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Romney Wins Silver State Caucuses

Ron Paul takes
second place in surprise finish

Jan 19, 08 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney won the Nevada Republican caucuses today, the AP reports, his second straight victory. Romney nabbed 51% of the vote with nearly all returns in. In a surprise, Ron Paul (14%) edged past John McCain (13) to take second place. Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee both got 8%, and... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • Republican nomination • caucusgoers • Nevada caucus • Silver State

Kucinich, Paul Challenged on Home Front

Long-shot candidates could both find themselves unseated

Jan 16, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - While Dennis Kucinich is out on the presidential campaign trail, no fewer than four Democrats in his Ohio home district are mounting primary challenges for the longtime congressman's seat, Politico reports. And though Ron Paul's anti-war stance and unconventional views have drawn a fervent national following, conservative voters in his... More »

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Congress • Democrats • Texas • Ohio • Dennis Kucinich • Ron Paul • George W. Bush

Romney Leads McCain in Michigan: Poll

Favored by voters who cite economy & jobs
as top concerns

Jan 13, 08 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney has grabbed an 8-point lead over closest rival John McCain heading into the Michigan primary, according to the latest MSNBC/McClatchy poll of the state's voters. Romney needs the good news: he has reduced advertising in South Carolina and staked his continuing candidacy on Michigan. The poll puts Romney... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • South Carolina • Mike Huckabee • Michigan • Ron Paul • Republican evangelicals • Michigan primary

Paul Revels in GOP Rebel Role

Debate underlines contrasts between firebrand and fellow candidates

Jan 11, 08 5:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Fox relented and let GOP maverick Ron Paul join in last night’s South Carolina presidential debate, and the excitable libertarian made the most of the opportunity, the Los Angeles Times notes. Paul provided his characteristic stark contrast with the mainstream candidates and several of the evening's high points, as... More »

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Ron Paul • libertarian • GOP debate • South Carolina primary • Iraq war

Republicans Square Off in SC

GOP hopefuls swap heated words on economy, Iran, immigration

Jan 10, 08 9:34 PM CST
(Newser) - GOP presidential hopefuls jostled for position during a South Carolina debate last night, with Mitt Romney taking aim at new front-runner John McCain and an aggressive Fred Thompson going after Mike Huckabee. Romney criticized McCain for giving up on manufacturing jobs in Michigan, a crucial primary state, but McCain defended... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • Republican debate

Tax Issues Loom Over Campaign

Candidates offer differing views on 'fair tax,' extending Bush cuts

Jan 5, 08 9:44 AM CST
(Newser) - With President Bush’s tax cuts set to expire in 2010, tax reform could become a key issue in this year’s presidential race, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Most Republican candidates favor extending the cuts, though Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul support eliminating income tax altogether. The Democratic candidates... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Edwards • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • income tax • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • tax cuts • Democratic presidential candidates • Republican candidate • tax breaks • fair tax • Election 2008

Romney: New Hampshire or Bust

 Iowa 2d place leaves Romney scrambling

Jan 4, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney has been left scrambling to find a way to restore momentum to his presidential campaign in the wake of a costly, humiliating defeat in Iowa, Time reports. Mike Huckabee's legions of evangelical Christians disrupted what Ana Marie Cox calls his "carefully calibrated strategy to conduct the political... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • Iowa caucus • New Hampshire primary

UPDATED

Huckabee Wins Iowa
Easily Over Romney

Strong support from evangelicals
gives him a quick victory

Jan 4, 08 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee won yesterday's Iowa caucuses thanks to a surge of support from evangelical voters. The former Arkansas governor and Baptist preacher defeated second-place finisher Mitt Romney with relative ease, despite being outspent 4 to 1, the New York Times notes. Fred Thompson held a slim lead over John McCain... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • Iowa caucus

McCain Takes National Lead; Giuliani Plummets

Giuliani's support off 13 points since September

Jan 2, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A new poll shows John McCain ahead nationally among Republicans for the first time in a year, and a sliding Rudy Giuliani at his lowest mark in months. McCain is favored by 22% of GOP voters, with Giuliani at 20%, Mike Huckabee at 17%, and Mitt Romney at 12%. Giuliani... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Mike Huckabee • poll • Ron Paul • America's Mayor • Iowa caucus

Dem Donations Hit Record High

Clinton, Obama 2007 totals top $100M

Jan 1, 08 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - The race for the presidency is crowded, but that isn't stopping candidates from raising huge sums of money, the Washington Post reports. The power of the internet to raise cash from both grassroots supporters and wealthy donors is credited with helping Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama raise over $100 million... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Internet • campaign finance • Ron Paul • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Hillary Leads in Iowa; Huck, Mitt Neck-and-Neck

Clinton clings to slim lead, but poll finds 'lots of potential for change'

