Ron Paul Remains Top-Tier in Latest Iowa Poll

Strong second, leads field in Independent vote

 

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – A NewsMax/Insider Advantage poll released yesterday shows 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul in second place in the state of Iowa, solidifying his position at the top of the field and remaining a serious threat to take the Iowa Caucuses in January. Paul won 13 percent of likely caucus-goers in the poll and an impressive 30 percent of independent voters, leading the rest of the field. In addition, Paul won 47 percent of voters between 18 and 29 years old.

 

“The latest poll results clearly prove Ron Paul’s status as a top contender, and confirms that our campaign is continuing to surge in early states,” said Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton. “The American people are ready for real change in Washington and Dr. Paul is the only candidate who has a plan to cut $1 trillion in spending, balance the budget, and restore prosperity to the American people.”

 

This latest poll comes on the heels of a number of recent polls placing Paul among the top three in key early states. According to a recent American Research Group poll, Paul takes third among likely Republican caucus-goers in Iowa. He also scores third place in New Hampshire, according to a recent WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll. And the most recent Suffolk University/7 News poll has Paul holding steady in second place with 14 percent among likely New Hampshire primary voters.

 

In addition, a late October CNN/Time poll showed the Texas congressman in the top three in the key Republican primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

Des Moines Register: PAC-Sponsored Poll of Iowa GOP Caucusgoers Shows Paul and Cain in the Lead

Note: Jennifer Jacobs omitted the primary poll statistic that showed Ron Paul in First Place from her article. She did however link to the full PDF of our report.

For the full poll results and analysis see:

 http://revolutionpac.com/2011/11/teleresearch-crossover-appeal-catapults-ron-paul-in-iowa

 http://revolutionpac.com/2011/11/new-iowa-poll-places-ron-paul-firmly-in-first-with-25

 

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Jennifer Jacobs 2:45 PM, Nov 25, 2011

 

A poll on Monday of Iowa likely GOP caucusgoers paid for by a political action committee that supports presidential candidate Ron Paul shows Paul in the lead, tied with Herman Cain at 22 percent.

 

Timothy Hagle, a politics professor at the University of Iowa, after examining the poll results said: “Paul supporters will certainly find things to like in the poll.

 

The finding that Paul and three others are jammed at the top in the low-20 percent to high-teens is consistent with J. Ann Selzer’s Bloomberg survey from Nov. 10-12, Hagle noted.

 

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Source: Revolution PAC

New Iowa Poll Places Ron Paul Firmly in First, With 25%

Congressman Ron Paul is leading by a significant margin in Iowa, according to preliminary results of a new TeleResearch poll.

 

Revolution PAC, the Super PAC formed to support presidential candidate Ron Paul, has received early data from the commissioned Iowa poll. The TeleResearch survey is the first to incorporate disaffected Democrats and Independents who will not vote to reelect Obama and will instead crossover to participate in the Iowa Republican Caucus, as well as likely Republican caucus-goers.

 

Survey sample size is approximately 2,900, with almost 700 likely Republican caucus-goers. Indiana’s TeleResearch Corp., which has been polling voters for more than 18 years, reports that the margin of error is less than 3%.

 

Factoring in both Republican caucus-goers and disaffected Democrats and Independents who’ve indicated that they will participate in the Iowa Republican Caucus, Ron Paul leads at 25%, with an approximate 4-point advantage over Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain.

Factoring in only Republicans voters, Ron Paul is in a three-way dead heat for the lead, with Paul and Cain tied and Gingrich trailing by 1 point.

 

The poll also reveals that more than 25% of all respondents – Democrats, Republicans and Independents – stated that an interventionist foreign policy is the greatest threat to long-term peace and national security.

 

Full analysis of the results will be posted tomorrow at http://RevolutionPAC.com.

Source: Revolution PAC. Photo courtesy Gage Skidmore.

Ron Paul Wins NFRA Des Moines Straw Poll

By Lisa

 

GOP presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) ran away with the National Federation of Republican Assemblies Straw Poll on Saturday in Des Moines, garnering 82 percent of the vote among Iowans.

 

Businessman Herman Cain came in second with 14 percent. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and Texas Gov. Rick Perry each got 1 percent or less. Former Utah Gov. Jon Hunstman and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney received no votes.

