" Ron Paul is still in the running!!! Did you forget? He is the most viable candidate for this country! I suggest people look to him! "

" Dr. Paul is the ONLY candidate from either side of the ruling party who KNOWS what the Constitution says and actually APPLIES it to legislation pending in the Congress. Virtually NO ONE ELSE in the federal government can make that claim. He's MY choice. "

" Ron Paul is blacklisted by this newspaper because it is part of a larger controlled enterprise. It is quite possible a large number of Romney delegates may go to Ron Paul since McCain and all his buddies are CFR members pushing amnesty. Huckabee will receive the rest assuming he stays in the race. He also is connected to the CFR and pro-amnesty. "

" One thing which everyone, no matter your political perspective, should consider about Dr. Paul is that he offers a real alternative to ALL the other candidates.

He's serious about putting money back in our pockets, stopping the unconstitutional spying on us, and ending this terrible war in Iraq.

For the first time in a long time, we have a real choice in the election, not just the same thing dressed up in different parties.

You question should not be asking whether McCain or Huckabee gets our support, but whether we want a chance to get back some of our freedoms and make real positive changes in this country.

McCain, Huckabee, Clinton, or Obama won't do this, but Ron Paul will. "

" Give me a break. Huckabee and McCain aren’t anything close to conservative—Bill Clinton was more conservative and had twice the character of these two guys, and he slept around and sold our missile guidance technology to China. What about Ron Paul, the only conservative in the bunch? Good job Napa Register, leaving Ron Paul off the list—showing your lack of integrity, once again. "

" Now to be fair, the Napa Valley Register has had a couple of articles about Dr. Paul. I just wish they would wake up and realize that he is the ONLY alternative to "Bomb Iran" McCain. Huckabee has stated he would be more than happy to be Veep, he is not an alternative.

Dr. Paul is the ONLY conservative in this race anymore. Yes he's a long shot, but it isn't like the media wasn't responsible for reviving John McCain's chances, and a certain bank who loaned him $4.5M in the 4th quarter didn't make it all possible. He can't handle money, his campaign was bankrupt twice in one year. I guess his campaign deficit spending is not a "real" example of what he will do in the office of president. Not that he could beat one of the Democratic field if one of them had just had a stroke.u8a39 "

" McCain almost single-handedly pushed through the Surge, which has had tremendous positive impact in Iraq. He has NEVER voted for a tax increase, and has been one of the few Republicans to stick to a Reaganesque reduced-spending platform. While some may not agree with his position on certain issues, he has a record of very high integrity and doing what he says...this makes him trustworthy. He is pro-life. He supports parents' rights to choose which school their children attend. Most importantly, he thinks government should be kept small to keep it from interfering with people's private lives. He's definitely got my vote. "

" Hey Common Sense, I think you have your candidates mixed up or you just lack that what your name means?!?! You are correct about McCain's hand in the surge, but as for being a 'tremendous positive impact', it gave me a chuckle and then I wept. "

" Ah, another surge denier. Come on, Boente, even Nancy Pelosi admitted the surge has worked. "

" Pelosi is just another AIPAC puppet. "

" Common Sense: Way to bend Pelosi's words. Yes, she said that the surge has worked at reducing violence (anyone who looks at death tolls can see they improved from their very bad levels), but in no way would she or any other reasonable person say that we are close to hitting the 18 benchmarks. How many do you say we hit? And would you term that a passing grade? "

" McCain definitely is disconnected from reality. When he talked about how safe the streets of Baghdad seemed while being wrapped in flak jacket and helmet, surrounded by dozens of soldiers, it made him (and others comparing the streets to a farmer's market in the midwest) seem foolish. Ron Paul is the straight-talking one in the bunch and the only one willing to discuss what really got us into this mess. "

" TrickleDown, I never stated that Pelosi said Iraq met all 18 benchmarks. I stated she said the surge was working...which you yourself admitted in your post. Quit trying to discredit our military's efforts over there. America will not tolerate losers (Patton said it first). That's why pro-Iraq Lieberman beat anti-Iraq Lamont in very liberal Connecticut. The Democrats recognize this, which is why they've downplayed Iraq as an issue and attempted to shift focus to something else (their own strategists have said this!). Meanwhile, the media is now trying to say returning troops are 'dangerous' to regular citizens, while the city of Berkeley tries to kick the U.S. Marine Corps out of the city. Once again, the left will do anything to lose wars and destroy the reputation of our troops. McCain won't have judgment issues like that. "

" Dr. Paul represents the 14th Congressional district of Texas. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee, the International Relations committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. On the Financial Services Committee, Rep. Paul serves as the vice-chairman of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee. He advocates a dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government and a return to constitutional principles.

Dr. Paul is the author of several books, including Challenge to Liberty; The Case for Gold; and A Republic, If You Can Keep It. He has been a distinguished counselor to the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and is widely quoted by scholars and writers in the fields of monetary policy, banking, and political economy. He has received many awards and honors during his career in Congress, from organizations such as the National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, the Council for a Competitive Economy, Young Americans for Freedom, and countless others.

