Ron Paul Supporters: Rand Paul May Have Already Started His 2016 Presidential Run

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Dear Tyler ,

Last night, our campaign made major news in South Carolina when we secured one of the Palmetto State's most sought-after endorsements.

State Senator Tom Davis - the most outspoken advocate for fiscal responsibility, conservative principles, and limited government in the South Carolina legislature - knows Dr. Paul is the only candidate serious about reining in the out-of-control federal government and getting this country back on track.

Senator Davis noted, "Ron Paul's record matches his rhetoric, his fiscal plan matches the fiscal challenges that our nation is facing, and his movement represents the taxpayers whose interests have been ignored in the political process for far too long."

"I'm also endorsing him because unlike what the pundits have led you to believe, he is the candidate who gives the Republican Party the best chance to beat Barack Obama in November."

Polls continue to show that Dr. Paul is the best candidate to take on and defeat President Obama, but we've got to do everything we can to win him the Republican nomination first.

Our campaign is surging in South Carolina, and the overwhelming support we've received in our South Carolina Money Bomb has enabled us to increase our ad buy and intensify our Get-Out-the-Vote efforts.

But with another historic result this weekend so close within reach, I want to leave nothing on the table during our final push.

So can Dr. Paul count on your support today?

You may be able to give as much as $100 or more. Or you may be able to only donate $30 or $20.

Every dollar is greatly appreciated, and every dollar you can give allows us to reach more voters.



Jon Huntsman, who the media did its best to try to prop up in New Hampshire, has dropped out of the race and endorsed establishment candidate Mitt Romney.

The contrast couldn't be clearer.

One campaign heads home while another climbs in the polls.

We're getting stronger every day because our campaign is based on throwing out the playbook in Washington and getting serious about tackling our nation's problems.

That's why more and more voters are choosing Dr. Paul and passionately supporting his campaign.

Huntsman's exit just before the South Carolina primary also presents an opportunity: more undecided voters to reach!

You and I know firsthand how powerful the freedom message is and how Congressman Paul's principled record of consistent conservatism is unmatched by any other candidate.

When you put those two elements together, and our campaign cuts through the bias to take the truth directly to voters, the result is more enthusiastic Ron Paul supporters!

With Senator Davis' endorsement, and Jon Huntsman's exit from the race, the opportunity to recruit more voters and further boost our poll numbers is there for the taking...

... if we act right away and give this final push our all.

If you've already donated to our South Carolina Money Bomb, thank you so much for your support.

I hope you'll make an additional contribution right away.

I know times are tough. Believe me, I wouldn't be asking if another historic result in the South Carolina primary weren't within our reach.

And if you haven't donated, please do so today.

Every contribution is used to win this race and put Ron Paul in the White House!

When the results are in on Saturday night in South Carolina, let's not have to look back and wish we did more.

As Senator Davis noted in his official endorsement, "We have a choice: We can keep electing candidates who talk about change only during political campaigns as a way to get elected, or we can finally elect a candidate who will walk the walk and make that change a reality - restoring our bottom line, our individual liberties, and our national pride in the process."

Donate today to our South Carolina Money Bomb so we can have every possible resource at our disposal for victory!

For Liberty,

John Tate
Campaign Manager

P.S. With State Senator Tom Davis' endorsement providing yet another boost of momentum to our campaign, and Jon Huntsman's exit leaving more undecided voters, we must act right away to fully capitalize in this final week before South Carolinians head to the polls!

We've extended our South Carolina Money Bomb through this Saturday's primary to make sure we leave nothing on the table.

Can Dr. Paul count on your most generous contribution right away?

If you've already given, I urge you to dig deep one more time. I wouldn't ask if another historic result weren't within reach.

And if you haven't yet contributed, please do so today.

Every dollar raised helps us reach another voter with the freedom message and the truth about Dr. Paul's unmatched, consistent conservative record.

