Can Ron Paul Win Iowa?
Although Republican Ron Paul is not a mainstream media favorite, numbers show that Paul has a real chance of winning the January Iowa caucuses race.
The libertarian icon and former doctor has established a following of diehard supporters that has been increasingly expanding in Iowa due to the launch of the most expansive Republican campaign in the state.
Paul supporters have reached out to two-thirds of the Iowa population, and have reached more people than any other candidate.
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A recent Bloomberg poll suggests that the campaign is working as it shows that Paul could likely snag an Iowa win, a victory that could likely set the pace for the upcoming election.
The Bloomberg poll placed Paul in a statistical tie for first place
“I would now call Ron Paul one of the three front-runners in both Iowa and New Hampshire alongside Mitt Romney and a third candidate, currently Newt Gingrich,” Brent Budowsky of The Hill recently wrote.
Paul’s campaign already won a number of straw polls and he has been noted by political commentators for his ability to mobilize niche groups, such as small business owners and home-school families.
Craig Robinson, a former political director for the Republican Party of Iowa announced via Twitter, “I’m buying Ron Paul today.”
With no allegations of sexist behavior, no major debate flub, or affairs and several wives in his past, Paul is emerging from the group of GOP hopefuls as a steadfast candidate.
On his website, the grandfather of 18 describes himself as “the leading spokesman in Washington for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets and a return to sound monetary policies based on commodity-backed currency."
Some commentators argue that Paul’s isolationist foreign policy stance could damage his ability to attract undecided voters, however, it appears that Paul’s unrelenting approach to fixing America’s economic problems is what is luring voters to his side with a bulging federal deficit and staggering and increasingly uncertain American economy.
Recent headlines such as “Ron Paul is real in Iowa” and “Ron Paul’s 19 percent in Iowa may indicate a path to the nomination” suggest that what happens in Iowa is sure to be important to the 2012 election.
