Conservative Pulse

Bob Barr is no Ron Paul

Former Congressman Bob Barr probably decided to seek the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination when he saw how much money Ron Paul was raising during the Spring.  Paul, a “small-l” libertarian, shocked many with his long-shot presidential campaign’s fundraising abilities.  And it’s a safe bet to assume that Barr reasoned he could tap into those same [...]

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No pressure for Ron Paul

Wow … In part, because it probably wouldn’t depressurize while skirting the stratosphere. Mr. Paul, a Texas congressman and former 2008 Republican presidential candidate, was among seven Texas congressmen on Continental Airlines Flight 458 which made an emergency landing tonight in New Orleans. The others: Ted Poe, John Carter, Solomon P. Ortiz, Ciro Rodriguez and Henry Cuellar. After [...]

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Ron Paul to ride the coattails

Amid the mainline Republican and Democrat conventions coming soon, Ron Paul fans will have their own powow - also in Minneapolis, and at the same time as the GOP.  The “Rally for the Republic”, as its being called, will apparently be sort of a quasi-convention - not exactly nominating a candidate, just hanging out and [...]

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Ron Paul Pushes Forward, Cash in Hand

Longshot Republican Ron Paul is pushing forward with his Presidential campaign despite earlier indications that he was calling it quits to focus on a tough renomination fight for Congress.  Apparently, at the end of January, the Paul Presidential campaign had about $6 million in cash on hand.  That’s more than Huckabee, more than Romney, and even [...]

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Ron Paul Will Not Support McCain

Well, so much for party unity. Long-shot libertarian Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has stated that he will not back John McCain if he is the Republican nominee this year. “I can not support anybody with the foreign policy he advocates, you know, perpetual war. That is just so disturbing to me,” Paul said. [...]

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Ron Paul’s Fundraising is Drying Up

Ron Paul’s primary strength in this campaign has been fanatical grassroots supporters who have raised tens of millions for the long-shot campaign.  But now that Congressman Paul has failed to break-out by winning in any state, that fundraising is drying up pretty fast. The week of January 21st, the Paul campaign added over $2.2 million to their [...]

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McCain Wins Washington, Ron Paul Strong

John McCain has apparently won the Washington Republican caucuses tonight, a narrow victory over Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul. In fact, the most notable element of the race is that Ron Paul picked up about 22% for a close third place finish. This is one of his campaign’s strongest showings to date, and [...]

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