Ron Paul takes game to next level, emerges as serious contender for GOP nomination

Jan. 12, 2012
“Well I won’t back down, no I won’t back down, you could stand me up at the Gates of Hell but I won’t back down…”– Tom Petty
After finishing a solid second in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, Texas Rep. Ron Paul made a short but important speech that sets the tone for the rest of his campaign, both in music and in words.
Taking the stage to greet supporters in Manchester Tuesday night with Tom Petty’s 1989 rock-and-roll anthem “I Won’t Back Down” playing in the auditorium, Paul left no doubt that he’s going to be pressing on in his quest for the 2012 Republican nomination and the right to represent the Grand Old Party in its effort to unseat incumbent President Barack Obama this November.
Interrupted frequently by supporters cheering and chanting things like “President Paul!” and “Ron Paul Revolution, Bring Us Back Our Constitution!,” Paul asserted that the Liberty movement he’s helped awaken is a danger to the status quo and a “danger to the Federal Reserve system.” He added that the Federal Reserve was established “to take care of the powerful interests, the military industrial complex, the banking system and deficit financing.” Paul went on to attack those who benefit financially from the wars, drawing a clear distinction between having a strong defense and “war profiteering.”
The rousing response of the crowd left no doubt that Paul will remain a contender for the Republican nomination all the way up to the party’s August convention in Tampa.
Paul’s message of personal liberty, sound money and ending foreign wars is something the Republican establishment and Neoconservative wing of the GOP has been at odds with since his 2008 presidential campaign, and Paul’s growing success in 2012 is not exactly welcome by Republican insiders like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and the entrenched "1 percent" interests they represent. With Paul’s numbers already rising in South Carolina, the next primary state, he could well be on the verge of yet another significant quantum leap in support. If Paul finishes ahead of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in South Carolina, Santorum’s campaign could be all but over. Paul could knock out another challenger with a third-place finish, and given the polling trends since New Hampshire, that is a distinct possibility.
Paul campaign expects to win caucuses in February
Wisely, Paul is bypassing heavy campaigning in Florida’s winner-take-all primary to focus on the Feb. 4 Nevada caucuses. If results from South Carolina and Florida lead to Santorum, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropping out of the race – a plausible scenario – then it could be a three-man contest in Nevada.
After Nevada, several states west of the Mississippi River hold caucuses before the so-called “Super Tuesday” contests on March 6. Paul’s national campaign manager Jesse Benton was quoted recently in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as saying Paul would win some of those caucuses.
If so, look for more Republicans to begin moving toward Paul both on ideological grounds and because they will begin to see him as the GOP’s best chance for unseating Obama.
Paul beginning to focus on electability
In his New Hampshire address, Paul signaled that ensuring Social Security recipients continue receiving benefits would take precedence over continued military ventures overseas as his administration enacted major spending cuts.
Although barely mentioned in the mainstream media, Paul’s favorable words for Social Security -- the most popular and effective government program in the nation’s history -- indicate that he is moving toward a kind of libertarian pragmatism coupled with an innate sense of compassion for and fairness toward retired and nearly retired workers. In short, Paul is beginning to hone his message toward one of electability – a strategy that will pay dividends in delegates as the nomination process moves forward. While Romney, Gingrich and Santorum pick at each other over trivialities and past pandering, Paul is already sending reassuring messages about how he will govern. Not only is Paul acting like the GOP frontrunner, he's acting like a man who knows he's going to be elected president.
In singling out Social Security, Paul sends an important message to Baby Boomers who, while supportive of Paul on such issues as legalizing medical marijuana, auditing the Federal Reserve and bringing American troops home from Afghanistan, have expressed concern that his small-government philosophy could deprive them of the retirement income they worked hard for and expect to be waiting for them upon leaving the work force. Look for him to repeat that theme as he rises in the polls and more people begin to see him as a viable alternative to Romney and the rest.
Paul will continue to shape GOP debate
As the campaign goes forward, look for Paul to pepper his familiar speeches on liberty, freedom and sound money with references to specific issues that have a lot of popular support but that the other GOP candidates won't touch: medical marijuana, for example. In addition, Paul’s quick defense of Romney’s role at Bain Capital in the 1980s has ensured that any criticisms he might level at Romney on other economic issues will be seen as criticisms with merit, not mere political opportunism.
The Republican Party has been a wounded “brand” since at least 2006, when Democrats swept to congressional control and sent President George W. Bush a message that we as a nation were tired of costly wars and infringements on personal freedom. Sen. John McCain, the 2008 GOP nominee, did not understand that, and he lost badly to Obama, who seemed to "get it" at the time but forgot it later. Tea Party enthusiasm for the 2010 midterms, coupled with many Democrats’ disappointment in Obama, made for big GOP gains that year. Today’s Republicans are fooling themselves, however, if they think voters are re-embracing the party of George W. Bush because they want more of what Bush gave us.
Only Paul, with his genuine convictions, authentic charisma and prescient courage, is capable of leading the GOP to victory this November. The reasons Romney or Gingrich cannot win should be obvious to anyone with the ability to objectively assess the political landscape. To summarize, Romney and Gingrich cannot beat Obama because they are both functionaries for the very system that is scamming and swindling the so-called “99 percent.”
Obama is a functionary as well, at least to some degree, but Paul is not. Paul is not beholden to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or the richest of the Republican rich for funding his campaign or to Timothy Geithner for shaping U.S. monetary policy. Paul is a populist in the truest sense of the term, and as the race goes on, he’s going to work in so many populist themes that Romney, Gingrich and any other candidates left in the race will have to chime in or else face being dismissed as dodgy, deceitful and duplicitous.
“I think the intellectual revolution that’s going on now to restore liberty in this country is well on its way,” Paul told supporters Tuesday night, “and there’s no way they’re going to stop the momentum that we have started.”
Reluctantly, Republican Party movers and shakers are waking up to that fact, but the full weight of Paul’s words may not dawn on them until he’s addressing the GOP convention in Tampa – either as the nominee or someone whose full and vocal support the nominee needs in order to have a chance at beating Obama in November.

GOP Strategist: ‘Ron Paul Can Beat Romney’

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1384564404001/

You Can Help Ron Paul From Your Home

Dear Tyler,

Every day 'til the Iowa Caucus, I’m holding an absolutely critical conference call for all first-time Phone from Home participants.

Can I count on you to log onto this conference call ASAP?

You see, the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary are just around the corner.

And it’s absolutely vital Ron Paul has a strong showing in both of these early states.

That’s why we’re asking Ron Paul supporters to help Ron Paul in Iowa and New Hampshire by signing up for the campaign’s Phone From Home Program.

Call our hotline at (724) 444-7444 and Code 115224, PIN 1# from 11am eastern to 9pm Eastern everyday.

For months now, the campaign has been working hard to produce proprietary, state-of-the-art technology that allows grassroots folks like you to make the hundreds of thousands of calls it will take for Ron Paul to WIN the Republican nomination for President!

Besides contributing financially, there’s literally NOTHING you can do to help Ron Paul more.

In fact, it was our Phone From Home program that helped lead to Ron Paul’s historic finish in the Iowa Straw Poll, and since that day, Ron Paul’s message of liberty and constitutional government has continued spreading like wildfire all across America. But, with time running out until voters go to the polls, there’s still much more work to be done.

On these daily conference calls, members of the Ron Paul Phone From Home Team will be discussing how folks can help Phone From Home win us Iowa and New Hampshire.

It’s really simple and easy to get involved, and you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your own home.

And better yet, it won’t take up much of your time!

So please call in to learn more about this important effort.

Just call (724) 444-7444 and use Call ID 115224, PIN 1#. The code is the same everyday.

I look forward to talking with you!


For Liberty,


Nick Spanos
Phone From Home National Director
917 515 5355
nicks@ronpaul2012.com

ROMNEY GOT $10 MILLION FEDERAL BAILOUT AT BAIN

Mitt Romney received a $10 million bailout from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 1991, an event that runs contrary to the multimillionaire’s current anti-bailout position.

Documents obtained by the Boston Globe show that the FDIC negotiated a $10 million forgiveness with Bain & Co. while Romney was chairman and CEO in 1993.




The negotiations were part of a deal designed to reduce the debt load at the company, which was near bankruptcy. The FDIC had been forced to seize Bank of New England, who was a creditor of Bain’s.

In 2008, in a New York Times op-ed titled “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,” Romney argued that “Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.”

In May of 2011, Chrysler succesfully paid the U.S. Treasury back $5.1 billion from its federal bailout, while a study found that 1.14 million jobs were saved by the bailout of the auto industry. [Daily Kos]

In 2008, Ron Paul received 30,125 votes in Iowa and New Hampshire. In 2012, he received 83,067 votes. That's a 175% increase! The Revolution continues

In 2008, Ron Paul received 30,125 votes in Iowa and New Hampshire. In 2012, he received 83,067 votes. That's a 175% increase! The Revolution continues...

On to South Carolina

Dear Tyler,

The results are in, and my campaign's incredibly strong second-place finish in New Hampshire has the national media stunned!

Add that to my top-tier showing in Iowa, and it's clear I'm the one Republican candidate who can take on and DEFEAT both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

The race is becoming more clearly a two-man race between Mitt Romney and me.

That means there is only one true conservative choice.

I urge my opponents who have been unsuccessfully trying to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney to unite behind my candidacy.

I have the bold plan to cut spending. The dedication to protecting life. The lifelong dedication to the Constitution and limited government. And the necessary support to campaign nationwide against Mitt Romney.