 

Read more at the The Iowa Independent.

 

Source: Revolution Super PAC. Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore.

End Ron Paul Censorship!

Do you think Ron Paul is getting the media coverage he deserves? If you’re like many folks, your answer is a resounding “NO!”

After all, polls consistently show Ron Paul polling within the top three nationally, but he’s still virtually IGNORED by the national media. Can I count on you to do something about it?

The truth is, by censoring Dr. Paul’s message of small, constitutionally-limited government, the media is acting as a roadblock to this campaign.

Of course, it is important to remember that bad press and bad press relations will only hurt Dr. Paul and his message.

So it is important to present facts and enthusiastic support for Dr. Paul in a civil manner.

By establishing a good relationship with the media, we can encourage more and friendlier coverage of Dr. Paul which will help expand support for Ron Paul’s campaign.

The media is always looking for great stories, so you can help Dr. Paul by being a great source of information.

To start out, you only need to ask the question, “Why are you censoring my access to Ron Paul’s views?”

Because censorship is precisely what is going on. So take some time to courteously discuss these important FACTS with the media to explain just why Ron Paul is a serious contender:

·         Ron Paul polls consistently in a dead heat with President Obama (Rasmussen, Gallup, CNN, Rasmussen);

·         Ron Paul consistently places in the top three in major Republican Primary polls;

·         Ron Paul is number two in fundraising and number one for individual donations;

·         Ron Paul has more military donations than all other GOP candidates combined, as well as President Obama;

·         Ron Paul is a twelve-term Congressman and has spent his entire career defending the Constitution;

·         Ron Paul is the only candidate to accurately predict the housing bubble, economic crises and the devaluation of the dollar.

Once you establish the legitimacy of Dr. Paul’s candidacy,  you can then ask, “Why isn’t there more coverage of someone who meets all the requirements of a serious candidate?”

By presenting the facts in a civil manner, you can spread Dr. Paul’s message of liberty and help him win the Republican nomination.

Please contact the national media -- and your local media -- today, and remember to treat them with courtesy and respect.

For Liberty,

Jerry Shidell

National Volunteer Director

Rick Perry Wins Pacific County Straw Poll; Don’t Get Excited

By Zach Foster

Many of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s supporters are absolutely ecstatic that Perry was the decisive victor in the 2011 Pacific County GOP straw poll.  Pacific County is located in the southern part of the state of Washington.  Perry garnered a whopping 43% of the overall vote, with Ron Paul coming in a distant second place with 17% of the vote.  Perry, a newcomer to the race for the GOP presidential candidacy nomination, has been stirring up the political scene with many observers calling him “George W. Bush on steroids.”

Many of Perry’s most ardent supporters, many of whom are also vehement enemies of Ron Paul and his supporters (whom they endearingly refer to as “Paulbots”), have been gloating at Paul’s supporters that he came in so distantly behind Perry in this straw poll.  The fact which they conveniently overlook is that ONLY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN (127) PEOPLE voted in the Pacific County Straw Poll.[1]  That being a whopping fifty-five people voting for Perry as opposed to the 4,621 people who voted for Ron Paul in the Ames, Iowa Straw Poll.

“So what!” is what some might say.  “Rick Perry wasn’t even on the ballot for the Ames Straw Poll!”  That is true, however, the day of the Ames poll was the day that Perry FORMALLY (not for the first time, but formally) announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination, and his supporters did indeed vote for him.  718 of Perry’s supporters voted for him as a write-in candidate.[2]  Even though he wasn’t on the ballot, he certainly was voted for.  Meanwhile Ron Paul, who (unlike Perry) has always held the same philosophies and principles in politics, brought in over six times the number of votes Perry did in Ames.  This alone would be fairly reasonable weight to negate the so-called victory in Pacific County.  Oh and by the way, many of Perry’s supporters have referred to the Pacific County Straw Poll simply as the Pacific Straw Poll, as if to make it seem like this straw poll included Republicans from all over the Pacific coast.  Nice try!

