Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Major Candidate

A friend saw my Ron Paul 2008 sticker on my shirt. He instantly laughed out loud – way out loud – and exclaimed, “Ron Paul, now there is a major candidate!”

I just smiled.

But I also thought.

My first thought: would he have had the same reaction if I had been wearing a Rudy Giuliani button?

Yesterday in Michigan, a state that Ron Paul had not visited since September, Paul drew double the votes of Rudy for a solid fourth place finish. Ron Paul also doubled Rudy’s votes in Iowa and trailed him by less than a percentage point in New Hampshire.

Paul has finished ahead of Fred Thompson in every contest so far.

So, who is the ‘major’ and who is the ‘minor’ candidate?

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