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	<title>Comments on: The Most Important Question Ron Paul Supporters Have To Ask Themselves</title>
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		<title>By: Nunya Business</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nunya Business</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s obvious that anyone attempting to push Paul into a Third party run is doing so as an act of desperation. 

I love the statement in the article citing Pauls winning is getting less likely with each passing week. It must be backwards day because I know he meant to say Pauls winning is getting more and more likely with each passing week. Remember, all along now they&#039;ve been telling us Paul can&#039;t win. If that&#039;s the case, then why are they so concerned about him running third party so he can improve his chances. What a joke.

As usual, either Lead, follow, or get out of the way!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s obvious that anyone attempting to push Paul into a Third party run is doing so as an act of desperation. </p>
<p>I love the statement in the article citing Pauls winning is getting less likely with each passing week. It must be backwards day because I know he meant to say Pauls winning is getting more and more likely with each passing week. Remember, all along now they&#8217;ve been telling us Paul can&#8217;t win. If that&#8217;s the case, then why are they so concerned about him running third party so he can improve his chances. What a joke.</p>
<p>As usual, either Lead, follow, or get out of the way!</p>
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		<title>By: Jeanette Doney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeanette Doney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would like to see Ron Paul persue an Independent run rather than a third party if he does not win the GOP nomination, which he could win (because his campaign is the best thing that happened to the GOP pumping it full of new blood and money) because the issues which Ron Paul is standing must remain on the front lines and be reconned with politically.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to see Ron Paul persue an Independent run rather than a third party if he does not win the GOP nomination, which he could win (because his campaign is the best thing that happened to the GOP pumping it full of new blood and money) because the issues which Ron Paul is standing must remain on the front lines and be reconned with politically.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The fragmentation of the other GOP candidates helps Paul&#039;s chances.  We all know that almost 100% of the &quot;polled&quot; RP supporters in the Republican Party will vote in the primaries.  If Paul gets to 10% in the polls, that is a large number of votes.  Add to that his swarm of people who aren&#039;t in most of these polls- new voters, libertarians, some democrats.  Then add to that the fact that voter turnout for the other 7 &quot;fragmented&quot; candidates is around 10-15% and the Republican Party has a problem on it&#039;s hands and they know it!  The best strategy of the Republican Party is to consolidate their fragmented votes around one true front-runner.  It seems like they are seeing Huckleberry as their man.  Unfortunately, I think there is a snowball&#039;s chance that the other personalities will submit to such sacrifice.  Go Ron Paul.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The fragmentation of the other GOP candidates helps Paul&#8217;s chances.  We all know that almost 100% of the &#8220;polled&#8221; RP supporters in the Republican Party will vote in the primaries.  If Paul gets to 10% in the polls, that is a large number of votes.  Add to that his swarm of people who aren&#8217;t in most of these polls- new voters, libertarians, some democrats.  Then add to that the fact that voter turnout for the other 7 &#8220;fragmented&#8221; candidates is around 10-15% and the Republican Party has a problem on it&#8217;s hands and they know it!  The best strategy of the Republican Party is to consolidate their fragmented votes around one true front-runner.  It seems like they are seeing Huckleberry as their man.  Unfortunately, I think there is a snowball&#8217;s chance that the other personalities will submit to such sacrifice.  Go Ron Paul.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The average republican is just as frustrated with this war than everyone else. 
Part of the reason the Dems won the last election was America wanted to send the message that they are sick of sending their family and Money off to and endless civil war in the middle east.  Ron Paul will fair better in the primary&#039;s than most people think, once people start dropping out of the race he will pick up more support. 

Also, the belief that the money Ron Paul has raised is inconsequential, ignores entirely how a free market economy works, Capital flows to the most productive asset, i.e Ron Paul.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The average republican is just as frustrated with this war than everyone else.<br />
Part of the reason the Dems won the last election was America wanted to send the message that they are sick of sending their family and Money off to and endless civil war in the middle east.  Ron Paul will fair better in the primary&#8217;s than most people think, once people start dropping out of the race he will pick up more support. </p>
<p>Also, the belief that the money Ron Paul has raised is inconsequential, ignores entirely how a free market economy works, Capital flows to the most productive asset, i.e Ron Paul.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Davidson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Davidson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A fragmented field certainly helps Ron Paul.  Indeed, it helps any candidate who isn&#039;t one of the top two.  Running as a Libertarian didn&#039;t work in 1988, and it won&#039;t work for him, now.

