The longer AP: Once viewed as a fringe player, Ron Paul’s presidential bid shaping 2012 Wh

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Once viewed as a fringe player, Ron Paul’s presidential bid shaping 2012 White House race

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/once-viewed-as-a-fringe-player-ron-pauls-presidential-bid-shaping-2012-white-house-race/2011/08/14/gIQAbAUbFJ_story.html

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We're not there yet - the Sunday talk shows this morning is a good indication - but Ron Paul is making an impact and has become a force which can no longer be ignored. This is a good article. There are three televised debates in September and a forth, lesser debate. By October R.P. and his non-interventionist foreign policy position, and the impact he is having on changes within the Republican Party, could well become the dominant political story for the last quarter of the year.