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===Maine===
Ron Paul campaigned heavily in Maine for their 3 day caucus before Super Tuesday, and was the only candidate to visit before the caucuses.<ref>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1HCDZQHgjUhqP38cJhI-5LItn8AD8UH4CUO1</ref> The week before the caucus, Paul said that he was hoping for a "grand showing" in the state.<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/01/28/ron_paul_seeks_grand_showing_in_maine/</ref><ref>http://www.wmtw.com/politics/15154368/detail.html</ref>
Ron Paul campaigned heavily in Maine for their 3 day caucus before Super Tuesday, and was the only candidate to visit before the caucuses.<ref>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1HCDZQHgjUhqP38cJhI-5LItn8AD8UH4CUO1</ref> The week before the caucus, Paul said that he was hoping for a "grand showing" in the state.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/01/28/ron_paul_seeks_grand_showing_in_maine/ | title = Ron Paul says he's hopeful about Maine | work = Associated Press | first = Francis X. | last = Quinn | date = [[2008-01-28]] | accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.wmtw.com/politics/15154368/detail.html | title = Paul Drums Up Maine Support In Advance Of Caucuses | publisher = WMTW | date = [[2008-01-28]] | accessdate = 2008-02-02}}</ref>


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Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign
File:RonPaul08.gif
CampaignU.S. presidential election, 2008
CandidateRon Paul
Congressman 1976–1977
Congressman 1979–1985
Congressman 1997–present
AffiliationRepublican Party
Key peopleKent Snyder (Manager)
Jesse Benton (Press Secretary)
ReceiptsUS$US$28,034,427 (2,007−12−31)
SloganHope for America
Website
Ron Paul 2008

Ron Paul is a 10th-term Congressman, a physician (M.D.), and a 2008 presidential candidate from the state of Texas, seeking the nomination of the Republican Party.

Initial opinion polls during the first three quarters of 2007 showed Ron Paul consistently receiving support from 3% or less of those polled. In the last quarter of 2007, Paul's support reached a high of 11% nationwide, then settled to an average of between 3 - 7%.[1] Paul won the most straw polls of any Republican candidate with 25 total.[2]

Ron Paul's campaign set two fund raising records: the largest single day donation total among Republican candidates and most money received via the Internet in a single day by any presidential candidate in American history.[3] During the fourth quarter of 2007, Paul was the most successful Republican fundraiser, bringing in approximately 20 million dollars.[4][5] Paul's run for president is also noted for its grass roots social networking, facilitated by the Internet.[6]

As of January 29, 2008, Paul had won six delegates to the Republican National Convention.[7]

Campaign developments

See also: United States presidential election, 2008 timeline
Ron Paul (R-TX)

These are events related to Ron Paul's official 2008 campaign. For events related to the independent grassroots movement around him (the "Ron Paul Revolution"), see Grassroots campaign efforts.

First quarter 2007

Ron Paul formed a presidential exploratory committee on January 11.[8] He also acquired data on public interest in his running for President around February 19.[9] Based on the results from the exploratory committee and polling, Ron Paul officially entered the race on March 12.[9][10]

On March 20, Ron Paul signed the American Freedom Agenda Pledge.[11][12] He remains the only Republican presidential candidate to do so.[citation needed] On March 31, Paul reported that he raised $639,989 and had $524,919 on hand.[citation needed]

Second quarter 2007

On June 30, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa, Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance invited all Republican presidential candidates except Paul to a presidential candidates forum. Six candidates appeared: Romney, Brownback, Gilmore, Huckabee, Thompson, and Tancredo.[citation needed]

Third quarter 2007

Paul participated in the Ames Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa on August 11. He ranked 5th out of 11 candidates, receiving 9.1 percent of the votes.[13][14] According to John Fout, on TheStreet.com, Paul "shocked people in Iowa" by receiving more than 9 percent of the vote after only making three trips to Iowa, releasing ads only one week before the poll, and for beating Tommy Thompson, who visited all 99 counties in Iowa.[15] In an interview about the results of the straw poll, fellow candidate Mike Huckabee, who placed second, said that Ron Paul was the candidate most likely to overtake him nationally, saying, "I'm keeping an eye on him."[16]

Fourth quarter 2007

On October 25, work began among Ron Paul's supporters to commemorate the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, starting with the Web-site TeaParty07.com.[17] In support of the rally, Paul supporters purchased a blimp.[18] On December 16, 2007, Ron Paul supporters re-enacted the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor by tossing banners that read "Tyranny" and "No Taxation Without Representation" into boxes that were in the harbor.[19] Ron Paul supporters also gathered in several other cities as part of the Tea Party re-enactment, including Strasbourg, France, Santa Monica, California, Maui, Hawaii, and Freeport and Austin, Texas[20]. Paul himself tossed a barrel labelled "Iraq War" overboard at the Tea Party Re-enactment in Freeport, Texas.[21][22] The Austin Police Department estimates 2000 to 3000 attendees at the Austin Tea Party. [23][24]