So I'm going to try my best to spend a few hours relishing this great finish. But the truth is, I'm already thinking about South Carolina, Florida, and beyond.



I am in this race for the long haul. And I am ready to fight.

I believe I can ride this momentum to the Republican presidential nomination – but I'm going to need your help to do so.

My campaign is holding a Money Bomb this Saturday, January 14. Can I count on you to IMMEDIATELY pledge to contribute?

My staff is already busy implementing an ambitious plan for South Carolina, including hard-hitting voter mail and TV ads.

In fact, I instructed them to add to our South Carolina activities tonight after seeing my top-tier finish in New Hampshire.

And I'm headed there tomorrow to begin a feverish round of campaigning.

But I need to be able to pay for it all.

Unlike my opponents, I don't have Wall Street banksters lining up to write fat checks to my campaign.

I'm grateful I've been able to count on the generosity of good folks like you.

The great news is, because of your past support, we're racking up one success after another.

But with my opponents attacking me as hard as they can every chance they get, your support has never been more important.

So please pledge to contribute IMMEDIATELY.

Every dollar you can give is absolutely critical.

So please be as generous as you can!

For Liberty,


Ron Paul

P.S. After my incredibly strong showing tonight in New Hampshire, it's clear I'm the one Republican candidate with the resources, volunteers, and organization to take on and DEFEAT both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

With your help, I'm hoping to ride this wave of momentum to the Republican presidential nomination.

So please help me capitalize on tonight's success by pledging right away to contribute to my campaign's January 14 Money Bomb!

This Saturday

Dear Tyler,

You and I are only a little over 24 hours away from finding out New Hampshire's choice for the next Republican presidential nominee.

I've been fortunate during my visits to the Granite State to meet so many people who are ready to throw off the shackles of Big Government and return to our founding principles of individual liberty, free markets, and sound money.

And I'm excited about our chances to follow up on our incredible top-tier finish in Iowa with a strong showing tomorrow night.

The simple truth is, none of our campaign's hard work in New Hampshire would have been possible without you and the thousands of other grassroots patriots who have rallied to our cause.

Installing experienced staff on the ground, running top-notch ads, sending thousands of pieces of hard-hitting mail, spending countless hours making phone calls, and doing everything else it takes to run a winning campaign doesn't come cheap.

So as we look ahead to the next primary, South Carolina, I hope I can count on you to rise to the challenge once again.

My campaign is holding a Money Bomb this Saturday, January 14th, to help me make the final push in South Carolina.



Dedicated staff and volunteers in South Carolina have been working around the clock for victory, but they'll need all the reinforcement I can give them in these final days before voters head to the polls, so it's crucial you pledge to make your most generous contribution.

Tyler, other candidates have to depend on big checks from fat cats, special interests, and establishment insiders.

Our campaign is fueled by active duty military, small business owners, stay-at-home moms, students fighting to keep their dreams alive, workers who long to finally get out from under Big Labor's thumb, and other everyday Americans who just want a government that sticks to the Constitution.

And what we've achieved together so far is nothing short of historic.

But my opponents are doing everything they can in South Carolina to distort my record and scare the voters.

They know I'm the only candidate with a detailed plan to end the reckless spending, balance the budget in three years, and get our country back on track.

Their taxpayer-funded gravy train comes to an end with a Paul presidency, so they're pulling out all the stops in a desperate last-minute panic.

Only your continued support will enable me to capitalize on my momentum from Iowa and New Hampshire and finish implementing our strategy in South Carolina.

So please, mark January 14th on your calendar right away and pledge to contribute as generously as you can to our Money Bomb to ensure we can make a strong final push in South Carolina.

For Liberty,


Ron Paul

P.S. New Hampshire will make its choice for the Republican presidential nominee known just a little over 24 hours from now.

Thanks to your support, I'm confident we will have another strong showing tomorrow night.

But with South Carolina's primary coming up fast after New Hampshire, and with the establishment doing everything it can to halt our momentum, it's critical I know I can continue to depend on you and your fellow grassroots patriots.

My campaign is holding a Money Bomb this Saturday, January 14th, to help fund our final push in South Carolina.

I hope you'll pledge to give whatever you are able so we can finish implementing our strategy in South Carolina and make sure the voters know the truth about my consistent, conservative, constitutional record.

On the March

Dear Tyler,

The countdown is on until voting begins in New Hampshire. Then the South Carolina Primary follows quickly. Then Florida. Then Nevada.

I'm hopeful a strong finish in New Hampshire will prove that the momentum is with my campaign - but I need your help to ensure our biggest successes are right around the corner.

