Former Republican congressman Pat Toomey walks up to the GOP’s corpse and pokes it with a stick by using Don Young as the poster child for corruption.
If Republicans want to start winning again they need to return to the principles of fiscal responsibility and limited government that won them control of Congress in 1994. This [...]

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A Ron Paul supporter issues this field report from the Indiana State Convention.
Good news first:
The absolute high point of the day was the nomination of Greg Zoeller for Indiana AG. I spoke with him at a pre-convention party, and Greg seems to be committed to the same Constitutional principles as Dr. Paul; small government, less [...]

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Brian,
I also had a similar experience with Jeff Frederick.  A couple of weeks ago, I sent him the following email:
Jeff,
I just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed reading your well-written email today.  Your message was right on point, and you have my support for RPV Chairman.  I appreciate the commitment and humility that [...]

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Over at the Americaon Conservative’s blog, RonPaulBlog.com writer Daniel McCarthy skewers the National Review for its editorial that basically says: “Pay no attention to Bob Barr who is running for President”:
NRO has an editorial up excoriating Bob Barr for changing his views on war, civil liberties, and drugs. But after two paragraphs of hitting Barr [...]

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Today’s Wall Street Journal Political Diary (subscription only) includes the following articles in order. See if you think there is a connection between Ron Paul’s success and the GOP’s cashflow problems:
Being Ron Paul
The Libertarian Convention starts today in Denver, but the party’s real inspiration this year will be there only in spirit. [...]

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I just came across this article that looks at Ron Paul and Bob Barr in the context of McCain and the Republican party’s bigger problems. Interesting piece. I didn’t know that McCain had a 0% rating from the ACLU. Ouch!
Republicans Ignoring Republicans: A Good Thing for Democrats

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Back in January Bruce Bartlett wrote:
The other day, I went by to visit Congressman Ron Paul, Republican of Texas. My first “real” job in Washington was working for him when he was initially elected to Congress in 1976, and I wanted to see how he was doing. Little did I realize when I made the [...]

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Ron Paul has long argued that we need to legalize competition with the fiat money produced by the Federal Reserve. In fact, while today he believes that our interventionist foreign policy is the greatest challenge we face, he often says that inflation and fiat money is the reason he decided to run for Congress [...]

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