Ron Paul’s campaign is running a TV ad in Iowa leading up to the straw poll on Saturday. It’s a typical ad with an atypical message. Paul is downplaying his performance in the straw poll, but I really hope he does well.
This woman made up her mind to raise awareness of Ron Paul’s campaign by walking 38 miles from her home in New Hampshire to Concord, NH, a 38 mile journey.
The Washington Post has a wonderful votes database for both the House and the Senate. I realize there are a few other resources like this, but I like the layout of this one the most.
You can drill down to each congress person and then look at the complete voting history on each vote.
This is kind of neat I guess. I took the quiz and (surprise) came out with Ron Paul leading other candidates by a very large margin. Also, interestingly, is that Giuliani and Romney were dead last for me.
Once again this illustrates the bias towards the so called ‘top-tier’ candidates.
Total speaking time
George Stephanopolis (moderator) – 10:03
Mitt Romney – 11:29
Rudy Giuliani – 10:11
John McCain – 7:24
Mike Huckabee – 7:08
Tommy Thompson – 6:31
Sam Brownback – 5:20
Duncan Hunter – 5:06
Tom Tancredo – 5:03
Ron Paul – 3:33
Number of times candidate had more than 20 uninterrupted (by George) seconds to speak
George Stephanopolis (moderator) – 5
Mitt Romney – 15
Rudy Giuliani – 13
John McCain – 9
Mike Huckabee – 8
Sam Brownback – 8
Tommy Thompson – 6
Tom Tancredo – 5
Duncan Hunter – 5
Ron Paul – 4
Number of times candidates got more than 50 uninterrupted seconds
George Stephanopolis (moderator) – 1
Mitt Romney – 7
Rudy Giuliani – 5
Mike Huckabee – 4
Duncan Hunter – 4
John McCain – 3
Tommy Thompson – 3
Ron Paul – 2
Tom Tancredo – 2
Sam Brownback – 1
This well written article reflects my own opinion in a rather perfect way. Probably a better way than I could ever do in my own words, but I’ll keep trying.
I must admit that this Fox News Ron Paul post debate interview was one of the better overall interviews from any news source that I’ve seen. The only unfortunate thing is that it is rarely this “fair and balanced”. It is a 2 parter.