“Who cares?!” many Perry supporters (or anti-Paul Republicans) might say.  “Paul still lost to Michele Bachmann in Ames!”  This is true.  However, there are elements of the Ames Straw Poll which are seen, and other elements which are not seen (shoutout to Bastiat!).  What is seen is how Bachmann NARROWLY defeated Paul by 152 votes.  What is not seen is that, while Paul was simply campaigning for votes in Ames, Bachmann bought her votes by having a petting zoo and handing out free tickets to a Randy Travis celebrity country music concert, making people vote for her before accessing these perks (bribes).[3][4]  It is known that 4,000 of her 4,823 votes were BOUGHT.[5]  Ron Paul, who finished with 4,621 votes managed to garner this support without a petting zoo, a country music concert, or handing out thousands of free tickets.  Therefore, it’s safe to say that Paul is a top-tier Republican candidate, no matter how badly Fox News hates it.

President Ronald Reagan compli-
menting Congressman Paul's work

So not only did Paul actually earn his votes in Ames (unlike Bachmann), but he also received over six times the amount of votes as Perry.  As proud as his supporters might be over his whopping fifty-five votes in Pacific County, he is not the leading GOP candidate—Ron Paul is.  Perry supporters can try to cite this as a false victory over Perry since Perry wasn’t officially on the ballot (and that theoretically would have cost him votes), but in all honesty, all people know that the people who were ready to vote for Perry did so, and the people who were ready to vote for Ron Paul did so as well.

Congratulations to Candidate Perry and his supporters for their victory in Pacific County, Washington.  Just remember, though, that their miniscule victory in a county-wide straw poll means nothing next to Ron Paul’s great and honest victory over Perry in Ames.

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[1] http://m.chinookobserver.com/mobile/article_3c6a454a-d364-11e0-a20e-001cc4c03286.html

[2] http://hotair.com/archives/2011/08/13/ames-straw-poll-results-bachmann/

[3] http://www.revolutionpac.com/2011/08/bachmann-buys-votes-paul-is-top-tier-ron-paul-superbomb/

[4] http://www.unelected.org/how-michele-bachmann-bought-the-ames-straw-poll

[5] http://www.domasjefferson.com/news/bachmann-rigged-iowa-poll-by-buying-at-least-4000-votes

Ron Paul Takes New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll With 45 percent of Vote

Soundly defeats rivals in Granite State GOP contest

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – It’s been a good week for Ron Paul: a statistical tie at the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa last Saturday, a thousand New Hampshire voters at the Concord, New Hampshire office opening Wednesday night, and today, a resounding victory in the New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll in New Castle.

With 45% of the vote, Paul soundly beat his closest rivals at this traditional lobster bake, with Mitt Romney earning 10% of the vote, followed by Thaddeus McCotter and Rick Perry, tied at 8%.

“Ron Paul’s message of traditional conservatism — fiscal restraint, limited government, and strong national defense — is clearly the future of the Republican Party,” said NH Chairman and State Senator Jim Forsythe, who spoke on behalf of Congressman Paul at the Straw Poll.  “The other candidates know that and sound more like him every day. But there are convenient copies, and there’s the real thing.

“It takes more than a sound bite and a flip-flop to fool New Hampshire voters.  That’s why there’s real momentum here for Ron Paul.”

The Establishment Has Spoken!

Dear Zach,

As you know, once someone finds out about Ron Paul’s untouchable record on the issues, it’s often not long before they become an enthusiastic supporter.  Along with tv ads, our mailings, phone calls, and campaign visits into targeted states speak directly to the voters by presenting Ron Paul’s record without any censoring by establishment gatekeepers.

We don't need the $20 million dollars our opponents have in their special interest-funded war chests.

But we do need the funds to run these programs in the coming weeks.  To fully implement our plans for the rest of August and early September, our campaign needs $1.5 million.

I know this is a big goal, but I believe the media blackout has provided us with an excellent opportunity to show grassroots Americans that Ron Paul is the candidate the establishment is really worried about.

So I hope you'll pledge today to donate on August 20th.     

In Iowa, we showed the world that we are organized, determined, and focused on putting Ron Paul in the White House.

They can try to ignore what we accomplished, but you and I shouldn't.  It was quite the feat by our campaign. 

We are running a thorough and professional campaign, staffed by defenders of liberty with experience in strategy, media, organization, and voter outreach. 

