
Now, here come the wrestlers.
http://www.rescue-us.org/new/node/76
Whatch ya gonna do when the Ron Paul revolution runs wild on you!!!
Washington D.C. 8/27/2007 5:20 PM GMT (FINDITT - Top Story)
USAElectionPolls.com has an audience of about 67,000 visitors per month according to the latest statistics by Quantcast -- making it the most visited polling website with the exception of RealClearPolitics. The web site has been having an online straw poll for three days on voters' preference for the 2008 election; both Democrats and Republicans are listed.
Ron Paul is leading the group of almost 20 candidates with 51%. Even more impressive is that he currently has 1744 votes while the second place candidate Dennis Kucinich has 613 votes -- 18%. Ron Paul leads the next closest Republican competitor in the online poll 51% to 3%.
Ordinarily, very little can be made of such results. They could be flukes. The web site's target audience could be Ron Paul, etc. But USAElectionPolls.com gets an immense amount of traffic all across the United States and it is a non-partisan website that talks about all of the candidates.
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Representative Ron Paul won the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club's straw poll last night in Snohomish County, Washington. Dr. Paul received 30 percent of the vote, beating out Fred Thompson who garnered 27 percent.
The victory continues a string of straw poll successes for Dr. Paul. In the past week, the Republican congressman and OB doctor won contests in North Carolina, New Hampshire and Alabama.
"Our campaign is growing by the day and continues to build momentum," said campaign manager Lew Moore. "This victory demonstrates strong grassroots support in the important state of Washington."
FIRST
Alabama: first
http://www.newsandpolicy.com/news/2007/08/news-flash-ron-paul-wins-alabama-straw-poll-by-wid.html
North Carolina: first
http://bhday.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/ron-paul-wins-gaston-county-straw-poll/
New Hampshire Taxpayers: first
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=45339
New Hampshire: first
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_wins_NH_straw_poll_2
SECOND
National Taxpayers Union: second
http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/16/ntu-straw-poll/
South Carolina: second
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/fred-thompson-ron-paul-leaders-of-south-carolina-straw-poll.html
THIRD
NFRA (Republican straw poll): third
http://thecitizensjournalblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/fred-thomson-wins-nfra-straw-poll.html
Illinois: third
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=47471
Indiana: tied for third
http://www.blogsforfredthompson.com/fred-thompson-ties-victory-indiana-straw-poll
FIFTH
Iowa: fifth
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=47146
Ron Paul has now pulled A 9% and a 19% in back to back voter polls.
The little man that could, just might.
These detractors need to think for a moment. I don’t know which candidates they support, but those candidates are getting support of very few people in the online community. One must wonder why some of these candidates don’t have that kind of support. One must wonder why Mitt Romney doesn’t have dozens of technologically savvy supporters going online to spam the polls or to create a buzz on Digg. One may wonder the same about John McCain or Rudy Giuliani supporters also, or the supporters of any of the other republican candidates. Could it be that the supporters of the other candidates simply aren’t as excited about their candidate as Ron Paul’s supporters are? Doesn’t it make you wonder why Ron Paul supporters are so excited? And I personally don’t think that it is in fact true that Ron Paul supporters are low in numbers and spamming the Internet. In fact, I think the number of Ron Paul supporters is growing day by day despite the fact that the Ron Paul detractors have tried to keep this from happening.
With fund raising efforts exceeding expectations and seemingly unstoppable momentum, Ron Paul continues to be a candidate on the rise. While other presidential campaigns have sputtered, peaked, and are on the decline, he has positioned himself to become a serious contender. He still has a lot of room for growth, but in this process he is being elevated from second tier status to one of the top five Republican presidential candidates. The success of his campaign has caught many by surprise, including himself. Some of his rivals are now trying to duplicate his formula, but true spontaneous grassroots movements cannot be generated or manufactured. His support is diverse, and what is becoming increasingly clear is that before all is said and done, Ron Paul will have made a huge impact, win or lose. -OpedNew
The former top antiterrorism aide to Rudolph Giuliani has launched a stinging critique of the former New York mayor over the September 11 atrocity, attacking a key pillar of his challenge for the White House.
Rudolph Giuliani's nomination campaign owes much to his role on September 11
Jerome Hauer, New York's emergency management director from 1996 to 2000, said Mr Giuliani was closely involved in locating the city's crisis control room in the World Trade Centre complex, even though it was a known terrorist target after the 1993 truck bomb attack which killed six people at the site.
The location proved disastrous in 2001 as the building was set ablaze in the collapse of the adjoining twin towers.
The condemnation by Mr Hauer, a leading US expert on biological and chemical terrorism, provides fresh ammunition to Mr Giuliani's foes, who want to undermine the widespread acclaim for his actions in the aftermath of al-Qaeda's attack on the towers. It follows similar criticism from the main firemen's union.