Ron is the ONLY member of Congress considered a scholar in economics and financial understanding. I can only anticipate the day that he goes face-to-face with McCain because McCain will be outclassed and totally embarrassed and the world will finally be enlightened to just how much knowledge Dr. Paul has at his immediate disposal. Make no mistake ... Ron Paul is exactly what A,erica Needs!
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" ds wrote on Feb 7, 2008 10:48 PM:

" Ron Paul is blacklisted by this newspaper because it is part of a larger controlled enterprise. It is quite possible a large number of Romney delegates may go to Ron Paul since McCain and all his buddies are CFR members pushing amnesty. Huckabee will receive the rest assuming he stays in the race. He also is connected to the CFR and pro-amnesty. "
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Make no mistake! The directive to SILENCE Ron Paul comes from a much greater source. When this is investigated America will learn that these directives emminated from the office of VP Richard Cheney. Ron Paul is very much a threat to the CFR, and the Banking Elite. His vision for "saving America", if successful, will spell disaster for advancement of the New World Order, which also, pathetically enough is also what the "Global War On Terror" is about ... control of the populace through the use of fear and a failed monetary system. Ironically ... that is also the definition of Terrorism! "

" Common Sense wrote on Feb 8, 2008 9:42 AM:

" McCain almost single-handedly pushed through the Surge, which has had tremendous positive impact in Iraq. He has NEVER voted for a tax increase, and has been one of the few Republicans to stick to a Reaganesque reduced-spending platform. While some may not agree with his position on certain issues, he has a record of very high integrity and doing what he says...this makes him trustworthy. He is pro-life. He supports parents' rights to choose which school their children attend. Most importantly, he thinks government should be kept small to keep it from interfering with people's private lives. He's definitely got my vote. "
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...and he is also prepared to condemn my grand children and their grand children to lifetimes of pain, fear, financial hardship and/or possible death to fight his stupid wars so that he can show everyone he was right! I don't think so! "

" Common Sense wrote on Feb 8, 2008 2:16 PM:

" Ah, another surge denier. Come on, Boente, even Nancy Pelosi admitted the surge has worked. "
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Yeah, .... just wait till al sadr calls off his cease fire of his goon squad. Last count January GI death up 51% over December... Get ready! "

" If Ron Paul is to become a challenger, he will need more than The People's support. He needs to get out there and sell his mission. "

" To Common Sense-

What is your opinion on McCain's Amnesty Bill for illegal aliens that he and Kennedy formulated? What is your opinion on the McCain / Feingold Bill that took away the right of citizens to place a candidate’s voting record in the media outlets within one month of an election? What is your opinion on McCain voting against every bill that was in support of finding and bringing home our MIAs? This is the tip of the iceberg. I don’t know where you get your information on McCain wanting to downsize government. There hasn’t been a President in the last hundred years that has done that. Ron Paul says he wants to downsize government, and he will. How do I know? He has a voting record to prove it. Have you really examined McCain’s voting record or are you listening to what he and the media are telling you?
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" The Ron Paul crowd is hilarious. I might have voted for him if he had supported being in Iraq. Until then, people, lets stick with serious candidates. ricknhouston, you need to get caught up with the times...Al Sadr is not in charge of his martyrs brigade any more due to mental issues. KLR (the motorcycle?), McCain-Kennedy was too liberal in my opinion (I'm a Minuteman). McCain-Feingold infringed a little too much on 1st Amendment rights for my tastes, but at least he was trying to work with the other side to get SOMETHING done. McCain's voting record is 83% conservative, and has stayed remarkably true to Reagan ideals...trust me, the media does not say that. McCain's record of cutting government spending and reducing earmarks, which help limit the size and reach of government, is well-documented. Of the REALISTIC candidates (sorry Ron Paul), McCain is by far the most libertarian. Another way to tell is to look at who the socialists and communalists support (Hillary and Obama)...again, this leaves McCain as the realistic libertarianesque choice. I trust McCain will try to micromanage my life the least out of all the candidates. "

" CommonSense: The goals of the surge were to meet the 18 benchmarks. If the surge does not achieve this and only serves to lower the violence, then at best one can say the surge is only partly working (which is what Pelosi said). If you were to have a kidney removed and you wake up to find that the doctor had only made the incision, would you call the surgery a success and announce that "kidney surgery is working!"?

Second, and most important, you said "Quit trying to discredit our military's efforts over there ." Where in my post did I discredit the troops? I said the troop increase has reduced the violence which was what they were to do. You are again just pointing fingers and decrying statements not made! "

" TrickleDown, your theories of military strategies and tactics are abysmal. Battlefield conditions change. Are you saying that just because Iraq hasn't met benchmarks set by a bunch of molly-coddled politicians that we should throw away the huge gains that have been made? The politicians didn't foresee the Sunni Awakening, but again, even Nancy Pelosi has finally admitted the surge is working. That's why Congress has completely backed down from pulling troops out, despite not meeting certain benchmarks. Leave it to the wacko left to pull defeat from the jaws of victory. Perhaps we should just leave and let genocide reign? This constant portrayal of failure when there are so many more successes discredits our troops for the work they have done. And it is a huge discredit to the American soldiers who have lost their lives striving for these victories. Quit trying to turn Iraq in to another Vietnam. "

" We'll see how well McCain's 100, 1,000, 10,000 year war is going to sell in November, won't we? With the economy collapsing, our money debauched, and the war costing $13 billion dollars a month already... I have a hunch that McCain's proud support of Mr. Bungle's Folly will bouy up his candidacy up the way an anvil bouys up swimmers. Not too mention all those lovely photos of McCain hugging Mr. Bungle like the clown was his dah-day. ~Ruff
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" Common Sense: Where did I even pose a theory of military strategies and tactics? Should we need a person on this board to set up and defeat Straw Men via argument, we will definitely know where to turn. Did I say that we should throw away gains that have been made? Where is the constant portrayal of failure? Read again closely everything I wrote. Nope, nothing there is there? Once again, the troops have done their job and done a good job (namely in lowering violence), but the problems with Iraqi law enforcement, oil revenue sharing, etc are still there and that is where the failures are. To say this is the case does not discredit the troops as much as you would like to try and turn it so you can set up another point to argue against which doesn't exist. "