Interesting Article ......
Richard Blair: Ron Paul's third place showing in the ultraconservative Texas straw poll gives his grassroots supporters a reason to believe.
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This week, cadaverous Fred Thompson (R-Law and Order™) is expected to finally pull the trigger and announce his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination. I'm hopeful that, as he makes it official, other GOP candidates greet his entrance appropriately. Thompson isn't exactly presidential timber, and there are rumors of a lot of skeletons rattling around in his closet that should be falling out into the public view in 3...2...1...
Bottom line - Thompson may be exiting the race a lot faster than he decided to get into it.
Quixotic candidate Ron Paul, on the other hand, continues to gather a bit of momentum and positive press. On Friday, Associated Press published a rather fluffy piece on Mr. Paul and his growing legion of libertarian GOP supporters:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/61547/
The Ron Paul Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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