Ron Paul Emerges from Iowa in Strong Position

Secures 3-way Tie of Crucial Delegate Count in Iowa, matching Romney and Santorum, Reports Revolution PAC

http://RevolutionPAC.com | Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul emerged in a strong position reports Revolution PAC following Tuesday’s Iowa Caucuses matching Governor Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum’s delegate count of six per candidate. Whereas Ron Paul more than doubled his support in the Hawkeye state, former Governor Romney received a lower percentage of the vote than he did four years ago and former Senator Rick Santorum looks to be on a very similar trajectory as Mike Huckabee who was the surprise candidate to surge at the last moment during the 2008 election cycle.

An overlooked story from last night was Ron Paul’s strong showing among independents, and it is this that the Congressman has pointed to as evidence of his electability in November. Supporters say he continues to prove his ability to assemble a coalition, confined not just to traditional Republicans, that the GOP nominee will need in the fall.

“What’s more,” says Thomas Woods, “for a candidate who’s been told he had an 8% ceiling, then an 11% ceiling, and then a 15% ceiling, a 22% showing is very strong. And he accomplished this in the face of an astonishingly vicious, nonstop media attack against him on all networks — something no other candidate, for all the attacks they’ve endured, has been subjected to.”

Revolution PAC is supporting Ron Paul’s consistent, constitutional message with targeted TV advertising, direct mail campaigns and innovative Web promotions complemented by billboards and radio ads in key primary states. Unlimited donations by individuals, businesses, and organizations are being accepted by Revolution PAC to support that effort. Contributions to help fund the broadcast of the “Who is Ron Paul?” series in key primary states may be made at RevolutionPAC.com/compassion.

Source: Revolution PAC. Photo by Dan McCartt.

Libertarians at CPAC present Republican Wall of Shame

WASHINGTON - At their booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the Libertarian Party is displaying a "Republican Wall of Shame."

These are the prominent Republicans featured on the Wall of Shame:

--Mitt Romney, supporter of the RomneyCare socialized medicine program in Massachusetts.

--Mike Huckabee, who as a governor supported so many tax increases that the Club for Growth labeled him a "liberal."

--George W. Bush, who had a long track record of supporting big-government programs and regulations, and who once said, "I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system."

--Newt Gingrich, who often supports big-government intrusion and who said about global warming, "The evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon loading in the atmososphere."

--John McCain, who while running for president famously suspended his campaign to rush back to Washington to vote for bailouts.

--Paul Ryan, the House Budget Commmittee chairman who voted for the Medicare expansion in 2003, the No Child Left Behind Act, the TARP, GM and Chrysler bailouts, and even ethanol subsidies.

--Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor. The caption reads "No comment necessary."

--The "mystery Republican president." He signed many massive spending bills, and during his administration, federal spending was the largest percentage of GDP in post-WWII history. (His shameful record might be broken by the Obama administration.)

Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict commented, "Our goal at CPAC is to reach out to libertarians who have been misled into thinking of conservatism as a small-government ideology. In fact, conservatives just want their own version of big government, as we pointed out last year."

Benedict continued, "We've already heard some talk about the Republican 'three-legged stool.' My view is, Republicans are wrong on foreign policy, they're wrong on social policy, and they're lying hypocrites on economic policy. Their stool has no legs."

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