bobbyw24
08-18-2011, 07:47 PM
While other candidates are dominating headlines in the Republican presidential campaign, Ron Paul is quietly commanding a campaign that’s showing a level of maturity in fundraising and performance that was lacking four years ago.
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The 12-term congressman from Texas has raised nearly double the amount of campaign cash he had at this point in 2007, and in his second-place showing in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll, he garnered nearly four times the support he had last time, falling just shy of knocking off Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota in her own backyard.
Overall, some supporters say that Mr. Paul has already won by forcing several of the top-tier GOP contenders to move closer to him on the issues. But this time around, the 75-year-old also is doing a much better job of turning those issues into a credible bid for the country’s top office.
“We have a lot more supporters and a lot more organization,” Mr. Paul said in a recent interview with The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/18/second-times-the-charm-as-paul-learns-from-08-bid/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
http://media.washtimes.com/media/image/2011/08/18/20110818-210151-pic-694697076_s640x433.jpg?5bb4e468b23a5201bbf492f7db3 ad817f4ac6036
The 12-term congressman from Texas has raised nearly double the amount of campaign cash he had at this point in 2007, and in his second-place showing in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll, he garnered nearly four times the support he had last time, falling just shy of knocking off Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota in her own backyard.
Overall, some supporters say that Mr. Paul has already won by forcing several of the top-tier GOP contenders to move closer to him on the issues. But this time around, the 75-year-old also is doing a much better job of turning those issues into a credible bid for the country’s top office.
“We have a lot more supporters and a lot more organization,” Mr. Paul said in a recent interview with The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/18/second-times-the-charm-as-paul-learns-from-08-bid/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS