The Presidential Campaign of Republican Ron Paul, Representative from Texas.
Created by devin on Aug 13, 2007
Last updated: 03/12/10 at 03:32 AM
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Giuliani - 27%
Thompson - 22%
Romney - 14%
McCain - 10%
Among the lower tier candidates Mike Huckabee sits at 4%. Five other candidate split 5% of the vote while 19% are undecided. Those candidates, mentioned by name in the polling question, are Sam Brownback, Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo, and Tommy Thompson
Rasmussen Reports provides weekly results to provide a longer-term overview of the race. These updates are based upon nightly telephone surveys. Results are reported based upon interviews conducted on the seven days up to and including the night before posting.
The seven day results typically include interviews with more than 1,000 Likely Republican Primary Voters. This includes both Republicans and those independents likely to vote in a Republicans Primary. In some state primaries, independent voters are allowed to participate in party primaries while in others they are excluded. The margin of sampling error for the weekly update is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/2008_republican_presidential_primary
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the straw poll with 4,516 votes Saturday in Ames.
There were 14,302 votes cast. No. 2 Gov. Mike Huckabee had 2,587 votes. No. 3 Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback had 2,192 votes. No. 4. Colorado U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo had 1,961 votes. No. 5 U.S. Rep. Ron Paul had 1,305 votes. No. 6 former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson with 1,039 or 7.3 percent of the vote. No. 7 was former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson with 203 votes. No. 8 Rudy Giuliani with 183 votes. No. 9 was Duncan Hunter with 174 votes. No. 10 was Arizona Sen. John McCain with 101 votes. No. 11 John Cox had 41 votes.
Officials said that an estimated 30,000 to 33,000 people attended the straw poll. Voting wrapped up at 6 p.m. Results were delayed for an hour and a half because officials had to hand count votes from one of the voting machines
There are 11 GOP candidates. McCain and Giuliani did not participate in the straw poll. Romney, Tancredo, Cox, Paul, Huckabee, Hunter, Thompson and Brownback were in Ames.
Iowa GOP Chairman Ray Hoffmann and Rep. Steve King announced the vote totals
http://www.ketv.com/news/13874793/detail.html
Giuliani - 25%
Thompson - 24%
Romney - 14%
McCain - 11%
The latest weekly numbers show Giuliani with 25%, Thompson 24%, Romney 14% and McCain at 11%. Mike Huckabee earns support from 3%, Sam Brownback from 2% and four other candidates split 2% of the vote. Those candidates, mentioned by name in the polling question, are Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo, and Tommy Thompson
These updates are based upon nightly telephone surveys. Results are reported based upon interviews conducted on the seven days up to and including the night before posting. The seven day results typically include interviews with more than 1,000 Likely Republican Democratic Primary Voters. This includes both Republicans Democrats and those independents likely to vote in a Republicans Primary. In some state primaries, independent voters are allowed to participate in party primaries while in others they are excluded. The margin of sampling error for the weekly update is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/2008_republican_presidential_primary
A report based on Paul's FEC filing indicates that 100% of his campaign contributions are from individuals. While the report does show that he has several thousand in PAC and Other funding, the two do not compare to the 3 million he has from individuals
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.asp?id=N00005906&cycle=2008
2008 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul in discusion with Google executive Elliot Schrage as part of the company's Candidates@Google series.
Ron Paul fields questions from YouTube viewers. Paul talks about individual liberties, plays a game of "small government, short answers", and talks about the impact of the Internet on his campaign
Paul won the Coalition for New Hampshire Taxpayers (CNHT) straw poll at their annual picnic in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. Dr. Paul received 182 of 294 votes cast, or 65 percent. In second place was Rudy Giuliani with 24 votes, or 8 percent.
"Today's strong victory is further proof that Dr. Paul's message is resonating throughout New Hampshire," said campaign manager Lew Moore. "Dr. Paul is the only candidate in this race truly dedicated to smaller government and lower taxes for all Americans."
http://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3167
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: Though often regarded as a longshot candidate for president, Republican Ron Paul tells ABC News that he has an impressive $2.4 million in cash on hand after raising an equal amount during the second quarter, putting him ahead of one-time Republican frontrunner John McCain, who reported this week he has only $2 million in the bank.
In an exclusive interview taped Friday and airing Sunday on "This Week," Paul said his campaign is on a better trajectory than McCain's.
"I think some of the candidates are on the down-slope, and we're on the up-slope," said Paul.
Paul's cash on hand puts him in third place in the Republican field in that important metric, although he is well behind leader Rudy Giuliani, who has $18 million in the bank, and Mitt Romney, with $12 million.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/07/ron-paul-tops-m.html
Ron Paul supporters are ejected from a Florida Marlins Baseball game for carrying signs into the stadium that support Ron Paul
http://thefreedomfellowship.blogspot.com/2007/07/ron-paul-signs-censored-at-florida.html
Ron Paul was not invited to the Iowa Tax Rally becuase the Iowa Christians Alliance did not view him to be a credible candidate.
http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2007/06/ron_paul_exclud.html
Ron Paul speaks to the National Right to Life Convention.
http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2007/06/ron-paul-in-kan.html
Rand Paul, son of presidential candidate Ron Paul is interviewed before the New Hampshire debate mediated by CNN.
Paul answers questions during the New Hampshire debate. These questions range from the Iraq War, immigration, church and state.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/05/se.01.html
Tucker Carlson of MSNBC interviews Ron Paul. Paul speaks on the war in Iraq, US foreign policy and fundraising.
Paul speaks on the Dennis Miller Show on radio about abortion, eminent domain.
