Texas Representative Ron Paul has been one of the most outspoken candidates in recent political history, not afraid of his own party or go back to stand up for their libertarian beliefs. His "Ready, Ames, Fire" moneybomb recently drew in hundreds of thousands of dollars for his campaign to use in its game before he does most of the "main building" he bid for and won a spot as universities where August 13th Ames Straw Poll will be held.
Now it seems Paul's sights have turned against the current leader, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Paul's campaign sent a blistering MEMO to his followers Tuesday afternoon, decrying Romney for his "flip-flopping" and saying that; because of Romneys avoidance of Iowa and the grassroots support it holds, "many GOP voters desperate for a candidate who can go toe-to-toe with Governor Romney." Romney has only set foot in Iowa a handful of times since their last election bid, where he had an expensive 9-point loss in the 2008 Iowa Caucus to former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who claimed that 34 percent of the Iowa vote, particularly thanks to his strong Evangelical draw and good standing with women voters.
Paul's message calling on his supporters to maintain the momentum he has gathered in its fundraising in the last six months, Paul has been able to report the $ 4. 5 M, well above what his own expectations by email, in the donation totals for the 2nd quarter of 2011. He notes again that the current theme among media and political analysts are looking for a Republican challenge vs. Romney, which may probably arise from the Ames Straw Poll two weeks from now, but says "with my record of never toeing the line establishment, I am the last candidate who they want to recognise as a top contender."
He points to his history, his prophecy market failure and the financial crisis, critics, some of which are his past and present presidential rivals as he says now "falling over themselves" agree with him, and highlights his campaign promises, before his call for donations in any amount, but suggests between $ 35 and $ 2500 or $ 5000 common for married couples.
"President" Ron Paul would:
"Stop the spread of Socialist, Big Government health care and instead work to repeal" obamacare "monster." "Stop the growth of government spending, restrictive, and interference in our lives." "Tax cuts and eliminate the IRS, because I believe the money you earn is yours and does not belong to the Government. ""Audit the Federal Reserve, which I believe will serve as an important first step towards finally ending Fed once and for all. ""Ensure that the Federal Government returns to its constitutional limits by eliminating departments and bodies that are permitted by the Constitution. ""Lift big government schemes such as the so-called PATRIOT Act. ""Back to the founders more humble foreign policy. U.s. troops and taxpayers deserve better than to be used for "nation building" or police the world. We cannot afford trillion dollars international boondoggles that cost us our lives, our fortunes and our freedom. "
"Paul asks, what is Mitt Romney afraid?", but Romney is still a leader and it remains to see what his avoidance of Iowa makes his campaign, as he has far out-raised all their current rivals combined, a point which candidates Paul is quick to go up against, since much of Romneys money isn't from roots Americabut from large companies and organisations uninhibited by the Supreme Court's citizens United decision in January 2010.
The necessity of Iowa is more crucial to campaigns that former u.s. Senator Rick Santorums and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who both kept up the bottom of the pile when it comes to polling results and financial strength. It is also a bipartisan campaign-killer, in the 2008 Iowa delivered a serious blow to the Democratic campaigns by senior Chris Dodd of Connecticut and then-older Joe Biden of Delaware, who decided to abandon their White House runs after struggling in the last election cycle's Iowa Caucus. On the right side of the aisle took former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in only 4% of the vote in the Iowa caucus, when you've chosen to instead in Florida to make a hopefully impressive appearance in the Super Tuesday primaries. He finished third and withdrew his presidential bid soon after. In 2008 Paul took fifth in Iowa, United States, with 10% of the vote, behind Fred Thompson and John McCain, each with 13%. He currently is ranked consistently at the top level in many recent presidential primary polls, much better than in 2008, when he was considered a long-shot.
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Posted by Jillian Curtin Aug 2 2011. Filed under Republican. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry