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Ron Paul can beat Barack Obama in 2012 according to the latest Rassmussen poll. Among independents, Paul has an astonishing 47% to 28% edge over the president.

The difficult part may be getting the GOP nomination: Only 66% of GOP voters support Ron Paul. But there’s still potential for improvement: 49% are still not sure whether Ron Paul shares the values of most Republican voters throughout the nation.

Time to spread the message!

Pit maverick Republican Congressman Ron Paul against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up, and the race is – virtually dead even.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of likely voters finds Obama with 42% support and Paul with 41% of the vote. Eleven percent (11%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided.

Obama earns 79% support from Democrats, but Paul gets just 66% of GOP votes. Voters not affiliated with either major party give Paul a 47% to 28% edge over the president.

Twenty-six percent (26%) of GOP voters think Paul shares the values of most Republican voters throughout the nation, but 25% disagree. Forty-nine percent (49%) are not sure.

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Congressman Paul has officially introduced his legislation to repeal the federal health insurance mandate. The bill is titled “End the Mandate” and the bill number is HR 4995. The bill’s text will be available shortly.

In a recent Fox News interview Ron Paul described his bill as follows

Ron Paul: “I want to get rid of one item to concentrate on, because I think it’s the worst part. And that is the mandate saying that you don’t have a choice anymore. They’re driving everybody into the system. […] I want to key in on the one issue, to legalize freedom of choice, legalize the private option without taking on the whole mess that’s been created. […] In a free society you have to at least allow people the freedom to opt out of a compulsory system that is imposed on you by government.”

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Ron Paul recently made the headlines when he claimed that President Obama is not a socialist, but a corporatist:

Ron Paul: “The question has been raised whether or not our president is a socialist. And I’m sure there are some people here [at the SRLC] who believe it and I know this conference has talked about that already and I think that is very important, he deserves a lot of criticism. But you know, in the technical sense, in the economic definition of a socialist, no, he’s not a socialist. What he is is a corporatist and unfortunately, we have corporatists in the Republican party and that means you take care of corporations and corporations take over and run the country. We see that in the financial institution, we see it in the military-industrial complex, and now we see it in the medical-industrial complex who runs medicine.”

Do you agree or disagree with Ron Paul? What is the president all about? Participate in our latest poll and make your opinion heard. You can select up to 3 options.

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From April 5 to 13, RonPaul.com ran a poll asking readers to select up to 5 candidates to join a potential Ron Paul ticket as running mate in 2012. The poll attracted 10,580 voters, compared to 9,425 voters in the November 2009 poll and 2,739 voters in the June 2009 poll.

Judge Andrew Napolitano came in as the undisputed winner, with 40% of voters expressing their desire for him to be Ron Paul’s VP in 2012 (up from 27% in the November poll).

Jesse Ventura came in second with 25% of the vote (up from 15% in Nov. 2009).

Peter Schiff gained 22% of the vote (up from 21%), and 20% of voters gave Rand Paul the nod (up from 12%).

Chuck Baldwin, the winner of our November poll (29%) dropped to place 5 with 18% of the vote.

Sarah Palin, Pat Buchanan and Glenn Beck were virtually tied for 6th place, each gaining 13%. (Nov. 2009 Poll: Palin 13%, Buchanan 7%, Beck 7%).

Other candidates gaining at least one tenth of the vote include John Stossel (12%), Jim DeMint (11%) and Lew Rockwell (10%).

The poll attracted 10,580 voters and 356 comments. Each voter could select up to 5 candidates. The detailed results are as follows:

Ron Paul had no input in creating the list. It was based purely on suggestions made by supporters here and on other sites over the past few months.

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Campaign for Liberty is currently holding a “banner bomb” until midnight on April 19 (the 235th anniversary of Lexington and Concord’s “Shot heard ‘round the world’”) to raise funds to place Audit the Fed banners on key sites like Drudge Report, CNN, MSNBC, and others.

The ad campaign will target ten states whose senators are key to passing S. 604.

Click on the graphic below to contribute to the effort and help turn up the heat on Congress to Audit the Fed!

Here is a breakdown to give you an idea of how many ad buys your donation can help achieve:

$18.71 ~ 9,000 views on Drudge Report.

$37.29 ~ 11,000 views on Rasmussen

$61.48 ~ 19,000 views on Human Events

$81.62 ~ (best value) 42,000 views on Drudge Report

$142.55 ~ 70,000 views on Fox News

$237.36 ~ 85,000 views on Rasmussen

Click here to contribute.

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Ron Paul talks about his strong showing in the SRLC straw poll and explains his bill to repeal Obama’s healthcare mandate.

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Date: 04/12/2010

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Date: 04/12/2010

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Below is a video of Ron Paul’s speech at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) in New Orleans.

Date: 4/10/2010

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Mitt Romney won the straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans with 439 votes, followed closely by Ron Paul with 438 votes.

Below is an excerpt of Ron Paul’s speech at the conference. The full speech will be posted later.

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Ron Paul appeared on Larry King Live last night along with former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, talk show host Stephanie Miller and Republican strategist Andrea Tantaros.

The show was hosted by Jesse Ventura and topics of discussion included the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Stevens, Sarah Palin’s future in the Republican party (with Ron Paul commenting on the possibility of a Paul/Palin ticket in 2012), the potential for an anti-war coalition of principled progressives, libertarians and constitutionalist conservatives, the degree of Barack Obama’s radicalism, Tiger Woods, and why the mainstream media didn’t review Jesse Ventura’s latest book “American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us“.

Show: Larry King Live
Host: Jesse Ventura
Channel: CNN
Date: 4/9/2010

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