The perception people have of &quot;likely Republican primary voters&quot; is based on the very few who came out in 2004 to vote in the primaries, either for or against Bush.  The polls you read about what a &quot;likely Republican primary voter&quot; is like are based on interviews of such people.  And they are not the entire party.  Nor are the primaries all closed - many are open to cross-over voters.

Finally, who cares?  Who cares who is in the debates next October? If Ron Paul has to give up his integrity to become president, what good would he be?  Dr. Paul is committed to run as a Republican.  His supporters are committed, to the tune of nearly $20M already this year, to help him win that nomination.

Poll numbers?  There is only one poll that counts between now and January 4th, and that is the result of the caucuses in Iowa on January 3rd.  Huckabee?  C&#039;mon.  He was so intimidated by our fundraising, he shut down his live publication of his fundraising numbers.  Chicken.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A fragmented field certainly helps Ron Paul.  Indeed, it helps any candidate who isn&#8217;t one of the top two.  Running as a Libertarian didn&#8217;t work in 1988, and it won&#8217;t work for him, now.</p>
<p>The perception people have of &#8220;likely Republican primary voters&#8221; is based on the very few who came out in 2004 to vote in the primaries, either for or against Bush.  The polls you read about what a &#8220;likely Republican primary voter&#8221; is like are based on interviews of such people.  And they are not the entire party.  Nor are the primaries all closed &#8211; many are open to cross-over voters.</p>
<p>Finally, who cares?  Who cares who is in the debates next October? If Ron Paul has to give up his integrity to become president, what good would he be?  Dr. Paul is committed to run as a Republican.  His supporters are committed, to the tune of nearly $20M already this year, to help him win that nomination.</p>
<p>Poll numbers?  There is only one poll that counts between now and January 4th, and that is the result of the caucuses in Iowa on January 3rd.  Huckabee?  C&#8217;mon.  He was so intimidated by our fundraising, he shut down his live publication of his fundraising numbers.  Chicken.</p>
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		<title>By: Sonja</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sonja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dont by the hype and lets not be defeatist. We have many chances yet. Bush could attack Iran or the dollar could tank, or both. Otherwise , I dont really believe the polls. Im 46 and have never been p[olled in life, its a FAKE way of running elections. We have to stay strong for now. At least until Feb 5th or so, ok?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dont by the hype and lets not be defeatist. We have many chances yet. Bush could attack Iran or the dollar could tank, or both. Otherwise , I dont really believe the polls. Im 46 and have never been p[olled in life, its a FAKE way of running elections. We have to stay strong for now. At least until Feb 5th or so, ok?</p>
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		<title>By: Mr. A</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr. A</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with many of your points. Including the idea that he run as a 3rd party candidate if he doesn&#039;t win the GOP nomination. However, we all know Hilary will get the nod from Dems and I don&#039;t feel there is a candidate besides Congressman Paul that can win against her. Approximztely 70% of the American public oppose the war. If the GOP gave Congressman Paul the nod, how much of that 70% of the public who want the troops home do you think the Texas Congressman will recieve votes from? Most voters know that many of his ideals must pass through the legislature so I don&#039;t think they believe in all the hype about eliminating all the beaurocracies. If republicans can use some logic here they would find Ron Paul is the only chance we have to beat Clinton. You also must admit that his honesty and integrity are unquestionable and quite appealing in a group of candidates who have all been know to say one thing, and do the opposite.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with many of your points. Including the idea that he run as a 3rd party candidate if he doesn&#8217;t win the GOP nomination. However, we all know Hilary will get the nod from Dems and I don&#8217;t feel there is a candidate besides Congressman Paul that can win against her. Approximztely 70% of the American public oppose the war. If the GOP gave Congressman Paul the nod, how much of that 70% of the public who want the troops home do you think the Texas Congressman will recieve votes from? Most voters know that many of his ideals must pass through the legislature so I don&#8217;t think they believe in all the hype about eliminating all the beaurocracies. If republicans can use some logic here they would find Ron Paul is the only chance we have to beat Clinton. You also must admit that his honesty and integrity are unquestionable and quite appealing in a group of candidates who have all been know to say one thing, and do the opposite.</p>
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		<title>By: Truth Be Told</title>
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		<dc:creator>Truth Be Told</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron PAul will win the nomination.  We will get the message out and get the people to show up at the polls. 