Many of these same staffers helped Rand Paul win office in what were widely acknowledged as a pair of well-run victories last year in Kentucky – and they took on the full weight of the establishment there also.

Take a look at our poll numbers, our Straw Poll success, our voter outreach, and take another look at our newest TV ad, entitled, "The One"

We CAN win this race.  But not without your support.

So please, help us keep this ad running, increase our mailings to targeted voters, and equip our veteran staff with even more resources necessary to win.  Help us fight back against the deliberate attacks and media blackout from the frightened establishment.

Yes, I said frightened.  Remember, the establishment of both parties doesn't want to see their gravy train of endless deficit spending and endless war stopped.

But stop it we will.  And they know it.

Thanks for all you're doing for our campaign.  Please pledge today to give to the Ron Paul Birthday Money Bomb on August 20th!

For Liberty,

John Tate

Campaign Manager

P.S.  Help us go straight to the American people by keeping our latest ad on the air and funding mailings, campaign visits, phone calls, and more into key states by donating to our Ron Paul Birthday Money Bomb on August 20th.

Jack Cafferty Cuts through the Mainstream Propaganda

Watch the video on YouTube

Transcript

Michele Bachmann: …spending that we have seen. Rather than dissing the Tea Party, we should be praising the Tea Party in Washington.

Reporter: Leaving little time for one more wildcard to make her move.

Jim Acosta: But there are many months to go until the voting begins in Iowa next February. Perry will now be vetted like never before, a process Bachmann and Romney know all too well. Wolf?

Wolf Blitzer: Alright, thanks very much, Jim Acosta reporting for us. Let’s bring in Jack Cafferty right now, he’s got the Cafferty file. Jack?

Jack Cafferty: One other note… Ron Paul finished second in the Iowa straw poll, a very strong second to Michele Bachmann. Now that Texas Governor Rick Perry is officially a candidate for president, we thought it might be a good idea to spin through…

Note: Cafferty risked his job by making this unscheduled announcement crediting Congressman Paul.

Senator Rand Paul: Ron Paul CAN Win It All

Dear Zach,

"President Ron Paul."  Anyone can write that and wonder "what if," but are you ready to turn it into a reality?  Because now is the time.

Last Saturday, Ron Paul finished the Iowa Straw Poll with the fourth highest vote total in the Poll's history.  His second-place ranking came only 152 votes behind the winner, who gave out over a thousand more tickets and forced people to vote before getting to watch their campaign's big name, "free entertainment."

As the media focuses on whether or not a certain candidate from Texas can get support, this candidate from Texas DID bring people together in historic numbers – and in the Straw Poll winner's own home state.

He more than doubled the tally for the third place candidate, who spent over $1 million according to reports and had been dubbed a "frontrunner" by everyone except grassroots Americans.

This campaign is about more than spreading a message.  It's about more than furthering our revolution, which will happen no matter the result.

What we showed this weekend is that this campaign is about electing Ron Paul President of the United States and taking back our country.

My dad's birthday is coming up on August 20th, and I can't think of a better follow-up to his amazing finish in Ames than receiving a strong message from his supporters on that day that they are ready to WIN this race with him.

Can I count on you to let my dad know how much you appreciate his work and want to help him win the nomination (and the White House) by participating in the campaign's August 20th Money Bomb in honor of his birthday?

If so, please click here to pledge to contribute at www.RonPaul2012.com on August 20th.

Four years ago this month, Ron Paul was at 1% in the polls and took 5th place in the Iowa Straw Poll.  Now, as poll after poll demonstrates, he is a top-tier candidate to win not only the Republican nomination, but to take on and defeat President Obama next November.

Voters are fed up with status quo, big government politicians, and Ron Paul is surging because he speaks directly to their hopes for the future: getting government out of the way and off their backs so the American people can once more be free to make this nation prosperous, strong, and respected around the world.

The Iowa Straw Poll proved yet again that Ron Paul can turn passion and enthusiasm into on-the-ground success. But to win this race, our campaign has to contend with a powerful establishment machine that is pulling out all the stops to guarantee voters only get their side of the story.   If they had their way, Americans would never hear about Ron Paul at all.

