Archive for the 'Ron Paul' Category

How 'dangerous' is Ron Paul to the Republican platform?

“We urge Ron Paul's opponents who have been unsuccessfully trying to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney to unite by getting out of the race and uniting behind Paul's candidacy,” campaign chair Jesse Benton CHICAGO, Jan 11, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Regardless of who wins the presidential election, it is clear that people [...]

Ron Paul son on dad's drugs, prostitution stands

Politics is a family affair for Texas congressman Ron Paul, among the leaders in polls in Iowa among Republican presidential hopefuls heading into today's caucuses. His son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), is stumping for his father in Iowa. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said his father, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, is surging at the right time [...]

Sorenson stuns Michele Bachmann with switch to Ron Paul's camp

Ron Paul, a leading, if not the leading, candidate in the Republican Iowa caucuses, has understandably become the guy to beat, and beat up, in the Republican field. It comes with being a serious contender — people start to actually listen to you. In a stunning, late-breaking Iowa caucus turnabout, the state chairman for presidential [...]

What if Ron Paul wins Iowa?

19 (Bloomberg) — When about 500 voters packed into a New Hampshire town hall last week to hear Ron Paul speak, they saved their biggest applause for something no other Republican presidential candidate is talking about. “I would like to restore your The earthquake is political, and it will rock the Republican Party on January [...]

What if Ron Paul wins Iowa?

Remember 2004? Insurgent Democrat Howard Dean uses a rash of young people online to raise surprising sums of money and gather incredible buzz for his. With only two weeks until the Iowa caucus begins, Texas Congressman Ron Paul is still soaring in the polls, with the latest survey putting the candidate on top as Newt [...]

Ron Paul's economic views aren't completely off base

During Thursdays Republican presidential debate, Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann came to blows over national security. With all due respect to Ron Paul, I think I have never heard a more dangerous answer for American security than the one that we just heard from Ron Paul, Over at Conservatives Network a piece is up stating [...]

Ron Paul strongly defends anti-war policies

Amid a lengthy back and forth over the proper way to handle a potential nuclear threat from Iran, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) drew the ire of official foreign policy strawman Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) by stating At the Thanksgiving Family Forum co-hosted by NOM recently, our President Brian Brown asked Ron Paul if he would [...]

The Hidden Utility of Ron Paul's Balanced-Budget Plan: View

Ron Paul's candidacy is: "Why do we have a federal government?" The policy wonk in me loves Paul (R-Texas) for this, even though I disagree with much of what he says. And in that vein, I highly recommend perusing the plan Paul released Monday for What would a Ron Paul economy look like? Suzy Khimm [...]