Paul Update Jan 21-27

On Martin Luther King Day, Congressman Paul released a statement saying that voters "have the opportunity to choose a candidate who will uplift the ideals for which Dr. King fought—and died...the fight for freedom," while also raising 1.85 million dollars. Furthermore, Paul was endorsed by supporters including former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade), and prominent investment advisor Don Luskin.  Days later, Don Luskin along with Peter Schiff was named Paul's new economic advisors, while John Tate was named national political director and Mark Elam was named national media director.  On the 24th, Paul released a new economic plan that calls for tax, spending, monetary and regulatory reform.  At the Florida debate this weekend, Paul demonstrated and emphasized how he is the only real Republican running, because he is the only candidate who has stuck by the party principles of protecting individual freedoms, a balanced budget, smaller government, and the strict following of the Constitution.  On January 26th, the Paul Campaign issued a challenge to the credentials of delegates of the Lousiana party convention, with Paul's campaign manager saying, “The initial failure of the Louisiana GOP to properly determine who was and wasn’t eligible to vote threw this entire process into disarray.  However, voter eligibility was just one of many irregularities with the caucus process. We are filing this contest to ensure that we can challenge the results if it appears that delegates were improperly selected.”

Paul Update Jan 14-20

There are no signs of dropping out for Ron Paul. On January 14th, he opened four additional offices in Illinois. He is hoping that these offices will help him with the already overwhelming support in Illinois for the primary on Febuary 5th. In August 2007, Paul pulled a strong third with 19% of the vote. In South Carolina he drew over 600 hundred people at Bob Jones University. His message of freedom, peace, and prosperity connected with the college students and faculty. There were so mnay supporters at the rally that hundreds were sitting outside just to hear his message. In the Michigan primary on January 15th Paul pulled in at fourth place with 6% of the vote. Also, in the South Carolina primary he pulled in at fifth place with 4% of the vote. Unfortunately, he was not high in the pulls in South Carolina and Michigan, but he did come in second place in the caucus in Nevada. He lost to Romney with 14% of the vote. Paul defied recent pulls in the Nevada caucus by coming in second compared to his fourth, fifth and sixth finishings. Nevada has secured the Paul community to stay in the race after passing front-runners like McCain, Giuliani, Thompson and Huckabee.
Will Paul's popularity stick with the American people? We will have to wait and see in the Florida primary next week, but as of now he is continuing to gain money and support from around the United States.

Paul Update Jan. 7-13

In the New Hampshire primary, Paul won approximately 8% of the vote.  Because of this small percentage, many rumors spread that voter fraud had occurred in the primary.  However, Paul responded saying, "I carefully considered the arguments for and against a recount before instructing my campaign staff not to pursue it. Without a firm belief that vote fraud had taken place, and without the possibility that a recount would have increased the chances for success of our campaign, a recount would have diverted campaign resources, time, and energy away from crucial battles elsewhere."  Prior to New Hampshire, Paul responded to a comment John McCain made (that "he would be fine with keeping American troops in Iraq for 100 or even 1 million years") suggesting that "his comments recklessly put America at risk as such a statement will likely serve as a recruiting tool for Bin Laden and Al Qaeda." Currently, Paul runs a tight race with Guiliani for fourth place; however, Paul is not giving up. This next week, Paul will be in Nevada campaigning before the Caucus on the 19th.

Paul Update Dec 31st-Jan 6th

Paul seems to be gaining much popularity throughout this election. On December 31st he won in an Oklahoma straw poll recieving more that 44% of the vote with Fred Thompson in second with 17%. Paul had record support his fourth quarter in donations exceeding his initial goal of $12 million to over $20 million. He was able to raise $20 million in the time of three months, October, November and December. The fourth quarter campaign had over 130,000 donors of which 107,000 were new donors. Paul's total is $9 million more than any other Republican candidate for the third quarter. Paul is so confident that he is expanding his support with new radio and television ads to run in eight more states with upcoming primaries. Ads will air in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Lousiana, Maine and North Dakota. On January 3rd in the Iowa caucus, Paul came in 5th place with 10% of the vote and on January 5th in the Wyoming caucus he came in 4th place with 0% of the vote. Fox news unfairly excluded Ron Paul from their forum/event on January 6th, so instead Pual has decided to host his own forum tonight with undecided voters in New Hampshire. Paul believes he has the support and the ability to win in New Hampshire.