Ron Paul in trouble
Ron Paul may not make it out of the primary for his Congressional seat:
Troubled by internal polls showing insurgent challenger Chris Peden having pulled ahead shockingly in the Texas 14th congressional district, Congressman Ron Paul will be pulling out of the Republican presidential race in advance of his home state's March 4 primary.Paul has survived primary challenges before, including some backed by Republican leadership in Congress.
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Peden's lead is extremely surprising given the vast disparity in resources between the campaigns, a divide that will only grow as Paul is able to divert funds contributed by his large base of small contributors to his presidential race back into the House of Representatives campaign. Over the past year, Paul's libertarian-based platform struck the most fiscally conservative note of any of the Republican aspirants, but it also contained an isolationist streak that put him at odds with the party base -- and those foreign policy views are currently the biggest problem for Paul in an extraordinarily conservative district.
Sadly, I think Ron Paul's day in Congress are numbered.
[9:39pm] Rep. Walter Jones, another anti-war Republican, may be in trouble in his primary as well.
Comments
Good riddance to bad rubbish. I hope all the cut and run traitors get beat.
Posted by: RA | February 13, 2008 03:38 PM
Traitor? He is not a traitor by any means. Ron Paul is no less a patriot that you or any other liberty loving American.
Posted by: Jason | February 13, 2008 04:04 PM
Ron Paul = nut
I'm glad to see a real Republican who understands national security has a good chance to beat him.
Posted by: db3300 | February 13, 2008 09:44 PM
haha Ron Paul is a traitor? You know according to the FEC Ron Paul gets more military donations than all other candidates (Democrat and Republican) COMBINED.
You also know he gets 3 times more military donations than McCain right?
Ron Paul is the real Republican, that's why so many Republican veterans support him.
He's not a nut, he's very smart and was named one of the 50 most of effective Congressmen...
Posted by: itsnobody | February 13, 2008 11:34 PM
Man if he drops out that's the end of America ....It will surly be a communist one world order neocon night mere.... My fellow American rednecks its time to bear arms and take it back the old fashion way, beer blood and guts, but weight! If bush boms Iran he might declare a national emergence for the USA and declare marshal law then we can break out the big guns boys....
Posted by: Freedom is fun | June 13, 2008 07:42 AM