Jan. 5, 2008
EDITORIAL: Ron Paul's Big New Hampshire Moment Days Away
Certain states seem tailor-made for a particular kind of candidate.
As seen over the weekend, Iowa was a most fertile bit of soil for
former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Illinois's U.S. Senator
Barack Obama.
And while most polls indicate a slug fest between former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Arizona's U.S. Senator John McCain on the Republican side of the fight, another Republican has been waiting behind the curtain for some time now: Texas Congressman Ron Paul.
Paul has endeared himself to legions of supporters with his grandfatherly conviction and steady, libertarian-style message against the Iraq War, for downsizing goverment with lower taxes, and against the erosion of Constitutional rights. Paul's voters are enthusiastic and oftentimes angry. But they have purpose to their anger, fueled as it is by the outrage of seeing America drift ever closer to a socialist "Nanny State."
Ron Paul's fund raising has been not only impressive but phenomenal: $20 million raised for a guy some pundits tried to dismiss as a "fringe candidate." Fringe candidates don't amass a war chest like that! How Paul spends his money and casts his message is of utmost importance during the next few days before the New Hampshire primary on
Tuesday. If Paul can come into the first tier of candidates, say at least fourth or third, his campaign picks up new legitimacy as he will be introduced to America by the mainstream press.
What many traditional Republicans miss is that Ron Paul, like him or not, truly helps show America that the Republican Party is not all lockstep behind the Bush/Cheney Administration when it comes to foreign invasions and domestic surveillance. Since Bush's approval ratings have been in the deep cellar for two years now, having Ron Paul handy to make articulate arguments on liberty and a more prudent foreign policy shows a Republican Party that acknowledges its mistakes.
That's healthy. That's real. That's Ron Paul.
EDITORIAL: Ron Paul's Big New Hampshire Moment Days Away
Certain states seem tailor-made for a particular kind of candidate.
As seen over the weekend, Iowa was a most fertile bit of soil for
former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Illinois's U.S. Senator
Barack Obama.
And while most polls indicate a slug fest between former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Arizona's U.S. Senator John McCain on the Republican side of the fight, another Republican has been waiting behind the curtain for some time now: Texas Congressman Ron Paul.
Paul has endeared himself to legions of supporters with his grandfatherly conviction and steady, libertarian-style message against the Iraq War, for downsizing goverment with lower taxes, and against the erosion of Constitutional rights. Paul's voters are enthusiastic and oftentimes angry. But they have purpose to their anger, fueled as it is by the outrage of seeing America drift ever closer to a socialist "Nanny State."
Ron Paul's fund raising has been not only impressive but phenomenal: $20 million raised for a guy some pundits tried to dismiss as a "fringe candidate." Fringe candidates don't amass a war chest like that! How Paul spends his money and casts his message is of utmost importance during the next few days before the New Hampshire primary on
Tuesday. If Paul can come into the first tier of candidates, say at least fourth or third, his campaign picks up new legitimacy as he will be introduced to America by the mainstream press.
What many traditional Republicans miss is that Ron Paul, like him or not, truly helps show America that the Republican Party is not all lockstep behind the Bush/Cheney Administration when it comes to foreign invasions and domestic surveillance. Since Bush's approval ratings have been in the deep cellar for two years now, having Ron Paul handy to make articulate arguments on liberty and a more prudent foreign policy shows a Republican Party that acknowledges its mistakes.
That's healthy. That's real. That's Ron Paul.