Paul's first major television campaign began November 8, at a total cost of US$1.1 million, started advertising in New Hampshire.[25]

On December 1, 2007, the Los Angeles Times declared Paul a player in the presidential campaign.[26] The Libertarian Party adopted a resolution on December 12 requesting Paul to run on the Libertarian ticket if he does not win the Republican Party nomination.[27]

CBS News reported on December 21 that "Ron Paul can no longer be dismissed as the favorite of the fringe".[28]

When the close proximity of the first contests to the holidays led to many candidates putting out Christmas videos — allowing them to keep presenting their message but in a more appropriate setting[29] — Paul chose one that showed his extended family singing "Deck the Halls";[29] CBS News described it as portraying Paul as "warm and fuzzy" and with less religious overtones than other candidates' videos.[29]

By December 31, the Paul campaign recruited 300 student volunteers from 39 states and 4 countries to help go door-to-door in Iowa.[30]

First quarter 2008

On January 7, Paul's campaign launched an eight state TV ad campaign targeting California, Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, North Dakota, Louisiana, Maine and Florida.[31] This was in addition to the ad campaigns in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Ron Paul campaigned heavily in Nevada, more than any other Republican candidate.[32] Mitt Romney was the only other candidate to campaign in Nevada.[33] On January 17, Paul's Nevada campaign representatives warned state GOP officials that thousands of caucus goers had been given incorrect information on where to go to caucus. The problem was fixed - via a message on the Nevada GOP website - that morning, two days before the caucus.[34] However, Paul's campaign issued a press release the day before the caucuses criticizing inconsistencies, confusion over rules and a shortage of ballots in some counties. They asked the Nevada State Republican Party to consider postponing the vote until due to other inconsistencies, such as unclear rules on who can vote and a shortage of ballots in several counties.[35]

In January Paul released an economic revitalization plan[36] and named Peter Schiff and Don Luskin economic advisors to the campaign.[37][38] The National Taxpayers Union found that among the remaining presidential candidates, only Paul proposed sufficient federal spending cuts to more than offset new spending plans.[39]

Polling

See also: Straw polls for the 2008 United States presidential election
2008 Republican Straw Poll results

In polling conducted at the Utah GOP convention on June 9, 2007, Paul placed second behind Mitt Romney.[40] Paul also placed second in the straw poll conducted at the National Taxpayers Union conference, following Fred Thompson.[41] Ron Paul placed second, polling 17 percent, in a Cobb County GOP straw poll on July 4, 2007.[42]

A July 2007 Gallup analysis of the relationship between religiosity and preference among the Presidential candidates indicated that Republicans and Republican-leaning voters seldom or never attending church are several times more likely to favor Paul than those in the same group attending church regularly.[43]

Ron Paul placed third in the Illinois Straw Poll on August 16, 2007, with 18.87 percent of the vote, polling just 0.4 percent behind undeclared candidate Fred Thompson. Unlike the Ames Straw Poll, there was no cost for voting in the Illinois Straw Poll. Paul dominated the similar West Alabama Republican Assembly 2007 Presidential Preference Straw Poll on August 18, 2007, capturing 216 of 266 votes (81 percent), far ahead of distant second Mitt Romney, who won only 14.[44] On August 18, Paul also won the Strafford County, New Hampshire, straw poll, with over 70 percent of the votes.[45] Paul won the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club's straw poll on August 21 in Snohomish County, Washington, with 30 percent of the vote, with Fred Thompson coming in a close second with 27 percent.[46]

On November 20, 2007, Ron Paul finished behind fellow Republicans Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson in a Zogby International "blind bio" poll of likely Republican voters. However, Paul was first by a wide margin when Democrats and Independents were included in the survey. The poll presented potential voters with descriptions of each candidate's resume rather than candidate names.[47]

National polls conducted in January 2008 showed Paul with an average of just under 5% among Republican candidates. [4]

Primary/caucus results

Main article: Results of the 2008 Republican presidential primaries

Iowa

Ron Paul finished fifth in the 2008 Iowa Republican caucuses with nearly 10 percent of the votes and 2 delegates according to CNN.[48][49]

Wyoming

At the January 5, 2008, Wyoming Republican County Conventions, Ron Paul placed fourth, receiving no delegates.[50] The Wyoming primary was largely ignored by candidates in favor of the higher-profile race in New Hampshire, but four candidates did campaign there.[51] The majority of the 1224 eligible voters at the conventions were elected in 2006.[52]

