Days ago, reports revealed that Ron Paul is in a dead heat in the Iowa caucus with Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich. Since then, Paul has also gained support in New Hampshire, where he is now in second place in the polls.
Paul?s progress in the polls has been somewhat surprising given the lack of attention he receives in the mainstream media, and the minimal amount of time he is provided during the debates.
During the CBS debate that took place on Saturday, November 12, for example, Paul was given a mere 89 seconds of talking time.
Still, following that debate, a Bloomberg News poll showed that Paul is currently in a four-way Republican dead heat against other GOP top contenders. Bloomberg News reports:
A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent, Romney at 18 percent and Gingrich at 17 percent among the likely attendees with the caucuses that start the nominating contests seven weeks away.
Meanwhile, a poll conducted by Public Policy Polling shows Paul is leading against President Obama amongst independent voters, 48 to 39 percent. In fact, Paul is the only GOP candidate to beat President Obama amongst independent voters.
"This is yet another poll that clearly shows how competitive Ron Paul is against the sitting President," said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton. "Dr. Paul is making strides not just among Republicans, but inependent voters as well. This broad base of increasing support proves that the American people are looking for conviction instead of the typical status quo rhetoric being offered by establishment candidates."
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New Iowa State University poll shows Ron Paul within the margin of error of being tied for first place.
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Cain (24.5 percent) is more than four percentage points ahead of Paul (20.4), with Mitt Romney (16.3 percent) being the only other candidate receiving more support than "Can't Decide" (8.1 percent). Cain's lead over Paul is within the poll's margin of error at plus or minus 5 percent."
For the record, I am an Independent. If anyone here dislikes Ron Paul, that's fine, you are entitled to your opinion but I notice that most people that don't like him cite reasons from things he has never even said or supported, or take his comments completely out of context so I challenge anyone here to watch the video above and dispute anything Ron Paul has to say. However, my guess is that the best anyone can do is "he cant win", "he's old", "he has bad hair", "he smells" etc. Nothing of any substance whatsoever, just vapid, ad hominem cheap shots, which says more about you than him IMO-