U.S. Rep. Ron Paul turns 75 today and some of his supporters hope the occasion will build momentum for a money bomb for his son, Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
The Texas congressman from Surfside continues to lead a passionate group of supporters left over from his 2008 presidential campaign. He has not ruled out another run for the White House in 2012.
Earlier this month, a poll from Public Policy Polling suggested Paul could play the role of spoiler if he decided to run as an independent.
Speaking of birthdays, if he ran again, Paul’s age would likely become a campaign issue. In 2008, John McCain faced questions over whether he was too old to run for president. He was only 72 at the time.
-Aman Batheja
This Country better get on its knees and pray Ron Paul runs.
Posted by: celeste | August 20, 2010 at 02:12 PM
I feel its important to point out that describing Ron Paul as either a 'spoiler' or as an 'independent', is very misleading. As this article states, Ron has not announced whether or not he will be running in the 2012 presidential election. Ron has stated numerous times that he would not run as an independent, but as a Republican, which is the party he belongs to now as a Texas senator. It should also be made clear that twice this year Paul has won straw polls, and the Rasmussen poll. Additionally, during the 2008 debates, Ron Paul consistently won polls amongst voters in regards to who performed the best during the debates. His support is broad and growing rapidly. He is consistently shown to be the most supported Republican by the people. To phrase this article as the author has chosen to is to skew the facts away from Paul, and to discourage his very valid candidacy for popular election by the American people.
Posted by: dale | August 20, 2010 at 09:48 PM
get old and retired. I am sickpo tired to pay my tax dollars for long time congressman.
Get lost and I will ask to cut his pension!
Posted by: Joe Doe | August 25, 2010 at 02:23 PM