New Hampshire

Paul received 8 percent of the vote in the January 8 New Hampshire primary, finishing 5th in the Republican field and receiving no delegates.[53][54] Though he had hoped to improve on his Iowa performance, he vowed to stay in the race, telling supporters, "It's really only the beginning."[55] A recount, which Paul does not support, began January 16, 2008.[56][57]

Michigan

Paul placed fourth in the January 15, 2008, Michigan Republican primary, with 6 percent of the votes and no delegates.[58]

Nevada

Paul finished second in the Nevada Republican caucuses with 14 percent of the vote.[59] Initial estimates show Paul with four delegates to the national convention.[60]

South Carolina

Paul finished 5th in the January 19 South Carolina Republican primary, with 4 percent of the vote and no delegates.[61]

Louisiana

The Louisiana Republican caucuses were held on January 22, 2008. Official results have not yet been reported; preliminary results show Ron Paul in second place among candidates. [62][63] On January 26, the Paul campaign filed a complaint with the state GOP contesting Louisiana's process of choosing delegates.[64]

Florida

The Florida primary was held on January 29, 2008, and was a state-wide winner-take-all contest for all 57 of Florida's delegates.[65][66][67][68] Philadelphia Inquirer noted that Paul did not campaign in the state,[69] which resulted in fifth place with 3% of the vote. [70]. LA Times listed Florida as part of an eight state radio ad campaign by Paul during January 2008. [71]

Maine

Ron Paul campaigned heavily in Maine for their 3 day caucus before Super Tuesday, and was the only candidate to visit before the caucuses.[72] The week before the caucus, Paul said that he was hoping for a "grand showing" in the state.[73][74]

New Jersey

The New Jersey primary is on February 5, 2008 with 52 delegates at stake in a state-wide "winner take all" process.[75] New Jersey polls released January 9-15, 2008 have Paul with an average 6 percent of the vote among likely Republican voters.[76]

California

California's primary will be held on February 5, 2008 and has a total of 173 delegates at stake: three per congressional district and eleven "bonus" delegates. The winner in each of the 53 congressional districts will be awarded all of that district's delegates. The winner of the state will be awarded all of the bonus delegates.[77] Polls as of January 27, 2008 show Paul in 5th place with 5% of Republican voters. [78]

New York

New York will hold its Republican primary on February 5, 2008. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll from January 21, 2008 shows Paul with 6 percent of likely GOP voters choosing him.[79]

Missouri

Missouri is another February 5, 2008 primary. It will award its 58 delegates on a "winner take all" basis. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll on January 25, 2008 shows Paul with 5% of likely Republican voters. [80]

Alabama

Alabama is a Super Tuesday state, holding its primary on February 5, 2008 for 48 delegates. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll from January 23, 2008 has Paul with 3% among likely Republican voters. [81]

Georgia

Georgia will hold its primary for 72 delegates on Super Tuesday as well. A January 22, 2008 poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Paul in 4th place with 12% of likely Republican voters. [82]

Delegate count

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Fund-raising

Ron Paul's 2007 fund-raising efforts by quarter.

Paul's fundraising has increased significantly over the campaign. The campaign holds an all-time record for political one-day fund-raising.[83] The Paul campaign discloses donations immediately, instead of on a quarterly basis.

As of January 25, 2008, the Ron Paul campaign has raised more than 30 million dollars,[84] most in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Sources

100% of Paul's campaign money comes from individual contributors,[85] with 47 percent of the funds raised from small contributions of $200 or less.[86]

As of 7 January, 2008, Google employees represent the single top contributor to Ron Paul's campaign, followed by the employees of the U.S. Army and Navy in respectively second and third place.[87]

First quarter - 2007

Ron Paul raised more money in New Hampshire in the first quarter of 2007 than presumed Republican front-runners John McCain and Rudy Giuliani. As of March 31, 2007, Paul had raised $639,989 for his campaign nationwide. Of that, he had spent US$115,070, giving him $525,919 cash-on-hand.[88]

Second quarter - 2007

As of the end of the second quarter 2007, Ron Paul had over US$2.4 million in the bank, which was more than John McCain, who had $2 million. He outraised every second-tier candidate, and was fourth in fund-raising among the Republicans, behind the three frontrunners.[89]

Third quarter - 2007

Paul's campaign stated that it had raised $5,080,000 in the third quarter, including over US$1.2 million dollars from an online fundraising originally projected to raise $500,000, for an overall increase of 114 percent over the previous quarter. The campaign outperformed "front-runner" candidates; Paul fundraising, measured in itemized donations (over US$200), exceeded that of Giuliani, Romney, and Thompson in many states. ABC News also reported that Paul received more donations from serving members of the armed services than any other GOP candidate. At the close of the quarter, the campaign reported US$5.4 million on hand, more than John McCain, having spent only 34 percent of the proceeds of the preceding three quarters.[90]

