Bloomberg: Ron Paul Loyalists Stepping Up to Fill Campaign Agenda

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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-26/ron-paul-loyalists-stepping-up-to-fill-campaign-agenda

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Halfway across the country, Tisha Casida, a Colorado independent, says she’ll push to end the drug war and legalize marijuana if she’s elected to the House of Representatives. In Florida, Calen Fretts, a Libertarian seeking to unseat a veteran Republican congressman, promises that if he’s elected he’ll begin working to abolish the U.S. Federal Reserve.

“As people increase the size and scope of government,” Fretts says, “there’s got to be a few of us to resist it.”

These candidates have two things in common: All are long- shots seeking office for the first time. And all were inspired to run by the same man, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its April 30 issue.

After 12 terms in the House, Paul, 76, says he’ll retire at year’s end. Though he insists he can still defeat former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and capture the Republican nomination, his presidential runs have always been about forcing other candidates and the public to pay attention to his libertarian arguments for eliminating most taxes, closing federal agencies, bringing U.S. troops home from overseas, legalizing drugs, outlawing official secrecy, dismantling the Fed, returning to the gold standard, and generally getting the government to get out of the way.
Talking Points

If forcing his philosophy into the mainstream is the benchmark, Paul can claim victory. Listening to his rivals in the Republican debates demand that the Fed be audited and the Departments of Energy and Education be shuttered, it’s clear that many of Paul’s positions, once considered extreme, are now Republican talking points. Paul’s influence outweighs his low poll rankings and back-of-the-pack primary returns.

“Our time has come,” says Paul, tempering the display of optimism. “It’s still going to be a knock-down, dragged-out fight.”

Paul leaves behind a small army of brawlers itching to take up the battle in his name. This election year, at least 65 of his supporters are campaigning for local, state, or national office in 23 states. They join more than a dozen Paul acolytes who won elections in 2010, including Republican Representative Justin Amash of Michigan, who is seeking a second term -- not to mention Paul’s son Rand, who was elected to the Senate as a Republican in Kentucky.
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-26/ron-paul-loyalists-stepping-up-to-fill-campaign-agenda

[jct74]

deserves a bump just for the picture

http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-04-25/pol_ronpaul18__01__630x420.jpg

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Halfway across the country, Tisha Casida, a Colorado independent, says she’ll push to end the drug war and legalize marijuana if she’s elected to the House of Representatives. In Florida, Calen Fretts, a Libertarian seeking to unseat a veteran Republican congressman, promises that if he’s elected he’ll begin working to abolish the U.S. Federal Reserve.


Calen is endorsed by www.libertytakeover2012.com / www.facebook.com/libertytakeover !!!!

[Paul Or Nothing II]

deserves a bump just for the picture

http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-04-25/pol_ronpaul18__01__630x420.jpg

+1 but I'd have liked a better picture of him, he looks kind of "kooky" with his laugh & the head tilted :D

[J_White]

why all these small people around Dr.Paul have white hair ?
are those all Ron Paul heads on different bodies ? LOL !


deserves a bump just for the picture

http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2012-04-25/pol_ronpaul18__01__630x420.jpg