Ron PAul can win.  I haven&#039;t heard a fat lady singing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron PAul will win the nomination.  We will get the message out and get the people to show up at the polls. </p>
<p>Ron PAul can win.  I haven&#8217;t heard a fat lady singing.</p>
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		<title>By: Larry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How many times? He does not have to go third party. If he loses the nomination and he probably will, he will most assuredly retain his congressional seat for which he is also running. You do not seem to understand that we the Paulites may swarm somewhat in unison but we have different motivations. Some are motivate by the war, some are motivated by economics, some by conspiracies, white supremecy or whatever. And some of us are still Goldwater, Taft or Buchanan style libertarian/conservatives who have been forgotten by our party. Ron Paul is our opportunity to tell our party that we will no longer be ignored just as the Christian Right used Pat Robertson. Include us or continue to lose. 

Some believe America is ready for a viable third party but America votes in two-party terms. The best Perot did was 19% of the popular vote which is useless when considering the electoral college. Ron Paul probably won&#039;t win the presidency but he will to steer the Republican party back to its old-school conservative roots and force both parties to start taking libertarians more seriously. 

And remember if he doesn&#039;t win the nomination, we can always still write him in which is what I suggest to all of my fellow supporters. His loss will be our loss so crew the primaries and the conventions. Nothing will send a message to the establishment like a strong showing for a write in candidate as a protest vote. Especially to the Republican candidate that loses because of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many times? He does not have to go third party. If he loses the nomination and he probably will, he will most assuredly retain his congressional seat for which he is also running. You do not seem to understand that we the Paulites may swarm somewhat in unison but we have different motivations. Some are motivate by the war, some are motivated by economics, some by conspiracies, white supremecy or whatever. And some of us are still Goldwater, Taft or Buchanan style libertarian/conservatives who have been forgotten by our party. Ron Paul is our opportunity to tell our party that we will no longer be ignored just as the Christian Right used Pat Robertson. Include us or continue to lose. </p>
<p>Some believe America is ready for a viable third party but America votes in two-party terms. The best Perot did was 19% of the popular vote which is useless when considering the electoral college. Ron Paul probably won&#8217;t win the presidency but he will to steer the Republican party back to its old-school conservative roots and force both parties to start taking libertarians more seriously. </p>
<p>And remember if he doesn&#8217;t win the nomination, we can always still write him in which is what I suggest to all of my fellow supporters. His loss will be our loss so crew the primaries and the conventions. Nothing will send a message to the establishment like a strong showing for a write in candidate as a protest vote. Especially to the Republican candidate that loses because of it.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Waddell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Waddell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Donkle, you have been on this 3rd party thing for so long now, I can&#039;t believe you STILL don&#039;t get it.

The polls don&#039;t matter.  On primary/caucus day, thousands of people who have never voted Republican are going to SHOW UP.  Even in IA, where polls show RP behind by so much, he only needs 30,000 extra votes to win.

Wait and see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donkle, you have been on this 3rd party thing for so long now, I can&#8217;t believe you STILL don&#8217;t get it.</p>
<p>The polls don&#8217;t matter.  On primary/caucus day, thousands of people who have never voted Republican are going to SHOW UP.  Even in IA, where polls show RP behind by so much, he only needs 30,000 extra votes to win.</p>
<p>Wait and see.</p>
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		<title>By: Hyrum</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hyrum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The first two comments said it all. Dr. Paul&#039;s chances are better then ever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first two comments said it all. Dr. Paul&#8217;s chances are better then ever.</p>
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		<title>By: Rod</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Justin,

Good questions, but after being active in Libertarian campaigns for many, many years, I can tell you that paul is speaking from experience of getting on enough ballots, getting in the debates (almost impossible), and the fact that many states have enacted &quot;sore loser laws&quot; that help prevent such candidacies ...not to mention money far in excess of what he has been so fortunate with short term.