Fourth quarter - 2007

As of December 31, Ron Paul raised $19,765,974 in the fourth quarter, bringing him to roughly $28 million total. His fourth quarter donations came from 130,000 donors, including over 100,000 new contributors.[91] Ron Paul raised more money than any other Republican candidate in the fourth quarter.[92][93] The second highest total raised was by Rudy Giuliani, who got $14.4 million before dropping out of the race.[92] Mitt Romney raised $9 million in the fourth quarter from contributors[94], but lent himself $18 million of his own money, giving him the largest total.[92][5] According to the campaign, Paul's donations average $100 per donor[5] Compared to Democratic candidates, Paul's fourth quarter total was close to Hillary Clinton's, who raised approximately $20 million.[95][96]

Internet popularity

Paul has participated in several 2008 GOP debates, the majority of which he won according to the sponsors' own online or text-message phone polls.[97] After the first debate, ABC News noted that Paul has a "robust online presence."[98] TIME magazine labels Paul "the new 2.0 candidate" in reference to "his success recruiting supporters through new social media channels".[99] The New York Times writes that his campaign has "snowballed on the Internet".[100] According to KDPaine and Partners, Ron Paul's YouTube videos make up half of the top 10 of all candidate videos and he has the largest overall viewership of any candidate.[101] Jack Cafferty has stated Ron Paul's followers "at any given moment can almost overpower the Internet."[102]

Forbes.com noted a disparity between Paul's online support and his performance in the primaries: while Paul supporters responded in droves to text-message and online polls following televised debates, he received 10% of the vote in Iowa and 8% in New Hampshire. David Thorburn, director of the MIT Communications Forum, said that while the Internet is a major source of fundraising, it is not yet able to compete with traditional media for influence in campaigns. Thorburn added that support from "an intellectually elite minority that lives in cyberspace does not translate into support among the general population."[103]

Rankings

Beyond the blogosphere, Paul has shown strength across other top Internet sites. Alexa.com data shows Paul's campaign website receiving more traffic than Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, or Mitt Romney.[104] Hitwise ranks Ron Paul as the most frequent candidate search.[105] Kate Kaye of ClickZNews reports that Ron Paul has "rocketed from fifth place to first" in their Republican Candidates' Site Traffic Market Share and Rankings report.[106]

Social networking

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Man looking at a Ron Paul pamphlet at Nashville War Memorial.

In addition to his search popularity, Ron Paul has become popular on a variety of social networking websites. On Jan. 30, 2008, Paul had over 121,000 "friends" on MySpace,[107] and was the Republican winner of the MySpace Presidential Primary in January 2008, with 37% of the votes.[108] He also has a presence on Facebook, with over 58,800 people in a campaign-related group as of December 30, 2007.[109] As of Jan. 30, 2008, he received 10 percent of the votes in Facebook's Elections 2008 presidential poll, placing him first among Republicans and second among all candidates, behind Barack Obama (at 25%), but ahead of Hillary Clinton at 9%.[110]

Paul claims the most YouTube views of all Republican candidates, over 6.8 million,[111]. Paul's YouTube channel is among the Top 40 most subscribed of all time, achieving 40,000 subscribers in December 2007.[112][113] The Weekly Standard on December 10, 2007, reported: "To give an idea of Paul's viral velocity, if you hit “Rudy Giuliani” or “Mitt Romney” into YouTube's search engine, you'll turn up about 3,700 hits apiece. Do the same with “Ron Paul”, and you'll be wading through 63,000 videos."[114] The Ron Paul Girl is an internet video not originally generated from the campaign, but which has amounted to hundreds of thousands of viewings and is thought to have contributed materially to internet fund-raising.[115] Also, many World of Warcraft players have named themselves after Ron Paul and staged an in-game support march.[116]

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Ron Paul rally poster in Nashville, Tennessee

As of January 30, 2008 Ron Paul has the largest distributed grassroots organization on Meetup.com of all candidates, with almost 105,000 members in 1,600 Meetup groups, that have collectively planned and held nearly 31,000 offline events to rally support (and raise money) for their candidate.[117][118] In comparison, Barack Obama—who has the second largest Meetup organization among active candidates—has close to 5,000 members among 82 Meetup groups.[118]

Summed up by James Rainey of the Los Angeles Times, "Paulites tend to be tech-savvy, tired of traditional politics and suspicious of their government and the mainstream media. But after that, they defy categories...[consisting of] Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and Constitution Party followers uniting behind some or all of the Paul libertarian agenda -- ending the war in Iraq, abolishing gun control laws, legalizing marijuana and dismantling big hunks of the U.S. government, especially the IRS and Federal Reserve system."[119]