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CNN reports that Ron Paul is the most-demanded GOP presidential candidate on Eventful.com and the third most- demanded candidate overall, trailing only Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Eventful.com is a site that allows ordinary people to request celebrities to make appearences in thier hometown.
Ron Paul appears on CNN's Sunday Spotlight to speak about the Iraq War, his comments at the South Carolina debate and comments made by President Bush.
Discussion on CNN's "Situation Room" addresses the reading list that Paul assigned to Rudy Giuliani on the history of American foreign policy. Viewers send in responses to Paul's actions.
Paul appears on the Bill Maher program. Maher calls Ron Paul his "new hero". Paul speaks about his recent reading assignment to Rudy Giuliani.
At the National Press Club, Ron Paul holds a press conference alongside Dr. Michael Scheuer, former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit, to address Rudy Giuliani's response to Paul's comments on 9/11 at the South Carolina Debate.
Paul assigns Giuliani a reading list.
http://www.amazon.com/Educating-Rudy-Paul-reading-list/lm/RJML1CA9L0NCZ
YouTube program, DomeNation interviews Ron Paul on the South Carolina Debate.
Ron Paul appears on CNN Late Edition shortly after the South Carolina debates to speak about his assertions about the cause for 9/11.
Ron Paul speaks at a fundraiser in Austin, TX at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Ron Paul fields questions from reporters outside of his fundraiser at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Paul is second only to John Cox with the least familiarity rating.
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/ron-paul-unknown-in-new-hampshire.html
Paul drew three percent of the respondents which the pollster determined were "likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters," fifth place among Republican contenders.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1302
Ron Paul speaks about the Iraq conflict and answers other questions at the South Carolina Debate.
http://www.cfr.org/publication/13338/
Neil Cavuto of FOX News interviews Congressman Ron Paul before the debate in South Carolina.
Paula Zahn leads a heated panel discussion on Ron Paul's statements on the cause of the 9/11 attacks at the South Carolina Debate.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/18/martin/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Constitution Party National Committee Chairman Jim Clymer endorses candidate Ron Paul.
“It’s unusual for mainstream media to give any kind of voice to true conservative candidates. Typically, voters don’t even know they’re running. Usually, media debates just trot out the usual suspects who represent the hyper-liberal agenda of the ruling parties. It’s that agenda that’s causing the Republican Party base to scatter and look elsewhere for solace,”
http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=544
CNBC comments on Ron Paul's performance in the California debate.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18478985/
Ron Paul appears in an interview from James Kotecki's dorm room. James Kotecki is a blogger who is touted as the "foremost authority on YouTube videos posted by Presidential Candidates".
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070612/12kotecki.htm
A group of Ron Paul fans in Arizona started putting up Ron Paul Revolution signs. The signs are showing up across the country, popping up in unlikely places such as at John McCain's official announcement of his candidacy. The folks behind the Ron Paul Revolution have no official connection to the campaign, and are not getting paid for their efforts. They are liberty-loving Americans who want to help get the word out about the only true peace-and-freedom Presidential candidate.
http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/002749.php
Ron Paul appears on Real Time with Bill Maher via sattelite. Maher directed the interview towards Paul's stance on the Civil War,Global Warming and FAA.
Barry Goldwater Jr speaks about Ron Paul. Barry Goldwater Sr was the Republican Candidate for President in 1964.
In response to viewer demand, Ron Paul appears on the Fox News program "Because You Asked". He addresses questions on his platform and his chances as a lesser known candidate.
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas formally announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday saying people want to hear his libertarian message of limited government — and he's willing to deliver it.
Paul also announced he will seek re-election to an 11th term in Congress under Texas state law that allows candidates to run for more than one federal office.
The Texas congressman made the announcements during a televised interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal program.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA031207.paul2008.EN.74141d9.html
Ron Paul appears on Lou Dobbs tonight to speak about the Iraq War and to respond to recent comments made by President Bush.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, brought his anti-war and limited government message to a gathering of largely like-minded activists and condemned the Republican establishment for forsaking principles it claims to uphold.
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Libertarian+candidate+in+%2788%2c+Paul+eyes+GOP+nomination&articleId=1ea4b86c-ef92-4a1c-9bff-1328cfbc16f2
Michael Badnarik, the 2004 Libertarian Party candidate for President of the United States, endorses Republican Congressman Ron Paul (Texas) for President.
“My short term goal for the next two years is to make sure that Ron Paul is elected president in 2008,” Badnarik said Friday night at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, a pro-liberty conference hosted by the Free State Project.
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/23/libertarian-badnarik-endorses-ron-paul/
Congressman Ron Paul is recognized as a top advocate for taxpayers in the U.S. Congress for the tenth year in a row, earning the nonpartisan National Taxpayers Union’s annual award as a “Taxpayers’ Friend” for 2006. Only 30 of 435 members in the U.S. House of Representatives earned similar honors last year.
The annual NTU rating is based on critical congressional votes relating to federal tax, spending, and regulatory issues. Paul consistently ranks at or near the top of NTU’s scorecard in terms of his pro-taxpayer votes.
http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2007/pr022107.htm
After filing papers in January, Ron Paul explains his reasoning on YouTube.
Ron Paul supports the American Freedom Agenda, a group dedicated to supporting the Consitution in government. He is the first Presidential candidate to sign their Freedom Pledge
http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2007/03/ron_paul_suppor.html
Ron Paul is interviewed by journalist Jack Kenny at Dartmouth College. Monetary policy, national defense and campaigning in New Hampshire are the topics.
Ron Paul forms an exploratory committee for the Republican nomination in the 2008 Presidential election. In February, he makes an announcement on YouTube explaining as much.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/012065.html
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