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07-02-2011, 12:02 PM
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The race for the Republican presidential nomination is on, with Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich among the candidates vying for the chance to unseat the Democratic incumbent, President Barack Obama.
Most polls so far have Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, as the front-runner to get the nod from the GOP, but Ron Paul's supporters are fervent, and Sarah Palin, who has yet to announce whether she'll be in the mix, has the potential to throw the whole race into disarray if she throws her hat into the ring.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11160767/1/2012-presidential-election-field-photo-gallery.html
Ron's entry:
Rep. Ron Paul (R., Texas) decided to break into the race on May 13, announcing his candidacy on ABC's "Good Morning America."
"Time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I've been saying for 30 years, so I think the time is right," Paul said at the time.
Paul is no newcomer to presidential elections. He finished third for the popular vote in 1988 on the Libertarian Party ticket, and he tried for the 2008 Republican nomination without any luck. He has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1979. Paul received his M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine and was a practicing OB/GYN.
Paul's campaign reported that it earned $4.5 million in contributions for the second quarter of 2011, which ended on June 30.
Recently Paul made headlines by proposing a bill to audit the federal government's gold holdings.
"No one from Congress has been allowed to view the gold at Fort Knox in nearly 40 years," Paul said in his opening statement during a hearing on the bill on June 23.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The race for the Republican presidential nomination is on, with Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich among the candidates vying for the chance to unseat the Democratic incumbent, President Barack Obama.
Most polls so far have Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, as the front-runner to get the nod from the GOP, but Ron Paul's supporters are fervent, and Sarah Palin, who has yet to announce whether she'll be in the mix, has the potential to throw the whole race into disarray if she throws her hat into the ring.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11160767/1/2012-presidential-election-field-photo-gallery.html
Ron's entry:
Rep. Ron Paul (R., Texas) decided to break into the race on May 13, announcing his candidacy on ABC's "Good Morning America."
"Time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I've been saying for 30 years, so I think the time is right," Paul said at the time.
Paul is no newcomer to presidential elections. He finished third for the popular vote in 1988 on the Libertarian Party ticket, and he tried for the 2008 Republican nomination without any luck. He has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1979. Paul received his M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine and was a practicing OB/GYN.
Paul's campaign reported that it earned $4.5 million in contributions for the second quarter of 2011, which ended on June 30.
Recently Paul made headlines by proposing a bill to audit the federal government's gold holdings.
"No one from Congress has been allowed to view the gold at Fort Knox in nearly 40 years," Paul said in his opening statement during a hearing on the bill on June 23.