Jack Cafferty has observed that Ron Paul's grassroots network is one "politicians dream about" and that no other candidate running has a base as dedicated or as vocal as Paul's.[102] Ron Paul has also earned the attention of many sympathizers outside of the United States.[120][121]

Grassroots campaign efforts

Ron Paul Revolution

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Ron Paul Revolution design

Paul's candidacy draws a significant degree of support from grass roots movements, and supporters have worked independently of the official campaign or the GOP to raise Paul's public profile as well as record breaking campaign donations. A number of media have described these efforts as the "Ron Paul Revolution," an allusion to the American Revolution[122] that frequently appears on placards and t-shirts at rallies[123][124] and serves as a slogan that the official campaign has adopted. Supporters use the letters "EVOL" reversed to spell "love" backward to represent peace and hope.[125][126]

Money bombs

See also: Moneybomb

In early October 2007, a website was set up to raise $1 million per week independently for Ron Paul's campaign by having individuals pledge en masse the same amount (per donor) on the same day each week. News media began referring to this effort as a "money bomb". By mid-October, several other "money bomb" fund raising dates, all unaffiliated with the actual Ron Paul campaign, had caused fund raising spikes of hundreds of thousands of dollars each.

Donation rates for November 5. On average, over 1500 people donated per hour.[127]

In late October, a grass-roots website called "This November 5th"[128] was launched, requesting pledges for the Paul campaign on November 5, the anti-establishment Guy Fawkes Day. They collected over 18,000 e-mail addresses.

On November 5, 2007 the campaign raised over $4.3 million.[129] That amount is the largest amount collected on a single day by any Republican candidate,[130][131] and the record for largest amount of on-line fund raising in a single day ever in U.S. history.[132] Paul eclipsed his overall third-quarter fund-raising total around 2:30 p.m. EST. Paul's December campaign contributions rose to over $7.1 million and the Q4 campaign contributions rose to over $17 million as a result of this push. The campaign website displays a novel real-time display of the dollars and the names of donors.[133] Smaller fund raising money bombs continued throughout November and early December.

December 16 donation rates

A December 16 2007 money bomb on the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party broke the campaign's previous record,[134] raising nearly $2 million more than the November 5 event, bringing in over US$6 million in the largest single day of fund raising, on-line or not, in U.S. presidential campaign history.[135] During the last minutes of the drive, the server refused to accept contributions due to an overload of donations, as about 100 contributors per minute donated to the campaign; More than an additional $100,000 were donated within the hour past midnight.[136][137][138]

On the January 21, 2008 Martin Luther King Day holiday, Paul supporters raised over $1.8 million with a "Free at Last" fundraiser.[139]

February 1, 2008 marked the 51st anniversary of Carol and Ron Paul's marriage. Supporters raised over $1 million in the 24-hour period for the campaign[140] as an "anniversary gift," making the it the fourth largest campaign donation day to date.[141]

Mainstream media have been criticized for their marginal coverage of Paul's fund-raising, such as on Morning Joe on December 18, 2007, when Willie Geist stated: "You raised 6 million dollars on one day and there it is buried on page 50 of The Washington Post." When MSNBC's Tucker Carlson interviewed Ron Paul's campaign chairman Kent Snyder he remarked of the low profile of Ron Paul news, "That must drive you bananas."

Ron Paul Blimp

The Ron Paul Blimp is an aerial billboard emblazoned on one side with "Who is Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul" and "Ron Paul Revolution" on the other.[142] At 200 feet (61 m) long, the blimp is longer than the Goodyear Blimp.[143] The Ron Paul Blimp is set to fly from North Carolina, over Washington, New York and Boston, before heading to New Hampshire. Like the unprecedented online fund-raising behind Paul’s bid, the blimp effort isn’t affiliated with the official campaign and pushes traditional political conventions. Paul supporters have donated over US$400,000 to give the blimp its financial backing.[144][145][146]

There also exists a "micro-blimp" emblazoned with the same logos as the full sized blimp. The micro-blimp flies over the San Diego area. It was created by Elizabeth Blane, who bought the 20-foot (6.1 m) blimp after hearing about the main dirigible.[147][148]

There also exists a 20 foot "micro-blimp" just like the one in San Diego flying over Salt Lake City. It was funded by various Ron Paul supporters from the Salt Lake area.

Other efforts

An avid Ron Paul supporter and businessman, Joby Weeks, recently refurbished an old stretch limousine into the world's longest (55-foot) Ron Paul Limo.[149] The limousine has been touring high-traffic cities across the country, and it has been personally signed by Ron Paul on one side.

