The Arena and all its pundits take on Ron Paul

[Perry]

Now that Rep. Ron Paul is a top-tier candidate (http://ti.me/uqMhTR) in Iowa rivals are likely to gang up. They may target the Texan’s associations (http://bit.ly/8yF964) with unsavory characters, or a sometimes less-than-pure libertarian stance on congressional earmarks (http://lat.ms/3qVvNc). Middle East politics could also complicate Paul’s presidential bid – he once likened Israel’s defensive blockade (http://bit.ly/bZyybG) of Hamas-ruled Gaza to “a concentration camp.”
Can Ron Paul take a punch?



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All the pundits put forth opinions at once. This is the starting gun folks. Television media scrutiny will follow. Prepare yourselves.

[2young2vote]

Haha, look at all those "experts." Spewing talking points doesn't make you smart. Someone on there even called him "the Flavor of the Month!" in Iowa ahahahah :rolleyes:. Ron has, over the course of several months, slowly gone up in the polls in Iowa. He didn't go from single digits to 30%+ in 2 weeks like Gingrich THAT IS WHAT A FLAVOR OF THE MONTH DOES! Dang, these people really make me upset.

Gingrich does good in one poll and he is suddenly the frontrunner (and because he is now the "frontrunner" he is being talked about more in the media which results in even more good polls). But if Ron does good in a poll he is still unelectable and has hit a ceiling and is too isolationist for the country and is a wacko.

[Created4]

The comments are for the most part very pro-Paul. We might be surprised guys. How many are out there that have secretly liked Ron Paul but didn't have the nerve to say so out of fear of being labeled an extremist on certain issues? If his support continues to go up, all those fears will wilt away, and we might see a lot of "closet supporters" come out into the open because they no longer have anything to lose.

[Athan]

email bomb time.

[specsaregood]

this was nice to find:


Jeffrey C. Stewart
Professor of Black Studies at University of California at Santa Barbara :

To me, Ron Paul is the only original thinker in the Republican presidential campaign. The question for me is not whether he can take a punch, but this: why hasn't the tea party fully embraced him rather than playing footsie with mental charlatans like Cain, Perry, and Gingrich? The answer is this: most Republicans see him as unelectable.

Perhaps Paul will wilt; but I don't think so. The key is whether Gingrich can survive all the way through. If he stumbles, Paul has a chance. At least Paul stands for something-the radical reduction of government. What does Gingrich stand for? After umpteen debates, I have yet to come away with a clear idea of what he would do as president. We know what Paul would do.