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Gary Johnson: Liberty will be on the ballot
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.
Gary Johnson released a new ad on Wednesday urging Texas Congressman Ron Paul‘s supporters to vote for him on Nov. 6. The Libertarian presidential candidate believes that, with their help, he could easily garner the support of five percent (5%) of the electorate.
Ron Paul skeptical about Mitt Romney
Ron Paul told Bloomberg's Betty Liu last week that he was disappointed with Mr. Romney for not mentioning
the Federal Reserve in his acceptance speech. Photo: Bloomberg.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul told Bloomberg Television on Thursday night that he remained “very, very skeptical” about the economic recovery following former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney‘s acceptance speech during the GOP National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
God wants Ron Paul to be president
Pastor Steven Andrew says that Texas Congressman Ron Paul is God's favorite presidential candidate. Photo: AP.
The head of USA Christian Ministries, Pastor Steven Andrew, wrote in a statement released on Wednesday that Texas Congressman Ron Paul was God’s favorite presidential candidate. Dr. Paul remains in the race and could even be granted a speaking slot at the GOP National Convention due to be held in Tampa, Fla., at the end of August.
Romney wins Kentucky primary
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won 42 out of the 45 delegates which were up for grabs in the Blue Grass State. Photo: AP.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney easily won the Kentucky primary on Tuesday, as he did not face substantial opposition following Texas Congressman Ron Paul‘s decision on May 14 to stop campaigning in the states which had not yet held their primary contests.
Ron Paul still intent on ending the Fed
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will interrupt his campaign and return to Washington on Tuesday
to chair a meeting of the the Financial Services subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
Photo: Marilyn Newton / Reno Gazette-Journal / AP.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will leave the presidential campaign trail on Tuesday to chair a meeting of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology in Washington. The Texas congressman, a well known critic of the Federal Reserve, will hear from economists as well as two lawmakers who wish to reform the U.S. central banking system.
Ron Paul notes Santorum, Gingrich Afghanistan stance
Texas Congressman Ron Paul told college students on Wednesday night that more and more Americans were espousing his ideas about non-interventionism and wars in general.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul told several thousand supporters on Wednesday night that some of his Republican colleagues were finally coming round to the concept of non-interventionism.
Ron Paul challenges Romney’s win in Maine caucuses
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul told CBS's Face the Nation
on Sunday that his second-place finish in the Maine caucuses could be due to the
cancellation of one of the state's contests. Photo: CBS.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was declared the winner of the Maine caucuses on Saturday. The former Massachusetts governor won the contest with 39 percent of the votes. Texas Congressman Ron Paul came in second place with 36 percent of the ballots. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum garnered the support of 18 percent of voters, while former House speaker Newt Gingrich was the favorite of only six percent of caucus goers.
Gingrich to embrace negative campaigning
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, is planning to step up
negative campaigning against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney,
who narrowly won the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday.
Newt Gingrich appears determined to change the tone of his presidential campaign, after running mainly positive ads in the Hawkeye State where he finished fourth with 16,251 votes, or 13.3 percent of the 120,000 or so ballots.
Rick Santorum takes third place in Iowa
The latest CNN/Time poll puts the former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum
in third place in Iowa with 16 percent of the votes.
The latest CNN / Time telephone poll released on Wednesday shows that Rick Santorum is now in third place in the state of Iowa, behind former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Texas Congressman Ron Paul. However, despite his surge in the Hawkeye State, the former Pennsylvania senator acknowledges that his team has “a lot of work to do.”
Ron Paul releases scathing video aimed at Gingrich
Texas Congressman Ron Paul released a scathing Internet video attacking Newt Gingrich on Wednesday.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul released a scathing Internet video attacking Newt Gingrich this week. The ad will not be shown on television but will be sent “to a far-reaching email list of conservative voters nationally, including in key early voting states,” according to Dr. Paul’s campaign. It will also be shown on conservative websites.
Jesse Benton, Ron Paul’s campaign national chairman, explains that the newly-released video is part of “a bold move to debunk the myth that the Newt we are seeing on the 2012 campaign trail is the conservative he has been touted to be all along.”