A Nevada brothel owner recently promised to take up a collection from his customers to back Paul's bid.[150]

Paul supporters have created a number of songs in support of Ron Paul. Steve Dore, for example, produced a CD called "Early Songs of the Great Ron Paul Revolution," the profits from which were donated to Paul's campaign.[151]

Controversy

In December 2007, the Associated Press reported that Paul kept a US$500 donation from Don Black, operator of Stormfront, a white nationalist organization website. Paul's campaign stated that "If someone with small ideologies happens to contribute money to Ron, thinking he can influence Ron in any way, he's wasted his money," responding that they would spend the money on spreading "the message of freedom" and "inalienable rights". [152]

Paul was questioned on Meet the Press by Tim Russert for asking that US$400 million in previously earmarked funds be directed back to his district for water projects, a nursing program, to expand a hospital cancer center and US$10 million to promote Texas shrimp.[153][154] On Meet the Press, Paul defended his bid for the earmarked funds saying he never voted for an earmark in his life. Tim Russert said Paul's statement was like saying, "you voted for it before you voted against it."[155] Congressman Paul responded,"I put them in because I represent people who are asking for some of their money back, ... I'm against the tax system, but I take all my tax credits. I want to get their money back for the people."[153]

In an editorial on January 11th, The Washington Post noted his opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, compared his foreign policy views to the isolationism espoused by right-wingers such as Patrick Buchanan, and called his economic theories "idiosyncratic." The editorial concluded that Paul was in the words of Jeane Kirkpatrick "blaming America first".[156] On the same day, the editorial board at The Tampa Tribune wrote an editorial on Paul's "fantasies", saying that "For every serious problem, he has a simple, silly solution: Let it solve itself."[157] On January 15th, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran an op-ed by UT-Arlington political science professor Allan Saxe which stated that many of Paul's ideas seemed "vastly impractical in an imperfect and messy world.".[158]

On January 15th, James Giles, writing for the conservative Philadelphia Bulletin, said that he represented "the dominant foreign policy consensus in the Republican Party from 1920 to 1952."[159]

Controversial newsletters

On January 8, the day of the New Hampshire primary, The New Republic published a story by Jamie Kirchick quoting from selected newsletters published under Paul's name,[160] mostly from between 1989 and 1994, a period in which Paul was not in office but in medical practice.[161] The story said that the writings showed "an obsession with conspiracies, sympathy for the right-wing militia movement, and deeply held bigotry." After the 1992 Los Angeles riots, a newsletter article referred to African-American rioters as "barbarians" and suggested that the riots only stopped when it came time for "blacks to pick up their welfare checks". Other issues gave tactical advice to local militia groups and advanced various conspiracy theories.[162][163] The newsletter articles were often written in the first person and included personal greetings supposedly written by Paul himself.[164]

Responding to Kirchick's story in a press release, the Paul campaign disavowed the quotations, attributing them to writers working on the newsletters while Paul practiced medicine full time. Paul "never uttered such words and denounced such small-minded thoughts," saying Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks were personal heroes because they stood for individual rights, and that he had spoken highly about Parks in a 1999 floor speech in the House of Representatives.[165] The Paul campaign took the position that the Kirchick story was a "rehash" of a decades-old political attack, as the newsletters first caused controversy during Paul's 1996 run for Congress against Charles Morris, who revealed their contents in advertisements. In 2001, Paul took "moral responsibility" for the comments printed in the newsletter under his name, telling Texas Monthly magazine that the comments were written by an unnamed writer and did not represent his views.[166] The magazine noted that "In four terms as a U.S. congressman and one presidential race, Paul had never uttered anything remotely like this."[167]

In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Paul asserted that racism is incompatible with his beliefs and that he sees people as individuals - not as part of collectives. He also dismissed the attack as an attempt to accuse him of racism by proxy, claiming that he has collected more money among African-Americans than any other Republican candidate. Blitzer told Paul that he was "shocked" by the newsletters, because they did not seem to reflect "the Ron Paul that I've come to know, and the viewers have come to know" over the course of several interviews during the campaign.[168][169][170]

Nelson Linder, president of the Austin chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), defended Paul. "Knowing Ron Paul's intent, I think he is trying to improve this country but I think also, when you talk about the Constitution and you constantly criticize the federal government versus state I think a lot of folks are going to misconstrue that....so I think it's very easy for folks who want to to take his position out of context, and that's what I'm hearing."[171]

Reporting for Reason magazine, contributing editor Matt Welch found numerous references to the newsletters in news coverage of the 1996 race, many of which he said Paul defended.[172] For instance, Welch points out an Austin American-Statesman article in which Paul's campaign defends the claim that "only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions." In the Houston Chronicle, Paul's campaign defends the statement that "black males age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be treated as such."[173] On January 14, The New Republic published more selections from the newsletters. The new selections included a March 1987 and April 1988 issue of "The Ron Paul Investment Letter", which listed Paul as editor.[174][175][176]

