Ron Paul Campaign Update
Some local ads being run, but nothing nation-wide yet.
by James Buchanan
The weekend GOP debate in Orlando was unremarkable. One news article reports “The leading candidates — Giuliani, Romney, Fred Thompson and John McCain — haggled over a range of issues along with four long-shot contenders: former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and congressmen Duncan Hunter of California, Ron Paul of Texas and Tom Tancredo of Colorado.”
Ron Paul thankfully got a little more exposure and some national airtime with the always-hostile Sean Hannity. The number of people watching these debates appears to be dwindling especially with the main focus on the excruciatingly boring “Big Four” candidates, Romney, Giuliani, Thompson and McCain.
Simultaneous with this event, Ron Paul announced a four-state advertising campaign. On the plus side, at least Ron Paul is running ads in several states somewhat early. On the negative side, the Paul campaign has still failed to run any nation-wide ads and the text of the radio ads is horribly bland, focusing on tax cuts, which should make Ron Paul almost completely indistinguishable from all the other candidates, who will most likely promise tax cuts too. The two biggest issues for the 2008 election are the Iraq War and illegal immigration. 72 percent of Americans want our troops brought back from the Iraq War and about 85 percent of Americans want immigration laws enforced. There should be a tidal wave of support for Ron Paul if only he could make himself known to ordinary Americans as well as his stand on those two critical issues. (more…)