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sailingaway
06-19-2012, 06:12 PM
...and Ron's a 'gadfly' again.... almost enough to make you nostalgic....


Dozens of protesters surrounded the rally site, armed with signs: “Romney for president … of the 1 percent,” “Romney economics means fewer teachers,” and “Corporations are not people.”

There were more colorful forms of criticism as well. The “Romneymobile” — a Cadillac with a toy dog strapped to the roof — circulated through downtown Davenport, and several lines of volunteers held up “Ron Paul” posters as a steady, if thin, stream of visitors arrived.

Ron Paul? Isn’t he out? Well, not in Iowa, where the Libertarian gadfly won 21 of 25 state delegates in the state convention over the weekend.

Iowa’s caucuses — that widely publicized series of town meetings that kicks off every presidential race — gave the win in January first to Romney by eight votes, then, after a recount, to Rick Santorum by 34. On third thought, the Iowa Republican Committee decided that the real winner would never be known.

Well, after Saturday’s convention, it’s clear: The victory goes to Congressman Paul of Texas.

Not that it matters; Romney has enough bound delegates for a first ballot win at the Republican National Convention in Tampa this August, when the media can finally stop saying “presumptive” before the term “Republican presidential nominee.”

In the meantime, Paul’s supporters are not giving up.

“It’s about liberty,” said Chris Rice, a Paul supporter who was coordinating the sign display. “Ron Paul says ‘do what you want as long as you don’t hurt others.’ Obama had people believing he’d end the wars, but he has not, and as for Romney … he wants small government, big prisons.”...

The 500 or so supporters who made it inside were more sympathetic, but not by that much.

“I guess we are Romney supporters,” said one man, hurrying by with his wife. “What else is left?”

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/highway-2012/romney-iowa-davenport-speech-ron-paul-cadillac