Yahoo article "A Ron Paul Moment": on recent polling numbers

[runningdiz]

When it was announced last Sunday that Rep. Ron Paul had lost the presidential straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, many of his supporters were either livid or kicking themselves. On the Campaign for Liberty blog, Matt Collins wrote that Wilson-Research Strategies, the firm that conducted the poll, should be made to answer certain questions if it is "interested in retaining an aura of integrity, transparency, and credibility" in the future. Other Paulistas noted that several dozen supporters got to New Orleans just a little too late to have their ballots counted.

Rest of article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20100419/cm_rcp/a_ron_paul_moment

Our own Matt Collins is quoted in the article....

[parocks]

"In many respects, it was Ron Paul's last presidential run that got this party started."

Here's a bit of msm supporting the argument that the tea party was started by Ron Paul.

[Don't Tread on Mike]

Yea, that was just a dirty play by the GOP.

[Brian Defferding]

RealClearPolitics is neo-conservative leaning, I doubt they would be ready to give Ron Paul much credit for being popular beyond the Tea Party movement.

However, three years ago, RealClearPolitics never gave Ron Paul for being popular at ALL. So this begrudging credit illustrates a lot more than what it appears on the surface.

[Akus]

While Republicans still don't agree with him on Iraq and isolationism....


that damn Isolationism word again :mad: