(ThyBlackMan.com) Rep. Ron Paul, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, defeated former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Georgia businessman Herman Cain in the latest poll of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers with 13 percent of the votes for a 2nd place finish. According to the Insider Advantage poll, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pulled in 28 percent of the votes to beat Rep. Ron Paul by 15 percentage points. Mitt Romney garnered 12 percent of the votes to earn 3rd place and Cain tied Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann with 10 percent of the votes to take 4th place.
Herman Cain, who once led the GOP field in a number of state and national level polls, has fallen out of the top tier in the latest Iowa poll. However, Cain’s fall from the top has left the door wide open for Gingrich and Ron Paul to solidify their support in Iowa.
The Iowa presidential caucuses will be held on January 3rd. The Ron Paul campaign is preparing to launch its “Christmas Vacation with Ron Paul” program in order to drum up support for the Texas Congressman before the first major event of the 2012 presidential race. According to a campaign email, 500 youths from the “Youth for Ron Paul” organization will knock on doors and make phone calls for the Texas Congressman. “I firmly believe the next generation needs us to fix our problems now, so there will be a great country left to give them,” Ron Paul said in a campaign email.
Ron Paul’s 2nd place finish in the latest Iowa poll is a positive sign for his campaign team. GOP Ron Paul campaign chairman Jesse Benton told POLITICO in November that his candidate needs to finish in the top tier in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary. “We need to do well in Iowa and New Hampshire, because it’s very important for perception,” Benton said. “It’s also important because the voters in those states are very adept and astute at evaluating candidates, so we need to be in the top three in those states, no question about it,” Benton added.
The Insider Advantage poll was conducted for Newsmax.
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Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom '07-'08, FOB War Horse, Al Sadir, Iraq, 14 months. Everyone I know is voting for Ron Paul. Only thing left to say is End the Fed.
And a message to Fox News, the unfair and bias: Dr. Paul IS electable.
END THE FED
RON PAUL 2012
If you want to push someone down, first lift them up. If you want to lift someone up, first push them down. -- Old Taoist proverb.
I am proud to be writing on a blog where I share the same dreams and hope for America. This could be our last hope. Ron Paul 2012 or we really will be bust.
Looking forward to vote Ron Paul in 2012!
Ron Paul will systematically wipe out poverty by eliminating the welfare state by enacting a free market system which encourages hiring and rewards workers with low income tax which spurs spending and creates a thriving economy. Right now we tax the few people that work to death...and they in turn have very little money left over to spend which reduces derived demand. Ron Paul understands this and that is why I will only vote for Ron Paul this election!
The guy was exactly right about Ron Paul. He is held to 90 seconds in debates when it gets ahead in the polls. He was leading and pushed back like that as soon as that happened.
When Ron Paul has pulled ahead recently in Iowa, there was NO discussion like this. On the other hand, each clip taken from a debate such as the recent clip talking to Gingrich, is always taken out of context to make another candidate look good. Everyone else is put on a pedestal immediately as soon as they seem to lead a poll. Actually, it seems to happen right before they take the lead which is what many are noticing more and more.
There are studies which show that people basically believe what they are told. and that they go for whatever they hear that others are going for. Owners of these media networks, and those who pay the bills at NPR, know this. This is what these sorts of pushes are all about, Ron Paul does not help big global bankers and war-mongers, and those guys pay the bills at the big media outlets, even at the "public" media outlets this is still true.
RON PAUL HAS MORALS!!!
When you are voting..consider this.... Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or an American? When you vote take this into consideration!
I am retire military, I will be voting for Ron Paul.
The foreign policy debate felt like a mating dance with the Republican hopefuls puffing out their chests and showing how aggressive they can be. The *only* national security threat to the US is its deficit.
All this talk about American exceptionalism is B.S. We are like any other country. When our credit is bad, the interest goes up. The federal govt spends 230 billion on interest, which is 15% of its non-SS revenues (paltry 1.5 trillion). Every year, the federal govt adds 1.2 trillion more in debt. If the markets lose confidence and the interest rate goes to 20% (like Greece), this adds 240 billion in additional interest payments each year. In this scenario, US goes bankrupt in 1-3 years.
There are only two choices:
A. Balance the budget in 3-5 years in our own terms, OR
B. Balance the budget in 1-2 years in China's terms
When the media talks about the manageable Debt/GDP ratio, they are missing the key point -- The revenue base for other nations is much higher than the US. US is #3 in debt to tax revenue (not GDP) among developed nations.
1. Japan: 806% (20 years of deflation)
2. Greece: 420% (written off by the EU)
3. United States: 357% (Ron Paul or bust)
4. Ireland: 323% (bailed out by Germany and others)
5. Iceland: 296% (3 year banking crisis)
The next 5 feature Italy and Portugal which feature unelected EU-appointed leaders. Can you imagine China replacing our elected president with someone that gets with the China-prescribed austerity program?
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenue_as_percentage_of_GDP
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_debt
US Army retired. I will not hold my nose and vote Gingrich or romney. I will only vote for Dr Paul.