who can bring out people to go vote. Please get the word out and bring friends. If this thread could be posted up until Saturday that would be great. Anyone with any questions can call the Ron Paul headquarters in Baton Rouge at (225) 532-3063.
Louisiana Caucus this Saturday
Ron Paul Hits A Home Run: Guest Host on CNBC 4/23/2012
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How Ron Paul's "Delegate Strategy" is Working
Brian Doherty | April 24, 2012
As five more states take to the polls to try selecting their choice for the Republican Party nomination today, various interesting things have been happening in the world of Ron Paul's march through the caucus states, whose straw poll results often don't bind delegate allocation meaningfully.
First, a look at Iowa, where the Des Moines Register notes how successful Paulites have been within the state GOP apparatus:
Six of the new Iowa GOP state central committee members elected at district conventions Saturday have publicly expressed support for Paul, a libertarian-leaning presidential candidate: Dave Cushman, John Kabitzke, Joel Kurtinitis, Marcus Fedler, Jeff Shipley and Kris Thiessen....
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Two more new central committee members have close ties to Paul. Tony Krebsbach was a county coordinator for Campaign for Liberty, a group Paul founded. And when Chad Steenhoek was running for the Iowa House in 2010, the Campaign for Liberty PAC gave him a donation and Paul spoke on his behalf. Steenhoek said Saturday he caucused for Gingrich. Steenhoek said he doesn’t subscribe to a Ron Paul philosophy so much as a Republican philosophy of limited government and individual rights.
The growing Paul faction in leadership positions at the Republican Party of Iowa — including the new chairman, A.J. Spiker, who was the Paul campaign’s Iowa vice chairman and can break ties in central committee votes — has created tension with Iowa Republicans who do not share their affection for the Texas congressman or subscribe to some of his views....
This can all be very important for what is able to happen for Paul in Tampa in August:
For some, Saturday’s push wasn’t as much about Iowa as it was about the national effort for Paul.
Several Paul loyalists said they harbor hope for getting Paul nominated at the national convention in Tampa, Fla., in late August. In order to do that, Paul must have a majority of support from at least five state delegations. With states like North Dakota, Minnesota, and others on track, his supporters could then attempt to nominate him from the floor.
Iowa’s 28 delegates are all “unbound,” meaning they can individually decide which presidential candidate to support. To stop Paul supporters from controlling the Iowa delegation, Romney backers in Iowa said they will likely focus on teaming up with Christian conservatives here.
Paul loyalists did well in getting their supporters onto the GOP’s “state nomination committee,” which will nominate Iowa’s 13 at-large national delegates. Another 12 delegates will be selected June 15. The GOP chairman and Iowa’s two Republican National Committee members are also delegates.
In another story from the Des Moines Register, the Paulites are already ruffling Romney feathers:
There was a bit of a ruckus between the Romney campaign and three top Iowa party activists at the Republican National Committee meeting Friday when the Iowans declined to sign a “delegate pledge form” in order to get their photos taken.
The three — Republican Party of Iowa Chairman A.J. Spiker and Iowa’s two RNC members, Steve Scheffler and Kim Lehman — later said it was an innocent dustup. They were waiting in line for a group photo with Mitt Romney at the meeting in Arizona, and intend to support the eventual GOP presidential nominee, Spiker said in a telephone interview.
CNN’s Peter Hamby reported that Romney had a private reception during which RNC members and state GOP chairs could get their pictures taken with the presumptive nominee.
But reception guests apparently needed to first sign a pledge promising to support Romney as a delegate to the GOP’s national convention. CNN reported that the Iowans refused to sign and “the dispute became heated.”
The Iowa Republican, meanwhile, fears that this sort of independent-mindedness from the Iowa GOP against the national masters could lost Iowa its first-in-nation caucus status. The writer thinks it's likely--though remember, we won't know until June 15--that after first Romney and then Santorum were the announced "winners" of Iowa, that it is likely Ron Paul actually will have the majority of the state's delegates:
If Saturday’s district conventions are any indication, in 54-days the Republican Party of Iowa will announce that Ron Paul, the third place finisher in the caucuses, will emerge with a majority of the delegates selected to go to the Republican national convention in Tampa.
*As The Hill notes, Ron Paul--exactly as he predicted the night of the Minnesota straw poll--looks like he's won the majority of delegates in that state:
Paul took home 20 of the 24 possible delegates and nearly all the alternative delegates Saturday during the Minnesota congressional district conventions....
Thirteen more at-large delegates will be chosen at the Minnesota state convention, but the delegation demographics there will be very similar to those in the congressional districts, and Paul appears poised to come away with even more delegates after the May 4 convention.....
“Ron Paul’s victories today declare his delegate-attainment strategy to be a success and they demonstrate that the media and Washington pundits are undercounting his delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa," said Paul campaign manager John Tate in a statement.Paul, who has nearly $1.8 million cash on hand and no campaign debt, has repeatedly stated he would stay in the race until the very end, and hopes his victory in Minnesota will carry over into other states...
