THEBIRD
12-24-2007, 10:19 AM
Surprising Ron Paul Sparks A Movement
PLYMOUTH, N.H., Dec. 21, 2007
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/21/eveningnews/printable3640041.shtml
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(CBS) His progress has been as gradual as a tortoise on ice, but Ron Paul can no longer be dismissed as the favorite of the fringe, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds.
Unlike other candidates consigned to the periphery, Paul has refused to go away. He is now in a tie for third in Iowa with supposed top-tier hopefuls.
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He has used the Internet to drum up the bulk of an eye-popping 18 million dollars in this quarter alone from what he says are frustrated members of both parties and first-time voters. If money talks, Ron Paul is shouting.
"I am surprised," Paul says. "But I'm disappointed that I am surprised. Why shouldn't this be a popular message? Why was I pessimistic?"
He adds: "Why do we assume that everybody wants the status quo? And evidently they don't."
PLYMOUTH, N.H., Dec. 21, 2007
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/21/eveningnews/printable3640041.shtml
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(CBS) His progress has been as gradual as a tortoise on ice, but Ron Paul can no longer be dismissed as the favorite of the fringe, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds.
Unlike other candidates consigned to the periphery, Paul has refused to go away. He is now in a tie for third in Iowa with supposed top-tier hopefuls.
<SNIP<SNIP>-snip-
He has used the Internet to drum up the bulk of an eye-popping 18 million dollars in this quarter alone from what he says are frustrated members of both parties and first-time voters. If money talks, Ron Paul is shouting.
"I am surprised," Paul says. "But I'm disappointed that I am surprised. Why shouldn't this be a popular message? Why was I pessimistic?"
He adds: "Why do we assume that everybody wants the status quo? And evidently they don't."