And it's not Newt.
"Gingrich could benefit most from Cain departure; Others in GOP also courting his followers" December 05, 2011|By Shira Schoenberg, Globe Correspondent
On CNN’s “State of the Union’’ yesterday, Representative Ron Paul of Texas reached out to Cain supporters.
Paul, running for the Republican nomination for the second time, also said he is optimistic that he will pick up Cain’s Tea Party-affiliated supporters. “The Tea Party was started during the last campaign four years ago with our campaign,’’ Paul said.
Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, holds the lead in Iowa where the first Republican presidential nominating votes will be cast next month, according to the Des Moines Register’s latest Iowa Poll, which was conducted Nov. 27-30 and released Saturday. He has the support of 25 percent of likely Iowa caucus participants, according to the poll, ahead of Paul at 18 percent and Romney at 16 percent....
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Related: Ron Paul Rising
"Some GOP candidates balk at Trump’s debate offer" December 06, 2011
Representative Ron Paul of Texas flatly declined.
“The selection of a reality television personality to host a presidential debate that voters nationwide will be watching is beneath the office of the presidency and flies in the face of that office’s history and dignity,’’ said Jesse Benton, Paul’s national campaign chairman, in a press release. “To be sure, Mr. Trump’s participation will contribute to an unwanted circuslike atmosphere.’’
That's called being presidential.
Also related: "US Representative Ron Paul of Texas was not invited"
I can't think of a better reason to vote for him then.
With primaries looming, Gingrich, Paul air ads
Two political ads released yesterday couldn’t be any more different from one another than the Republican presidential candidates they represent. The bold and brash ad from Ron Paul features a barking Rottweiler....
The 30-second Paul ad, which airs in both states, takes a creative look at his plan to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget in one year and eliminate the departments of Commerce, Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, and Interior. In screaming animation featuring Rottweiler and Shih Tzu dogs, the ad asks, “What’s up with these sorry politicians? Lots of bark! But when it’s show time? Whimpering like little Shih Tzus.’’ It goes on to promote Paul’s budget-cutting experience.
The ad is likely to appeal to younger voters, the demographic with which Paul has traditionally had the strongest success....
The ads presage what is likely to be a large increase in television advertising in the final month before the early states start voting, with Iowa’s caucus on Jan. 3, followed by New Hampshire’s Jan. 10 primary.
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"Tea Party members get behind Gingrich; Movement leaders remain skeptical" by Tracy Jan
Globe Staff / December 8, 2011
WASHINGTON - National Tea Party movement leaders shy away from endorsing a particular candidate, saying that would run against the movement’s ethos. And despite Gingrich’s strong showing in the polls, their members continue to support a range of candidates. That includes not only Representative Ron Paul of Texas, who many Tea Partiers say best espouses the movement’s core principles of fiscal responsibility and small government, but who they fear will not be able to go head to head with President Obama, but also Romney, perhaps the least conservative of the bunch....
UNREAL!
See: Ron Paul 2012
Ron Paul vs Obama: Four poll organizations saying the same thing
Had it with the Globe lies and distortions yet?
The Tea Party movement helped propel dozens of Republicans to Congress in 2010 but is seen as having lost steam when it comes to making its imprint on the GOP primaries....
The latest poll conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that 20 percent agree with the Tea Party movement, down from 27 percent a year ago, following the sweeping GOP gains in the midterm elections....
Then how did they win so big in the House?
Jeff Luecke, who helped found Iowa’s Dubuque Tea Party in 2009, said he believes the Tea Party has been unable to wield a wider influence on the presidential primaries because of a fissure within the movement.
“I’m afraid the Tea Party has split in two,’’ Luecke said. “There is the Republican branch and the original liberty branch. Thus you have a group of people who call themselves Tea Partiers who are dyed-in-the-wool establishment RINO [Republican in name only] Republicans. They’re supporting whatever flavor it is today.’’
That is what I have been saying for months. The establishment CO-OPTED the movement.
Luecke, a Paul supporter, calls Gingrich “a Washington insider,’’ and says, “I don’t believe he is truly conservative.’’
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Dan Lucore, a retired bricklayer and member of the Cedar Rapids Tea Party, said he could easily vote for Gingrich, his second choice after Paul....
Ron Paul should do well in Iowa. If he doesn't....
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Debate comments: The guy was head and shoulders above them all and looked really good tonight.
