Category Archives: Ron Paul

“A Battle the President Can’t Win “

Writing in this weekend’s Wall Street journal, former Reagan speech writer and current opinion columnist , Peggy Noonan, drops a rhetorical bombshell when she says that the Dept. of Health and Human Service’s Sec’y Kathleen Sibilius’ administrative ruling that Catholic Hospitals and other institutions must offer health care plans that offer abortion and contraceptive products [...]

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South Carolina primary: Scramble ahead of Saturday vote

By BILL NICHOLS COLUMBIA, S.C. The four surviving combatants in the 2012 Republican presidential field were crisscrossing South Carolina on Friday in the final hours before a critical primary that could either end the race or raise dramatic new questions about Mitt Romney’s hold on the nomination. After a tumultuous Thursday that saw Rick Perry [...]

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Mitt Romney doesn’t really have a Republican problem

Posted by Chris Cillizza Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is the undisputed frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination even as he continues to endure whispers that he is simply too moderate to win over a majority of the GOP. Exit polling from Romney’s 16-point victory in New Hampshire tells a very different story, however. Among [...]

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The Trouble With Ron Paul’s Defense

By Jonah Goldberg The New York Times has an interesting front page piece on Ron Paul’s relationship with the racists, anti-Semites and neo-Nazis in his coalition (sorry, but whatever you think of Lew Rockwell, Stormfront and David Duke certainly deserve such labels). His three defenses are: 1) He didn’t have direct knowledge of the really [...]

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Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14%

Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry has moved into first place among Republican voters in Iowa, host state to the first-in-the-nation caucus early next year. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of those likely to participate in the Iowa GOP Caucus shows that Perry is the first choice for [...]

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2012ers to attend Sept. 7 debate

The eight qualifying GOP candidates will debate Sept. 7 at the Reagan presidential library. | AP Photos By JAMES HOHMANN | The eight qualifying GOP presidential candidates have agreed to attend the Sept. 7 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation debate. The Reagan Foundation, in conjunction with POLITICO and NBC News, will announce Thursday that Michele Bachmann, [...]

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GOP Candidates Look to Debate for Campaign Boost

EXTRACT ONLY:  DES MOINES, Iowa – Seven Republican presidential contenders will try to use Thursday’s debate, sponsored by Fox News and the Washington Examiner, in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa to cast themselves as the strongest alternative to one rival: front-runner Mitt Romney. A Fox News Poll released Wednesday showed that the former Massachusetts [...]

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Iowa Caucus: Bachmann, Romney and Paul on Top

    In the Iowa caucus race for the Republican presidential nomination, five candidates are in double digits, and many voters are open to changing their mind before caucus day arrives. The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Iowa’s Likely Caucus Participants shows that Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann attracts 22% support, while former Massachusetts Governor [...]

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TexMessage: Mitt Romney raises more in Texas than any other presidential candidate (including Barack Obama)

  Texans, do you know which presidential candidate you’ll support in 2012? Though Rick Perry is still on the sidelines, Texas donors sent more than $3 million to already-announced presidential candidates in the second quarter of 2011. The front-runner by a narrow margin is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with $1,376,220. Following closely behind is [...]

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Straw Poll is Anyone’s Game

Read Complete Article at the desmoinesregister.com  Toss out a lot of the normal rules when sizing up the potential impact of this year’s Ames straw poll. Curveballs have reshaped typical expectations: the Republican presidential race’s late start, unrest within the party, the national front-runner sitting it out, and a large bloc of undecided Iowa voters who [...]

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