*Daily Caller with more on the meaning of the Minnesota win:
[Paul advisor Doug] Wead wrote on his blog that GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is an a “panic” after the Paul landslide. Similar efforts to bolster the Texas congressman’s delegate count are underway in Iowa, Colorado, Maine and other states.Paul advisor Wead also notes in the same article the Caller was quoting the New York Times official delegate counts aren't keeping up with facts on the ground in caucus states such as Iowa and Minnesota.
“[A] number of Romney Hawks are now deeply concerned that Ron Paul has already laid the groundwork for similar success in six more caucus states,” Wead wrote.
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul declined to comment on the record about whether or not Romney is indeed in a panic....
The Paul campaign is being mum about the prospect of other delegate coups. The libertarian-leaning candidate’s spokesman and campaign manager did not respond when asked if surprising landslides are anticipated in other states.
*A Paul delegate from Washington's Jefferson County, John Connolly, has his own personal take on the Paul delegate process, from last month but just came to my attention. Highlights:
Here is the data from Jefferson County – my county.Of the 115 precinct delegates selected only 31 chose to put their name in the hat to become County Delegates for the State Convention which happens May 30th through June 2nd. Why so few people? Because many can’t make it on those days or do not have the funds to travel. Interesting that it can come to that level of sacrifice, which I have stated is the strength of the average Ron Paul supporter. It takes time and money to be at the state caucus and even more so at the national convention in Florida in August. I’m thinking the Ron Paul supporter is going to pull the underdog with his or her own cash more than any other supporter for any other candidate.*Meanwhile in Washington's King County cauchttp://reason.com/assets/mc/_externa...he-man-a-6.jpgus this weekend, Ron Paul activists doing well prompted party insiders to just try to call the whole thing off at a GOP meeting, as reported in The Examiner by Emilie Rensink:
Breaking this 31 down here is what we have.
Ron Paul – 17
Mitt Romney – 8
Rick Santorum – 4
Newt Gingrich – 2
After the caucus commenced at 9 a.m., there was a nomination from the floor to elect prominent policymaking activist and community leader Tamra Smilanich to be the permanent chair of the caucus. She won by a majority of the vote.
Shortly thereafter, King County Republican Party Chairwoman Lori Sotelo announced that the caucus was to be adjourned, claiming that Smilanich was an 'operative' of the Ron Paul campaign and that she had 'taken over' the caucus. The electing of Smilanich to be the permanent chair turned the event into a Ron Paul campaign meeting instead of an official GOP caucus, according to Sotelo.
The insurance that was purchased for the event, she claimed, was paid for and covered by the King County GOP only, not the Ron Paul campaign....
Supporters of Ron Paul and other candidates alike agreed that Smilanich, regardless of her presidential preference, was voted in according to Robert's Rules of Order and that her position was therefore legitimate.
Smilanich continued the business of the caucus, and delegate speeches were made. However, before the first round of voting could be finished, Sotelo again interjected and claimed that the premises must be vacated because Smilanich was acting on the part of the Ron Paul campaign....
....at approximately 12:30 p.m., Lori Sotelo announced that the space had been rented for only a limited amount of time and that the caucus could not continue. A motion was made to move the caucus proceedings to the basketball court outside on the grounds of the school, and this was agreed to by the body.
....a quorum was maintained, allowing the caucus to be completed....Many delegates present were concerned that the election of delegates for the caucus, although apparently done in accordance with official party rules and Robert's Rules of Order, would be invalidated somehow by the KCGOP.
Video from that King County caucus meeting.
Rachel Maddow getting excited about the possibility that Paul was the real victor, or at least tied for first, in delegate collection in both Iowa and Minnesota:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfS1x5RnZZQ&feature=player_embedded
My forthcoming book, Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired
How Ron Paul's "Delegate Strategy" is Working - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Ron Paul FLIX Daily News - Apr 23 2012 - DELEGATE WINS!! - CISPA - 3rd Party Run Preparations!
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Missouri GOP BUSTED AGAIN For Trying to Block Ron Paul From Winning!
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Ron Paul - #1 in Delegates Nationwide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3VMyY_5ME&feature=related
Ron Paul IS THE REAL FRONT RUNNER!
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Ron Paul is on a roll!!!
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Apr 21, 2012 by obamavsronpaul2012
Ron Paul has been saying the same thing for 20 years and hasn't flip-flopped his positions to gain any favor from the lobbyist controlled washington or its constitutes. A doctor who has delivered thousands of babies into this world, a family man, a defender of the constitution, and a man who would end both of our costly wars the day he was elected. This is a man worth voting for.
Don't let the fact hes a republican scare you, as most liberal democrats are starting to join the Ron Paul revolution. His desire to audit the fed, a business that lends money with impunity to whoever it feels like, with no regulation. His concepts on foreign policy are simple. Be everyones friend, but nobodies babysitter. Stop giving money to other countries when ours is broke and in debt. Sorry, the ATM machine is closed, we have our own problems.
Its these simple, undeniably right opinions that make Ron Paul our next president. Those that know his stances, will push harder then anyone to campaign for the man, and we will get him in the white house. No Palins or Bachmanns or other simpletons with no plan. A real president, for a real country.
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IT'S NO ONE BUT PAUL