Can I count on you to sign up for my campaign's Phone From Home Program and start making calls IMMEDIATELY?

I can't tell you how important this is to my campaign's success.

Phone From Home was one BIG reason for my strong top-tier finish in Iowa - and your help in this CRITICAL area will be the difference moving forward.

The good news is, with our state-of-the-art Phone From Home Program, making calls has never been so easy.

Best of all, you don't even have to leave the comfort of your own home to help!

I've said from the beginning that this isn't my R3VOLUTION. It's yours.

And you and I both know we'll never restore limited government, free markets, sound money, and respect for constitutional principles without a FIGHT.

So please agree to do your part. Don't count on someone else to carry the load.

Please, help my campaign with our critical Phone From Home Program IMMEDIATELY. Together, you and I can Restore America NOW!

For Liberty,


Ron Paul

CBS poll: Ron Paul, Mitt Romney tied with President Obama

A new CBS poll finds Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney are tied with President Obama.

According to the latest national poll, Mr. Romney leads Mr. Obama by two percentage points, 47 percent to 45 percent. Mr. Paul trails Mr. Obama by one percentage point, 45 percent to 46 percent.





Among the rest of the Republican field, Mr. Obama leads former Sen. Rick Santorum 47 percent to 43 percent; he leads Texas Governor Rick Perry 49 percent to 42 percent; he leads former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman 48 percent to 41 percent; and he leads former Newt Gingrich 49 percent to 41 percent.

The poll comes as recent polls out of New Hampshire and South Carolina how Mr. Romney leading the Republican presidential field. The Massachusetts Republican also leads in Florida, which holds its primary at the end of the month. Meanwhile, Mr. Paul has faced a surge in support since taking third place in Tuesday’s Iowa caucus. The Texas Republican announced earlier this week that his campaign has raised upwards of $10 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, placing him just behind Mr. Romney’s campaign.

The poll is the latest indication that Mr. Obama will face a tough bid for re-election. The incumbent Democrat has struggled to lower the nation’s rate of unemployment, a key issue for voters in the upcoming race.

The CBS News poll was conducted Jan. 4 to 8, surveying 1,413 adults, for a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points. The poll includes a subsample of 1.247 registered voters.

Veterans, active duty to march on the White House for Ron Paul

According to a Facebook post from Adam Kokesh of “Adam vs. The Man” fame, veterans and active duty troops will march on the White House in support of Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, on February 20th, 2012. The march will be led by Mr. Kokesh and Nathan Cox, the founder of Veterans for Ron Paul 2012.

According to Kokesh’s post, veterans and active duty troops will march from the Washington Monument to the White House. The marchers will salute a “folded American flag [...] for as many seconds as troops have died under the Presidency of Barrack Obama.”





Mr. Kokesh writes that the “purpose of this event is to make it clear to the American people that Ron Paul is the choice of the troops and the candidate who will receive the greatest support from those he would lead as commander-in-chief.” The march organizers will reportedly require proof of service from current or former military personnel who want to participate in the march.

Mr. Paul’s popularity among members of the military is evidenced by the number of active members of the military who donate to his campaign. Mr. Paul led his fellow GOP candidates and President Barack Obama in donations from active members of the military in the the 3Q 2011. In fact, Mr. Paul raised more money from active members of the military than all of his fellow GOP competitors combined.

Mr. Paul went after former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at the ABC News/ St. Anselm debate over military service Saturday night. “I think people who don’t serve when they could and they get three or four or even five deferments [...] have no right to send our kids off to war,” Mr. Paul professed. “I’m trying to stop the wars, but at least, you know, I went when they called me up,” Mr. Paul added.

HUNTSMAN FAILS TO MAKE BALLOT IN 3 STATES: VIRGINIA, ILLINOIS AND ARIZONA

There are many reports this morning that Jon Hunstman has failed to make the ballot in Arizona.

But it should be noted that Huntsman has actually failed to qualify for the ballot in three states.

Reports ABC News:

“To date, Huntsman has failed to qualify for the ballot in three states: Virginia, Illinois and Arizona.”

About.com’s US Conservative blog notes:

“Unreported by most media outlets, Huntsman failed to make ballot in Arizona, Illinois, nor Virginia.”

Primary and Caucus voters deserve to know which candidates have credible enough organizations to push forward with competitive campaigns. Any candidate’s inability to meet such rudimentary ballot requirements reveals a lack of seriousness about their alleged goal of securing the Republican nomination.