Dec 30, 07 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - With just four days left before Iowans gather to caucus, a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released today found Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama 31% to 27%, while GOP heavyweights Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are in a dead heat. Third-place Democratic contender John Edwards was running a strong 24%. Republican John McCain,... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Edwards • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • Iowa caucus • John Zogby • Election 2008

OPINION

Candidate Paul: Awkward But Authentic

Carlson takes the measure of the Libertarian Republican

Dec 26, 07 4:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul speaks tonelessly about such drab subjects as the constitutionality of the Federal Reserve, but people like him anyway, writes Tucker Carlson in the New Republic, perhaps because they see “authenticity.” The no-longer-bow-tied pundit returns from the campaign trail sure about one thing:... More »

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Ron Paul • libertarian • Tucker Carlson • campaign trail • constitutionality • Election 2008

Surging McCain Hopes History Repeats in NH

Once-faltering bid rides endorsements, rivals' disappearance

Dec 18, 07 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain, whose candidacy barely registered in polls a few months ago, is enjoying a momentum surge in New Hampshire. “I am obviously going to try to capitalize” on three key newspaper endorsements and Joe Lieberman’s support, McCain said. He's seeking the same independents who gave him the... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • John McCain • New Hampshire • Joe Lieberman • Ron Paul • independents • New Hampshire primary

Ron Paul 'Tea Party' Nets $6M

No blimp, but otherwise a steaming success

Dec 17, 07 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - In an event dubbed "Boston TeaParty07," supporters of quirky GOP candidate Ron Paul rallied in the Boston snow yesterday while donations from across the nation dropped a record-breaking one-day "money bomb" of $6 million into the campaign. Most of the funds were donated over the Internet. To... More »

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Boston • South Carolina • Ron Paul • campaign fundraising • Republican presidential primaries • blimp • Boston Harbor • Election 2008

OPINION

Candidates Can't Buy
Web's Love

There's no substitute for real enthusiasm in online politics

Dec 9, 07 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Candidates have spent loads of time and money learning a disappointing truth: you can’t control the Internet. Successful web campaigners like Howard Dean and Ron Paul give the reigns to eager online fans, letting their netroots define them, not vice-versa. That’s a welcome change, says the New ... More »

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presidential campaign • Howard Dean • Ron Paul • Election 2008

Paul Hopes Blimp Gives
Him a Lift

GOP candidate  launches political zeppelin next week

Dec 7, 07 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The offbeat GOP presidential campaign of Texas Libertarian Ron Paul is soon to have a zany new form of publicity: a blimp. The blimp will launch next week in North Carolina and sail up the East Coast with banners in support of Ron Paul, Politico reports. Bearing slogans such as... More »

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Boston • New Hampshire • North Carolina • Ron Paul • Republican presidential primaries • blimp • Election 2008

Paul Momentum Builds

Libertarian maverick causes stir; supporters say candidate is bigger than his politics

Dec 3, 07 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Ron Paul’s quixotic campaign for the Republican nomination isn’t really under his control anymore, Salon writes, but rather in the hands of a cult of ardent supporters who have independently flocked to fundraise and canvass for him. For them, Paul isn’t a libertarian outsider—the Texas Congressman... More »

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Ron Paul • libertarianism • Election 2008

Brothel Owner Backs Paul

GOP hopeful gets some X-rated support

Nov 26, 07 5:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Ron Paul found himself on the respectable side of a brothel last week, when the Republican presidential hopeful earned the endorsement of the owner of Reno's Moonlite BunnyRanch. MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson surprised Paul by engineering the nod, arriving in a limousine with Dennis Hof and two “celebrity prostitutes,... More »

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prostitution • Ron Paul • Nevada • Tucker Carlson • libertarianism • brothel • Dennis Hof • prostitute • endorsement

Ron Paul Is
Not Alone

Libertarians are on
the rise, aiming to
get government
out of private life

Nov 25, 07 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Maverick Texas congressman Ron Paul is riding a surge of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum now calling themselves libertarians. They tend to be fiscally conservative but socially liberal voters turned off by government intrusions, from warrantless wiretapping to broadcast censorship. And their numbers are up to 9%... More »

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Ron Paul • Drew Carey • Markos Moulitsas • Bill Maher • fiscal conservatives • Republican candidate • libertarians • social liberals • Election 2008 • Bill Maher Grid

Feds Seize Ron Paul 'Dollars'

Candidate and 'sound money' advocate's image on 60,000 coins

Nov 17, 07 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal agents raided the Indiana headquarters of a so-called "sound money" group this week, seizing nearly 60,000 "Ron Paul Dollars"—copper coins bearing the likeness of the renegade Texan congressman, GOP candidate for president and sound-money advocate. The organization has more than $20 million in illegal... More »

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currency • Federal Reserve • Ron Paul • US dollar • libertarians • Liberty Dollar • US Mint

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