So the Ron Paul campaign is prepared to fight back, with a plan that includes running tv and radio ads, sending direct mail to registered voters, installing more top-notch, experienced staff in the key states and equipping them with every resource necessary to win, and sending my dad, me, and other campaign spokesmen all across the nation to meet with the voters one-on-one.

But to fund these efforts, it's more important than ever that Ron Paul has your support.

Please pledge to donate to the Ron Paul Birthday Money Bomb at www.RonPaul2012.com on August 20th.  We don't get – or want – the special interests' money.  They can hand over their fat cat-provided funds to candidates willing to become whatever the establishment wants them to be.

We are supported by the everyday Americans who have fallen victim to out-of-control government.

The troops who are being torn from their families to fulfill the United Nations' globalist dreams all across the world.   The business owners who spend countless hours worrying about being in compliance with thousands of pages of big government's useless bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo.  The parents who are forced to spend fewer of their hard-earned dollars providing for their kids so Washington can fund programs and schemes that go against every moral fiber in their beings.

Ron Paul stands for the values that made America great and can restore its prosperity – freedom, individual responsibility, and common sense.  And his message is resonating like never before.

I've seen first-hand how much your support means to my dad.  It encourages, motivates, and inspires him to keep speaking truth to power.  So I hope you will let him know that you're in this race to win by contributing to the Ron Paul Birthday Money Bomb on August 20th.

Ron Paul is the only candidate who represents a choice - not an echo - from the big government, big spending status quo in Washington, D.C.  He is the only candidate who can bring Americans from all backgrounds and parties – even those who had given up on making their voices known – together to make real changes and Restore America Now.

And with your help, we're going to make sure every voter hears his message.  Thank you for your hard work to make "President Ron Paul" a reality, and I look forward to standing alongside you over the coming year to put Ron Paul in the White House.

For Liberty,

Rand Paul

P.S.  Ron Paul's amazing finish in the Iowa Straw Poll proves that he is in this campaign to win it all.  His birthday is just around the corner, and the campaign is holding a Money Bomb so grassroots Americans can show how much they appreciate his work and want him in the White House.

Can I count on you to pledge to give whatever you are able at www.RonPaul2012.com on August 20th?  Every dollar will go toward expanding his top-tier campaign and winning this race.

VIDEO: Ron Paul Unelectable???

Political Spectrum Publishing is pleased to present to its readers the slide show audio version of the article "Ron Paul Unelectable?" by Zach Foster.  The article can be read and commented on here.  Be sure to subscribe to Political Spectrum Publishing on YouTube!

VIDEO: Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Rick Perry's Economic Claims: All Hat, No Cattle

By DNC Press

Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz corrects Rick Perry's distortion of his economic record in Texas.

Note: video was included with original press release

Ron Paul Unelectable?

By Zach Foster

In February, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly was incredibly critical of Congressman Ron Paul’s ability to win.[1]  He mentioned briefly how Donald Trump was booed at the CPAC 2011 meeting by the crowd, as O’Reilly says, “because of Ron Paul.”  What O’Reilly failed to mention in that creatively worded statement is how the audience at CPAC was overwhelmingly favorable towards Ron Paul and highly disagreed with The Donald’s arrogant statement that Ron Paul cannot be elected.  Paul, after all, won the CPAC straw poll for the best possible Republican Presidential Candidate.  O’Reilly also compared Congressman Paul to a number of nearly nameless third party candidates who were unable to garnish massive support in the past, Ralph Nader being one of them.

John Stossel, educated not only in the arena of politics but also in economics, spoke in favor of Congressman Paul.  The interesting thing about O’Reilly’s statements is that they seemed to flip-flop between undermining Congressman Paul’s ability to win and then calling upon him to run because he’s an interesting candidate and will be able to challenge the front runners, whom O’Reilly had already decided were Bachmann, Romney, and Perry.  What O’Reilly apparently didn’t seem to consider was the possibility that not only would Paul be able to challenge the O’Reilly-crowned “front runners” but also stump them while they merely pay lip service to the Constitution and actually present himself to the American people as a better candidate.