A January 16th, 2008, report for Reason magazine, Julian Sanchez and David Weigel uncovered evidence that Lew Rockwell was involved with the newsletters. According to the report, an unnamed source in the Paul campaign and Timothy Wirkman Virkkala, former managing editor of Liberty Magazine, acknowledged Rockwell's role in authoring the letters. The story also uncovered a 1993 tax document which listed members of Paul's family and Rockwell as employees. The report cited sources claiming that the inflammatory and racist rhetoric in the newsletters were a deliberate strategy designed to improve revenues.[161]

2008 GOP Presidential Debates

Main article: Republican Presidential Debates, 2008

May 3, 2007

Ron Paul participated in a 90-minute presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library, alongside nine other Republican candidates. In online voting hosted by MSNBC and The Politico, Paul was ranked first for "Best one liner," "Who stood out from the pack", "Most convincing debater", and "Who showed the most leadership qualities?"[177] and was winning the "rating and comparing candidates" question.[178]

May 15, 2007

Paul participated in the FOX News Channel First-in-the-South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of South Carolina, alongside nine other Republican candidates.

In a phone text message based vote among viewers after the debate, Paul finished second, winning 25% of the votes.[179]

During the debate, Congressman Paul commented that America's history of interventionism in the Middle East has led to an unpopular view of the U.S. in Middle Eastern countries, and argued that the CIA's removal of Iranian leader Mohammed Mosaddeq in Operation Ajax, the Iraq war and the bombing of Iraq in the 1990s had led to increasing anti-American sentiment in the Middle East and promoted terrorism. When the moderator asked if Paul was suggesting that the US had "invited" the 9/11 attacks, Paul argued with fellow candidate Rudy Giuliani, who responded to Paul's suggestion that the U.S. pay attention to the underlying causes of terrorism by saying "I don't think I've heard that before, and I've heard some pretty absurd explanations for September 11th. And I would ask the congressman to withdraw that comment and tell us that he didn't really mean that." Paul responded that terrorists were the result of "blowback" from poor foreign policy, and that they "don't come here to attack us because we're rich and we're free, they come and attack us because we're over there."[180]

Though the confrontation was noted in the media and cast as a political win for Giuliani, Paul's remarks were debated. Conservative pundits including Sean Hannity and Michael Steele criticized them; former CIA Bin Laden Issue Station head Michael Scheuer endorsed them as "obvious" and an "immense service to all Americans"; and commentator Andrew Sullivan agreed with Paul, citing his comments as evidence that he was the only GOP candidate "serious about national security." Paul condemned Giuliani's attack in a press release, later demanding an apology on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.[181][182][183][184][185]

In the debate, Paul and McCain refused to endorse torture, with Paul labelling the phrase "enhanced interrogation techniques" as "Orwellian".[186][187]

June 5, 2007

Ron Paul supporters at a pre-debate rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on June 5, 2007.
Ron Paul signs autographs as campaign manager Kent Snyder (center) looks on at a rally after CNN's 5 June 2007, GOP debate.

Ron Paul participated in the CNN Republican debate in New Hampshire. Paul argued against a preemptive military policy in favor of going "back to traditions and our Constitution" and "[defending] our liberties and [defending] our rights.". He was given fewer than six minutes of time, less than Mitt Romney, John McCain, or Rudy Giuliani, but won most of CNN's post-debate online polls.[188][189][190][191] [192]

August 5, 2007

Paul participated in ABC News's Republican presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.[193] Time Magazine's Mark Halperin evaluated Paul's performance "crowd-pleasing," and added, "if the Republicans nominated a candidate based on who most moved the applause meter, Paul would be giving his acceptance speech next summer." Paul was the favorite of an on-line poll at ABCNews.com, winning 63 percent of votes.[194]

September 5, 2007

Supporters outside of the Fox News debate on September 5, 2007.

Paul participated in the Fox News debate at the University of New Hampshire. Paul and Mike Huckabee argued over the war in Iraq, with Paul attributing Republican losses in the 2006 elections to the unpopular war. Paul won a Fox-sponsored text-messaging poll with 33 percent of votes.[195]

September 17, 2007

Paul participated in the GOP "Values Voters' Presidential Debate" in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, alongside six other candidates --- John Cox, Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, and Tom Tancredo. Paul finished second in an official post-debate delegate straw poll, trailing Mike Huckabee's 63% showing with 13% of the vote.[196]

September 27, 2007

Paul participated in a debate hosted by PBS television at Morgan State University with a panel exclusively of journalists of color. The organizers put empty podiums on the stage in the names of the absent candidates. Answering questions were Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, Alan Keyes, Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, and Tom Tancredo.[197]

October 9, 2007:

Paul participated in a debate sponsored by CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The debate aired on MSNBC at 9 pm ET. Paul fielded several questions relating to economic issues, warning that "as long as we live beyond our means, we are destined to live beneath our means".[198] As in previous debates, he also addressed monetary theory.

