WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE: Ron Paul is the Most Anti-War 2008 Candidate

Great article on the continuing momentum of Ron Paul.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118852395739814099.html

Complete GOP Straw Poll Results for Summer 2007

Thanks to redpills.org for these recent straw poll results:

Ron Paul Won First Place
08/21/07 – South Sound, WA       28%
08/18/07 – Tuscaloosa, AL        81%
08/18/07 – Strafford Co., NH     73%
08/14/07 – Gaston Co., NC        37%
07/07/07 – Hopkinton, NH         62%
Ron Paul Won Second Place
07/28/07 – Georgetown Co., SC    18%
07/04/07 – Cobb Co., GA          17%
06/16/07 – Liberty Papers Conf.  17%
06/12/07 – Salt Lake City, UT     5%
Ron Paul Won Third Place
08/18/07 – Tippecanoe Co., IN    12%
08/16/07 – Springfield, IL       19%
08/05/07 – NFRA Conference       14%
07/01/07 – CA Rep. Assembly Cnf. 12%

Straw Poll Specifics

On August 21st the Ronald Reagan Club’s South Sound Republican straw poll showed Ron Paul is favored in Washington!  The results were:

1. Ron Paul (45)         28%
2. Fred Thompson (40)    25%
3. Rudy Giuliani (29)    18%
4. Mike Huckabee (12)     8%
4. Mitt Romney (12)       8%
5. Duncan Hunter (10)     6%
6. Newt Gingrich (8)      5%
7. John McCain (3)        2%
8. Sam Brownback (1)      1%

On August 18th the West Alabama Republican Assembly sponsored a straw poll at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The campaigns of Romney, Giuliani, Thompson, and Paul had representatives who gave speeches regarding their candidate.  When the dust settled, Ron Paul came in first place!

Results of U. of Alabama straw poll (votes):

1. Ron Paul (216)          81%
2. Mitt Romney (14)         5%
   Other candidates (36)   14%

Another straw poll was held on August 18th by the Strafford County Republican Committee in New Hampshire. In addition to Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee and Tom Tancredo attended.  When the votes were counted, Ron Paul walked away with 73% of the votes for first place!

Results of Stafford Co. New Hampshire straw poll:

1. Ron Paul (208)         73%
2. Mitt Romney (26)        9%
3. Mike Huckabee (20)      7%
4. Tom Tancredo (8)        3%   
   Other candidates (24)   8%

The results of the straw poll conducted by Tippecanoe County Republicans of Indiana on August 18th were:

1. Mitt Romney      26.8%
1. Fred Thompson    26.8%
2. Rudy Giuliani    14.5%
3. Mike Huckabee    11.7%
3. Ron Paul         11.7%
4. John McCain       3.9%
5. Sam Brownback     2.2%
6. Duncan Hunter     1.1%
7. Tom Tancredo      1.1%

The final poll results from the llinois straw poll conducted August 16th at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, were:

1. Mitt Romney     40.35%
2. Fred Thompson   19.96%
3. Ron Paul        18.87%
4. Rudy Giuliani   11.61%
5. John McCain      4.12%
6. Mike Huckabee    3.04%
7. Sam Brownback    1.08%
8. Duncan Hunter     .65%
9. Tom Tancredo      .33%

The Republican Party of Gaston County, North Carolina, conducted their straw at their GOP meeting and barbecue at Alfred aand Charlie’s BBQ House on August 14th.  The results of that straw poll were:

1. Ron Paul        36.6%
2. Fred Thompson   31.7%
3. Mike Huckabee    9.8%
4. Newt Gingrich    7.3%
5. Mitt Romney      7.3%
6. Rudy Giuliani    4.9%
7. John McCain      2.4%

The Ames, Iowa straw poll was conducted August 11th.  The results were:

1. Mitt Romney (4516)     31.6%
2. Mike Huckabee (2587)   18.1%
3. Sam Brownback (2192)   15.3%
4. Tom Tancredo (1961)    13.7%
5. Ron Paul (1305)         9.1%
6. Tommy Thompson (1009)   7.3%
7. Fred Thompson (231)     1.6%
8. Rudy Giuliani (183)     1.3%
9. Duncan Hunter 174)      1.2%
10. John McCain (101)       0.7%
11. John Cox (41)           0.1% 

The 2007 National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) Convention was held in St. Louis, Missouri with 250 people in attendance.  The results of their August 5th straw poll were:

1. Fred Thompson   33%
2. Mitt Romney     15%
3. Ron Paul        14%
4. Duncan Hunter   11%
5. Tom Tancredo    11%
6. John Cox         6%
7. Newt Gingrich    3%
8. Mike Huckabee    3%
9. Rudy Giuliani    2%
10. Sam Brownback    2%

The Georgetown County Republican Party of South Carolina held its presidential straw poll on July 28th with 223 votes cast.  The results of the poll were:

1. Fred Thompson (102)   46%
2. Ron Paul (40)         18%
3. Mitt Romney (37)      17%
4. Duncan Hunter (15)     7%
5. Rudy Giuliani (13)     6%
6. John McCain (7)        3%
   Other candidates (9)   4%

Coalition for New Hampshire Taxpayers straw poll at their annual picnic in Hopkinton, New Hampshire results (7/7/07):

1. Ron Paul (182)          62%
2. Rudy Giuliani (24)       8%
3. Daniel Gilbert (20)      7%
4. Mitt Romney (13)         4%
5. Mike Huckabee (10)       3%
   Other candidates (45)   15%

The Young Republican National Federation conducted their straw poll on July 6th in Hollywood, Florida.  The results were:

1. Mitt Romney (163)      47.0%
2. Fred Thompson (103)    30.0%
3. Rudy Giuliani (37)     10.7%
4. Mike Huckabee (14)      4.0%
5. Duncan Hunter (14)      4.0%
6. Ron Paul (11)           3.2%
7. John McCain (5)         1.4%

On July 4th the Cobb County GOP of Georgia held their straw poll.  The results were:

1. Fred Thompson (73)     29.7%
2. Ron Paul (43)          17.5%
3. Mitt Romney (38)       15.5%
4. Mike Huckabee (33)     13.4%
5. Newt Gingrich (29)     11.8%
6. Rudy Giuliani (26)     10.6%
7. Tom Tancredo (2)        0.0%
8. John McCain (2)         0.0%

The California Republican Assembly convention held their straw poll July 1st.  The results were:

1. Fred Thompson         25%
2. Duncan Hunter         19%
2. Mitt Romney           19%
3. Ron Paul              12%
4. Tom Tancredo           8%
5. Newt Gingrich          7%
5. Rudy Giuliani          7%
6. Sam Brownbeck          3%
   Other canidates        0%

TheLibertyPapers.org conference was held in June and on June 16th a straw poll was conducted.  The results were:

1. Fred Thompson     25.7%
2. Ron Paul          16.7%
3. Rudy Giuliani     12.5%
4. Mitt Romney        9.0%
5. John McCain        5.6%
   Other candidates  30.5% 

The Utah GOP Convention straw poll was held in Salt Lake City on June 12th.  The results were:

1. Mitt Romney       80.0%
2. Ron Paul           5.4%
3. Rudy Giuliani      4.4%
4. John McCain        4.2%
   Other candidates   6.0%

VIDEO: Tucker Carlson, “We are unashamedly big fans of Ron Paul”

lol…Strippers for Ron Paul.

Fred Thompson Finally Enters GOP Race

According to a blog at WashingtonPost.com, Fred Thompson told supporters on a conference call today that he is indeed going to run for the republican nomination for President.  He is planning to confirm this on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno next Wednesday night as his fellow candidates are finishing up another Fox News debate.  He is said to be making a formal announcement (he’s REALLY dragging this out, isn’t he?) the following day.

Again, Thompson finally deciding to announce his formal candidacy is going to have the most powerful impact on Rudy Giuliani’s poll numbers.  Romney’s support will be somewhat decreased, but many of Mitt’s supporters are more focused on image and “looking Presidential” which Thompson does not.  John McCain’s campaign is already on life support and this latest entry will only make things worse.  Huckabee seems to be gaining support in evangelical circles and that probably won’t change.  Ron Paul probably will be the most unfazed by Thompson’s entry because Thompson is a war hawk, neo-conservative, that won’t take any of Dr. Paul’s anti-war, small government, hippie, yuppie vote.

ARTICLE: Ron Paul-A Long Shot With A Real Chance

Wow.  The author of this article a week ago was saying that every conservative should fold ranks and support Tancredo for President.  He now sees Ron Paul as the true conservative choice.  He goes so far as to say that if Ron Paul could get his hands on some real campaign funds then we could see a replay of the 1980 election which was a clash between liberalism and conservatism.  We all remember who won that one, don’t we?

Read the article here.

Gonzales out as AG, Chertoff In?

Dear God, let’s hope not.  Talk about going from bad to worse!  The man responsible for the Katrina debacle takes over the entire Justice System of the United States. 

VIDEO: Ron Paul on C-Span August 27th