All these people who've said Ron Paul can't win obviously now know better. They now know he CAN win... and, if he does, he will shake up the country like no President since FDR.
But in a way that's good for the country.
And bad for its Masters.
Can't have that...
Surging in Iowa, Ron Paul Takes His Turn as Rivals' Punching Bag
Published December 28, 2011
FoxNews.com
For months, Ron Paul was by turns ignored, tolerated and occasionally even praised by his opponents in the Republican presidential race.
But with the libertarian-leaning candidate surging to the front of the field in Iowa with less than a week to go before the caucuses, Paul's extensive record of outside-the-GOP-mainstream comments and views is coming under withering attack by his competitors.
While some of his fellow Republicans have practically adopted his unwavering criticism of the Federal Reserve and Washington's spending habits over the course of the campaign, they are picking apart other aspects of his record -- in particular singling out his foreign policy views as dangerously isolationist.
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The campaign trail tone toward Paul marks a turnaround from just a few weeks ago, when at an ABC News debate, Paul's opponents cited him as a positive example when asked to name something they had learned from the other candidates.
Perry thanked Paul for bringing attention to problems with the Federal Reserve and monetary policy.
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By the next debate, sponsored by Fox News, the goodwill seemed to dissipate, as Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann ripped into Paul over his foreign policy views.
As Paul rises in the Iowa polls, the candidates have even less reason to be gracious toward him.
The RealClearPolitics average of recent polls shows Paul leading the field in Iowa by about 2 percentage points. Recent polls generally have him trading the lead with Romney -- while Gingrich, who used to maintain a double-digit lead in Iowa, falls back to third place.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, suggested the dynamic in the Iowa race is becoming clear.
"You've got a battle for first place between just two candidates -- Romney and Ron Paul," he said Wednesday on Fox News.
Most of the GOP candidates are now aggressively courting Iowa caucus-goers. Paul is set to travel from a town hall in Newton, Iowa, on Wednesday to a set of stops in Des Moines before the end of the day.
Paul also has a slick new TV ad out in Iowa and New Hampshire that assails the "Washington machine" while casting Paul as the race's "consistent" and "incorruptible" candidate.
Without naming names, the ad says "serial hypocrites and flip-floppers can't clean up the mess" in Washington.
Full article: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/28/surging-in-iowa-ron-paul-takes-turn-as-punching-bag/
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