Secondly, his supporters are right ... we need more debates and more mud slinging, dirty deeds, and name calling ... more that the last You Tube debate. Two things happen with this #1. It turns voter off and less turn out who are looking at the MSM offered candidates. #2. Our voters will turn out with a much higher and focused percentage. I would wager if Frank Luntz (F$#@ U Frank) did a poll that measured the intesity of the Paul vote Vs. &quot;the others&quot; it wouldn&#039;t even be close. Add a big snowstorm even better. Traditionally, there is a VERY low turnout for primaries anyway, add a lot of mud and yawn candidates even less.

Barring a huge screw up by Paul, and if all others split the vote as they are now with 12-20% poll numbers, LOOKOUT.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin,</p>
<p>Good questions, but after being active in Libertarian campaigns for many, many years, I can tell you that paul is speaking from experience of getting on enough ballots, getting in the debates (almost impossible), and the fact that many states have enacted &#8220;sore loser laws&#8221; that help prevent such candidacies &#8230;not to mention money far in excess of what he has been so fortunate with short term.</p>
<p>Secondly, his supporters are right &#8230; we need more debates and more mud slinging, dirty deeds, and name calling &#8230; more that the last You Tube debate. Two things happen with this #1. It turns voter off and less turn out who are looking at the MSM offered candidates. #2. Our voters will turn out with a much higher and focused percentage. I would wager if Frank Luntz (F$#@ U Frank) did a poll that measured the intesity of the Paul vote Vs. &#8220;the others&#8221; it wouldn&#8217;t even be close. Add a big snowstorm even better. Traditionally, there is a VERY low turnout for primaries anyway, add a lot of mud and yawn candidates even less.</p>
<p>Barring a huge screw up by Paul, and if all others split the vote as they are now with 12-20% poll numbers, LOOKOUT.</p>
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		<title>By: Julian Morrison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Julian Morrison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No, lets *not* assume we&#039;ll lose. Your question is premature and nonsensical.</description>
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		<title>By: Degan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Degan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paul is going to run as a third party candidate.  Do you know how excited he is that the ideas of liberty have received such a great response.  Ron Paul has dedicated his life to free markets and liberty.  The only person happier for his success than most of his supporters is Dr Paul.  His teachers, Ludwig Von Mises, F. Hayek and to a lesser extent Murray Rothbard and many others only dreamed of the opportunity Dr. Paul now has.  Beleive me he will not let it pass by.  Dr. Paul will go down as one of the most important men in Libertarian movement history.  He has begun bringing Libertarianism to the mainstream.  I believe with all my heart that the only political philosophy that can succeed and sustain itself is libertarianism. Interventionism inevitably leads to more and more interventions until you get to the point where everybody can&#039;t live off of everybody else (Bastiats idea).  Read Mises and be smart and happy...  sorry for my rambling</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paul is going to run as a third party candidate.  Do you know how excited he is that the ideas of liberty have received such a great response.  Ron Paul has dedicated his life to free markets and liberty.  The only person happier for his success than most of his supporters is Dr Paul.  His teachers, Ludwig Von Mises, F. Hayek and to a lesser extent Murray Rothbard and many others only dreamed of the opportunity Dr. Paul now has.  Beleive me he will not let it pass by.  Dr. Paul will go down as one of the most important men in Libertarian movement history.  He has begun bringing Libertarianism to the mainstream.  I believe with all my heart that the only political philosophy that can succeed and sustain itself is libertarianism. Interventionism inevitably leads to more and more interventions until you get to the point where everybody can&#8217;t live off of everybody else (Bastiats idea).  Read Mises and be smart and happy&#8230;  sorry for my rambling</p>
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		<title>By: Jive Dadson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jive Dadson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>B. Young, the capacity of that auditorium is 880, and there did not appear to be any empty seats.  For 11:30PM on a week night, pretty impressive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>B. Young, the capacity of that auditorium is 880, and there did not appear to be any empty seats.  For 11:30PM on a week night, pretty impressive.</p>
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		<title>By: Cleaner44</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cleaner44</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Running as a 3rd party candidate won&#039;t be needed. Does anyone see any other candidate with the level of support that Ron Paul has?

Ron Paul can no longer be labeled a &quot;long shot&quot; candidate as he absolutely dominates in the Straw Polls, Debate Polls, Fund Raising, Web Traffic and Grass Roots Networking and is clearly a &quot;top tier&quot; candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination.  I have gathered the evidence to support this statement.

Please visit www.thecaseforronpaul.com and judge for yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Running as a 3rd party candidate won&#8217;t be needed. Does anyone see any other candidate with the level of support that Ron Paul has?</p>
<p>Ron Paul can no longer be labeled a &#8220;long shot&#8221; candidate as he absolutely dominates in the Straw Polls, Debate Polls, Fund Raising, Web Traffic and Grass Roots Networking and is clearly a &#8220;top tier&#8221; candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination.  I have gathered the evidence to support this statement.</p>
<p>Please visit <a href="http://www.thecaseforronpaul.com" >http://www.thecaseforronpaul.com</a> and judge for yourself.</p>
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		<title>By: Jive Dadson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jive Dadson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Highwaytoserfdom, you are right about the economy being the big issue.  I had the opportunity and honor to express that opinion to Ron Paul  a couple of months aog.  He assured those present that he spoke about the economy and monetary policy at every occasion. 

 The Powers that Be are naturally trying to hide the economic mess this country is in.  A few weeks ago, new banking rules that would have forced banks and brokers to come clean about their subprime and other &quot;level three assets&quot; were postponed until after the election.  The new rules had been planned for a long time.  That should have been front page news. Did you hear about it?  As usual, it is up to us to bring these issues before the people. The MSM will not. Talk to people every day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Highwaytoserfdom, you are right about the economy being the big issue.  I had the opportunity and honor to express that opinion to Ron Paul  a couple of months aog.  He assured those present that he spoke about the economy and monetary policy at every occasion. </p>
<p> The Powers that Be are naturally trying to hide the economic mess this country is in.  A few weeks ago, new banking rules that would have forced banks and brokers to come clean about their subprime and other &#8220;level three assets&#8221; were postponed until after the election.  The new rules had been planned for a long time.  That should have been front page news. Did you hear about it?  As usual, it is up to us to bring these issues before the people. The MSM will not. Talk to people every day.</p>
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		<title>By: Jive Dadson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jive Dadson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The most important question a Ron Paul supporter can ask himself is, what can I do to help win the nomination?  The answer is, become a GOP state delegate.  First subscribe for updates at RonPaul2008.com, donate as much as you can, and join a meetup group through ronpaul.meetup.com.  Then start working to become a delegate in your state.

I have heard enough of this third party talk.  Generally it comes from opponents who are looking for a sneakier way to say, &quot;That&#039;s not going to happen.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The most important question a Ron Paul supporter can ask himself is, what can I do to help win the nomination?  The answer is, become a GOP state delegate.  First subscribe for updates at RonPaul2008.com, donate as much as you can, and join a meetup group through ronpaul.meetup.com.  Then start working to become a delegate in your state.</p>
<p>I have heard enough of this third party talk.  Generally it comes from opponents who are looking for a sneakier way to say, &#8220;That&#8217;s not going to happen.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Highwaytoserfdom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Highwaytoserfdom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The issue will be the economy. In my mind the Citi bank issue for both party mainstream media will be an issue. The major corporate corruption issues in all likely hood will be miss reported by the four corporations on mass media. Now the question is will the information age catch the media? It really depends on market reactions.. IMO The Economist will break the news and the on in real power here is Bloomberg.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The issue will be the economy. In my mind the Citi bank issue for both party mainstream media will be an issue. The major corporate corruption issues in all likely hood will be miss reported by the four corporations on mass media. Now the question is will the information age catch the media? It really depends on market reactions.. IMO The Economist will break the news and the on in real power here is Bloomberg.</p>
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		<title>By: Immigrant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Immigrant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do not let the mainstream news fool you. Ron Paul has the most support out of all the Republicans. Even moreso than Huckabee. He is the traditional conservative and that is what people want, not this new global welfarism that the liberals Romney,Giuliani support.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do not let the mainstream news fool you. Ron Paul has the most support out of all the Republicans. Even moreso than Huckabee. He is the traditional conservative and that is what people want, not this new global welfarism that the liberals Romney,Giuliani support.</p>
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