October 16, 2007

The Republican Jewish Coalition candidates' forum on October 16, 2007, did not invite Ron Paul due to "time only for leading candidates" and his "record of consistently voting against assistance to Israel and his criticisms of the pro-Israel lobby", according to sources close to the RJC.[199]

October 21, 2007

Paul appeared in a 90-minute debate in Orlando, Florida sponsored by FOX News[200], winning an informal "cell phone” vote[201], but drawing jeers during the debate for advocating non-interventionist foreign policy.[202] Alan Colmes stated that Paul drew the most spirited reaction, both positive and negative.[citation needed]

November 28, 2007

Paul participated in the Republican CNN-Youtube Presidential Debate in St. Petersburg, Florida alongside seven other candidates. He obtained less than 8 minutes of time, and wasn't addressed with a question until the second half hour. Paul debated John McCain on the merits of isolationism versus non-intervention. Paul won an CNN online "scorecard" with 51% of the vote; two of three CNN analysts stated that he had a "disappointing" performance, but the other argued that Paul "came off very direct and clear" and "stood out the most".[203] [204][205][206]

December 9, 2007

Paul participated in the GOP debate hosted by Spanish-speaking television network Univision at the University of Miami, alongside seven other candidates.[207].

December 12, 2007

Sponsored by The Des Moines Register newspaper and Iowa Public Television, the debate among nine Republican candidates was broadcast live on the state-wide television network and re-broadcast later.[208] It was available to all PBS stations, and was the last debate before the Iowa caucuses, January 3, 2008.

January 5, 2008

Paul participated in the ABC/WMUR-TV/Facebook Republican debate at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. Charles Gibson moderated[209]

January 6, 2008

Fox News excluded Paul and Duncan Hunter from a New Hampshire forum, sparking numerous protest letters from Paul supporters. The Paul campaign was not provided with a reason for the exclusion, and the New Hampshire Republican Party withdrew their sponsorship of the event. Instead of attending, Paul held his own town hall event where voters were allowed to ask him questions directly. The event was broadcast live on local New Hampshire television and streamed online.[210] Jay Leno invited Paul as a Tonight Show guest on January 7 specifically because he thought Paul's exclusion was "unfair."[211][212][213][214][215]

January 10, 2008

Fox News hosted a debate at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in South Carolina. Ron Paul participated despite his exclusion from the earlier Fox News debate.[216] Paul denied a request to be interviewed after the debate by Fox News anchors Hannity and Colmes citing other commitments he must attend at the time.

Endorsements

See also: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008

Ron Paul has the official endorsement of many in the 2008 nomination race, including academics, actors, politicians, and political organizations and pundits.

See also

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  170. ^ CNN Transcript of the Situation Room aired January 10, 2008 - 17:00ET
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  174. ^ More Selections From Ron Paul's Newsletters The New Republic, Jan. 14, 2007
  175. ^ Ron Paul Investment Letter, March 1987
  176. ^ Ron Paul Investment Letter, April 1988
  177. ^ Vote on the California Republican debate
  178. ^ Interactive rate the candidates
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  184. ^ Horton, Scott (2007-05-22). "Fmr. Chief of CIA Osama Unit: Why They Attack Us". Antiwar.com. Retrieved 2007-07-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  186. ^ Brooks, Rosa (2007-05-18). "The GOP's torture enthusiasts". LA Times. Retrieved 2007-10-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  188. ^ King, John (2007-06-07). "GOP debaters keep distance from Bush". Retrieved 2007-10-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  189. ^ "Paul: U.S. has rejected 'Just War' theory of Christianity". CNN Political Ticker. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2007-06-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  191. ^ Graph of June 5 debate candidate airtime at Chris Dodd website
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  209. ^ http://www1.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6517150.html
  210. ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5432330.html
  211. ^ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Broadcast: January 7, 2008.
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  218. ^ http://alconstitutionparty.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=2
  219. ^ "Therefore, the Jefferson Republican Party hereby fully endorses and supports the Honorable Ron Paul in his bid to become the next president of the United States of America." A Return To Jeffersonian Principles
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  229. ^ http://ronpaul.meetup.com/145/members/4285380/
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  235. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPoFXl97wv4
  236. ^ Barry Goldwater, Jr. to Campaign for Ron Paul in NH
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