Archive for August, 2007

Ron Paul’s first television ad now running in Iowa

August 7th, 2007 6:47 pm  |  by  |  Published in Election, Media, Politics, Polling, Ron Paul, Television  |  0

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.

You can download and view it at this link. (seems to only work in IE for me)

Woman walks 38 miles in one day for Ron Paul

August 7th, 2007 6:41 pm  |  by  |  Published in Activism, Election, Ron Paul  |  0

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.

Here is the story.

Ron Paul has over 30,000 registered volunteers

August 7th, 2007 6:15 pm  |  by  |  Published in Activism, Election, Politics, Ron Paul  |  0

So much for an Iraq troop surge, how about a Ron Paul campaign volunteer surge.

Up from 20,000 last week. More information is available at the nationalexpositer.com.

Pretty impressive stuff.

Ron Paul Intreview on MSNBC on 8/7/2007

August 7th, 2007 6:10 pm  |  by  |  Published in Election, Politics, Polling, Ron Paul, War  |  0

Pretty decent interview.  Nothing new.  More about his Iowa chances than any real issues.

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Excellent resource for political research

August 6th, 2007 11:46 pm  |  by  |  Published in Activism, Election, Politics  |  0

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.

Check it out here.

Candidate Picker Online Script

August 6th, 2007 10:46 pm  |  by  |  Published in Election, Politics  |  1

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.

Check it out at http://www.dehp.net/candidate/index.php

Local news in Iowa on Ron Paul’s support

August 6th, 2007 8:59 pm  |  by  |  Published in Activism, Election, Politics, Polling, Ron Paul  |  0

Pretty good news segment from ABC in Iowa on Ron Paul’s support in Iowa this week.

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Time breakdowns for each candidate in the debate

August 6th, 2007 9:14 am  |  by  |  Published in Activism, Debate, Election, Politics  |  0

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

(from RonPaulForums)

The GOP, Ron Paul, and Non-Interventionism

August 5th, 2007 9:59 pm  |  by  |  Published in Election, Foreign Policy, Neo-con, Philosophy, Politics, Ron Paul, War  |  0

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.

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FOX News actually is “Fair and balanced” in this Ron Paul interview

August 5th, 2007 8:03 pm  |  by  |  Published in Debate, Election, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Immigration, Libertarianism, Liberty, Neo-con, Politics, Ron Paul, War  |  0

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.

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