A Poll for South Carolina Republicans for January 11th - 12th shows Ron Paul moving up from 9% to 20% taking 3rd place. http://americanresearchgroup.com/pres2012/primary/rep/sc/
Looks like Ron Paul will be getting an important South Carolina endorsement this weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A leading South Carolina conservative and Tea Party champion, State Senator Tom Davis, will endorse Ron Paul Sunday, a South Carolina Republican consultant close to Davis told BuzzFeed. Davis, former Governor Mark Sanford's former chief-of-staff, has been a vocal critic of government action and of economic development spending backed by other politicians of both parties. Senator Tom Davis fiscal conservative credentials are outstanding, South Caroline GOP executive director Matt Moore told the leading state political website, FITSNews, recently. Any candidate would do well to gain his endorsement. Indeed, he was courted by all the leading Republican campaigns. Davis recently hinted at the coming endorsement, writing on Facebook that he would back "the one candidate in the race for president who has consistently stood for taxpayers." Davis offers the kind of mainstream conservative support that the Paul campaign, viewed by some as fringe, has worked to amass, and the move marks another step toward the mainstream for the Paul movement. "I've heard it's true and I hope its true," said Will Folks, founding editor of FITSNews, in an email. "Tom Davis is the gold standard for fiscal conservatives in South Carolina." http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/exclusive-top-sc-tea-party-senator-to-endorse-p
Ron Paul 2012 campaign is gaining traction in South Carolina Republican primary according to the recent polls. A week is left for the South Carolina primary and the trends indicate a tight race for the Republican nomination among the top four candidates. According to recent poll results released by the American Research Group and Rasmussen, Texas Congressman Ron Paul has got the biggest boost in numbers. Polls conducted by ARG between Jan. 11 and 12 put Mitt Romney at 29 percent, Newt Gingrich at 25 percent, Paul at 20 percent and Santorum at 7 percent. While in an ARG poll conducted on Jan. 4 and 5, Romney got 31 percent, while Gingrich and Santorum tied at 24 percent and Paul at 9 percent. The poll indicates that in a span of just one week, the Ron Paul Revolution has gained 11 points while Santorum has lost 17 points, indicating that the Texas Rep. Paul is going to repeat or even better his performance in Iowa and New Hampshire. The Rasmussen poll also indicates a similar trend as far as Paul and Santorum are concerned. The first poll was conducted on Jan. 5 after the Iowa polls, while the second poll was on Jan. 12 after the New Hampshire polls. The results show that Paul has gained five points and moved from fourth position to the third with 16 percent, while Santorum fell to the third place and tied with Paul at 16 points, indicating a loss of eight points. Gingrich has also improved his position marginally in both the polls, while Romney lost two points in the ARG poll and gained one point in Rasmussen poll and remains at the top with 28 points. While a PPP(D) poll also puts Romney ahead at 29 percent, Gingrich at 24 percent and Paul at 15 percent. Santorum is one point behind Paul at fourth position. If these polls are an indicator then the Republican Primary in South Carolina is going to be competitive. Paul's surge indicates that he is gaining ground in the state and the next week's campaigning will further improve his ratings. For Santorum who is trying to woo the evangelicals it is bad news as he is losing support at a crucial point just ahead of the election. Gingrich looks like he is consolidating his stake and improvising it. While Romney is losing his support marginally but steadily. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/281708/20120114/ron-paul-surges-south-carolina-republican-race.htm
This is a huge surge. This is like a 11 point increase since New Hampshire, isn't it? I think Ron Paul's speech made a huge impression on people. If we can take South Carolina that will be huge.
Okay Master Prophet of the Universe... Maybe you missed the point of the thread. If he makes a solid 2nd or 3rd the other candidates will drop out and the rest of the GoP body will mostly back Paul.
Are you kidding me? The majority of the GOP body would rather sit on nails than support Paul. NOT GONNA HAPPEN, when will those who support such a man understand, he does not have what it takes to win the Presidency. He just wants to have his voice heard on the platform.
Sorry but, has the only record up there of knowing how the Economy works and how to fix it. He is the only person who is willing to turn the deficit around unlike the rest... At least Paul has an actual plan quite unlike the rest of GoP Rhetoric from the rest of the Field. Though I saw your other remarks similar to this thread in the current events section. You're not here to debate you're just here to troll or make slight comments.
Telling people they cant do something is a sure fire way of motivating them to work harder. Thank you!
If you've been listening the last few days, the GOP is trying to find ways to 'accommodate' RP. THAT ain't gonna happen. What is happening is that his support is growing more than any other candidate and...wonder of all wonders..he's finally getting a chance to talk and people are listening. The Establishment has no backbone and will kowtow to the voters once they see which way the wind is blowing. We are showing them who the real sheep are....AND IT AIN'T US!!
As I stated before on the other thread. Ron Paul does not attract the masses. He does have some (few) good things, but a poor communicator. He may have a plan, but he would be unable to put the plan in play since he doesn't play "nice" with those who oppose him. He doesn't understand if you can't have all you want, then at least take some of what you want. Reagan was a master at that, Paul is more or less a purest, it seems to me he is an "all or nothing" kind of guy. As far as the trolling or debating, I can hold my own in most debates, and I am not here to troll at all, but seeing as there are so many Paul threads, seems to me those who love and adore him are saying the same thing over and over again, and truthfully I personally think they are wrong. No one in the world can honestly believe that Ron Paul can take the GOP nomination, not even Ron Paul. He is not out there to win, but rather be a thorn in the side of the GOP whom I suggest he can't stand. He is in the wrong party, and like a hypocrite, he would never run in the party that he actually is in step with, the libertarian party, because he knows no one would even look at him if he did.
As President he would have enough power to stop a lot of practices and prevent a lot of insanity from moving forward. He has given up reelection for his Congressional Seat so he is going all out for President... you may refuse to accept it but, he is out to win.
To a certain extent. He cannot cut the budget by $1,000,000,000 in his first year he simply won't have the votes to carry it out. Yes it sounds good, but being a realist I am sure even he understands that. At 76 or so giving up his seat in Congress isn't really all that, but I do respect that thought. Bob Dole did the same when he ran for the President, and that got him nowhere at all. I still say he knows he can't win, and he is trying one last ditch effort to make his mark on the platform. If he truly cares what he is saying I am wondering if he is going to give up his pension when he retires? Just a thought. His son did however do something no one in Congress had the balls to do and that was to give back $500K to the treasury, did Ron do that. He just doesn't walk the walk, but does talk the talk.
WOW ..what surge ! Now he's like 28 pts behind Romney... No wonder he stayed in Texas. I hope the surge into 3rd place works for you. Maybe you can elect the next PRESIDENT using phony straw polls.
