Iowa straw poll reveals frontrunners, mixed field in GOP primary

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http://www.dailyillini.com/index.php/article/2011/08/iowa_straw_poll_reveals_frontrunners_mixed_field_i n_gop_primary

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Anybody currently at the University of Illinois right now? The Illinois Straw Poll is on Nov 5.

Fyi, Champaign is in Representative Tim Johnson's district 15 in Illinois. He seems to be liberty friendly at least on votes on debt ceiling and Libya.

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He's more liberty friendly than I originally thought!

Tim Johnson on the Redistricting Map, the Debt Ceiling, Ron Paul, and More
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/August-2011/Tim-Johnson-on-the-Redistricting-Map-the-Debt-Ceiling-Ron-Paul-and-More/


CF: Whom are you supporting in the race for Republican presidential nomination?
TJ: I’m still looking at al the candidates. I’m a close personal friend of Ron Paul, and I have a huge amount of respect for him. Ron Paul is the most principled man—or woman—who has ever run for office in America in my political lifetime. He is committed to a set of principles; he doesn’t deviate from those principles. His personal ethics are of the highest nature. Nobody has asked me to endorse them yet.

CF: I think Ron Paul is a mystery to many Americans. What’s he like? Do you go out to dinner with him and just talk?
TJ: Sure. He’s interesting, funny, extraordinarily bright, engaging—a fine human being. He’s a real workout fanatic. He’s in terrific shape. He’s the kind of guy who, if you tell him what you’re interested in, he probably knows something about it. He’s got an eclectic knowledge, and he’s able to talk about anything from sports to medicine—and everything in between.

He also talks about not raising the debt ceiling and getting out of the 6 wars.