O’Reilly’s main problem with Ron Paul is that he’s “too radical” and “isolationist.”  He seems to be unaware that Paul’s foreign policy is based on the Constitution and the guidance of the Founding Fathers.  If a foreign policy based on the Constitution and the guidance of the national founders is considered to be too radical for America, then America has obviously lost its way and needs to turn around and retrace her steps.

In his 2008 book The Revolution, Congressman Paul quotes several early statesmen at length, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Clay who were overwhelmingly in favor of avoiding foreign entanglements, to defend his Constitutional foreign policy.  He even quotes at length the non-interventionist platform that George W. Bush ran on and was elected on in 2000 and eventually betrayed.

This idea was popular when George W. Bush ran on it, but eleven years later it’s all of a sudden too radical.  Ron Paul is not a radical for seeking a policy of noninterventionism.  He says:

“I myself have never been an isolationist.  I favor the very opposite of isolation: diplomacy, free trade, and freedom of travel.  The real isolationists are those who impose sanctions and embargoes on countries and peoples across the globe because they disagree with the internal and foreign policies of their leaders.  The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas to promote democracy, rather than seeking change through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example.  The real isolationists are those who isolate their country in the court of world opinion by pursuing needless belligerence and war that have nothing to do with legitimate national security concerns.”[2]

O’Reilly was even willing to make a bet against Stossel, the stakes being $1,000 for wounded warriors, that Congressman Paul won’t win a single primary election in 2012.  Many anti-Paul Republicans today, as in February, love to [falsely] cite Paul’s alleged un-electability.  When they do so, they ignore the fact that he is the leading candidate.  While on Monday a USA Today Gallup Poll showed Ron Paul in third place, a telephone survey of Iowa’s likely caucus participants revealed:

“Overall, just 28% of potential Iowa Caucus participants are absolutely certain of how they will vote, while the rest could change their mind. Among those who are certain of their vote, Ron Paul is on top at 27%.”[3]

The article on Info Wars making the above quotation also stated that “With this kind of showing, Ron Paul’s candidacy can no longer be accurately characterized as a long shot.”

Following yesterday’s (August 11) debate in Iowa, Congressman Paul overwhelmingly won the Iowa Online Straw Poll, claiming 44% of the overall vote and leaving the other seven candidates to divide the remaining 56%.  The distant second in that poll was Herman Cain with 16%.[4]

Even Fox News, many of whose anchors have been falsely and dishonestly proclaiming Romney as the frontrunner, admits that Ron Paul won the debate, receiving over 20,000 of the total 36,000 votes (Gingrich came in second place with 5,000~).[5]  Another Fox News online poll, at the time of this writing, confirmed Paul as the winner with over 14,000 of 37,000 total votes, raking in 38% of the total vote.[6]

MSNBC’s online poll, riddled with user comments bashing the Republican Party, showed Ron Paul leading with nearly 11,000 (36%) of the total 29,500 votes.  The category with the second most votes (23%) was “no clear winner.[7]  The Red Dog Report showed Ron Paul pulling in 78% of total votes, with Gingrich at a distant second with 7%.[8]  In the last Republican debate in June, Ron Paul won all three Fox News online polls as well as CNN’s poll (83%).[9]

Clearly Ron Paul is not such a radical after all if he is receiving such massive support from both within and without the Republican Party.  As much as O’Reilly may lack faith in him, Congressman Ron Paul is not unelectable.  He is clearly the people’s choice for the most qualified candidate to run against President Obama in 2012, and he will do so on a platform whose solid foundation is the Constitution, and his guiding lights will be his faith in God and the written guidance of the Founding Fathers and great statesmen throughout the ages.

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[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmFjEA4vj9M

[2] The Revolution, chapter 2, pp. 10-11

[3] http://www.infowars.com/top-tier-ron-paul-polls-3rd-in-iowa-and-nationally/

[4] http://www.kcautv.com/story/15255706/ron-paul-wins-online-straw-poll

[5] http://www.topix.com/issue/fox/gop-debate-aug11

[6] http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/08/11/who-won-gop-debate/

[7] http://politics.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7350500-who-do-you-think-won-the-gop-presidential-candidates-debate

[8] http://reddogreport.com/2011/08/who-won-the-iowa-republican-debate/

[9] http://runronpaul.com/polls/post-debate-polls-vote-for-ron-paul/