sailingaway
06-18-2011, 02:08 PM
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=44290
You should read it, both to raise it in google search for people researching him after his SRLC win, and because the next part after this is about the IMF, but here's part:
In an exclusive interview with us at the Hilton Hotel shortly before he addressed the SRLC on Friday afternoon, the Texas congressman said that there were several recent developments in recent issues--notably spending and the debt--he feels were making his bid for the Republican nomination for President this year stronger than his last in '08 (Paul also ran as the Libertarian nominee for President back in 1988).
Paul also pointed to what he called the "Bush-Obama policy" of military obligations abroad as a key reason his support is growing within the Republican Party.
"Basically, Barack Obama is continuing the George W. Bush policy of strong U.S. involvement overseas," he said, citing the Administration's maintaining a U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and its involvement in the move to overthrow Libyan strongman Muhammar Khadaffy (which Paul pointed to as "the latest example of a blatant violation of the War Powers Act"). "The anti-war movement is a little more annoyed with Obama, because they expected more from him. Wars abroad are expanding and the budget here is out of control. But you can't blame all of these things on Obama alone. Many of those problems were accelerated under Bush."
Paul's claim of greater political strength in this campaign was backed by figures cited by campaign operative Jesse Benton. Where Paul has almost had an exclusively "outsider" campaign with next to no backing from party leaders or elected officials, Benton noted that this year, "Ron is backed by three state legislators in Iowa and three members of the state's Republican Central Committee. We have 23 state representatives in New Hampshire in our corner and expect to have the backing of 30 before long."
Benton also pointed out that the major tea party groups in South Carolina are bastions of Paul support and that his man won a recent straw poll of Tea Party activists in Greenville.
Paul has about 40,000 contributors so far and expects to surpass the 180,000 number of contributors who raised about $35 million for his '08 campaign, Benton added. He pointed out that "as always, we operate the campaign completely in the black and never spend money we don't have. That's the way Ron handles everything he's involved in."
You should read it, both to raise it in google search for people researching him after his SRLC win, and because the next part after this is about the IMF, but here's part:
In an exclusive interview with us at the Hilton Hotel shortly before he addressed the SRLC on Friday afternoon, the Texas congressman said that there were several recent developments in recent issues--notably spending and the debt--he feels were making his bid for the Republican nomination for President this year stronger than his last in '08 (Paul also ran as the Libertarian nominee for President back in 1988).
Paul also pointed to what he called the "Bush-Obama policy" of military obligations abroad as a key reason his support is growing within the Republican Party.
"Basically, Barack Obama is continuing the George W. Bush policy of strong U.S. involvement overseas," he said, citing the Administration's maintaining a U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and its involvement in the move to overthrow Libyan strongman Muhammar Khadaffy (which Paul pointed to as "the latest example of a blatant violation of the War Powers Act"). "The anti-war movement is a little more annoyed with Obama, because they expected more from him. Wars abroad are expanding and the budget here is out of control. But you can't blame all of these things on Obama alone. Many of those problems were accelerated under Bush."
Paul's claim of greater political strength in this campaign was backed by figures cited by campaign operative Jesse Benton. Where Paul has almost had an exclusively "outsider" campaign with next to no backing from party leaders or elected officials, Benton noted that this year, "Ron is backed by three state legislators in Iowa and three members of the state's Republican Central Committee. We have 23 state representatives in New Hampshire in our corner and expect to have the backing of 30 before long."
Benton also pointed out that the major tea party groups in South Carolina are bastions of Paul support and that his man won a recent straw poll of Tea Party activists in Greenville.
Paul has about 40,000 contributors so far and expects to surpass the 180,000 number of contributors who raised about $35 million for his '08 campaign, Benton added. He pointed out that "as always, we operate the campaign completely in the black and never spend money we don't have. That's the way Ron handles everything he's involved in."