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When Americans evaluate today's political landscape, most feel something between impotence and disapproval. So, while citizens shake their heads or shrug at the mainstream media's “top tier” presidential candidates, it is extraordinary how many are becoming overjoyed about one lesser covered candidate. Tens-of-thousands have joined the appropriately named Ron Paul Revolution, joining Meetup.com groups, putting up signs, and crossing states to attend rallies. Congressman Ron Paul's genuine message and untarnished record of promoting individual liberty for everyone, a free-market economy of wealth and abundance, and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace and free trade, has attracted vast support from diverse...

Sen. Arlen Specter, a 26-year Senate Republican, said he will visit Syria despite loud objections by the Bush administration, contending the situation in Iraq is so dire that it is time Congress step up to the plate and see what it can do. Specter, R-Pa., said in an interview late Friday that he is planning a trip to the Middle East that will include Israel and Syria. The senator said he and other Republicans are concerned that the administration's policies in the Middle East are not working and that other GOP members may follow in his footsteps. "I've talked to...

August 13, 2004 -- Republican National Convention organizers are fuming that network TV won't broadcast former Mayor Rudy Giuliani during his prime-time speech on the gathering's opening night. The networks are airing only three nights of prime-time coverage during the four-day convention — the same as for the Democratic convention in Boston. Both Giuliani and Sen. John McCain are scheduled to speak on Aug. 30, the opening Monday night. "It's certainly baffling that any network would pass on arguably two of the most respected and revered political leaders on either side of the aisle," said Leonardo Alcivar, press secretary for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: K.B. Forbes Thursday, August 7, 2003 AS DEMOCRATS THROW IN THE TOWEL ON DAVIS, SIMON COMES OUT SWINGING Simon to File Saturday LOS ANGELES, CA---Former Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon, who has built a strong following among the grass-roots, will file for the Governor's race on Saturday morning. Details will be announced later today. "This campaign will be a battle for the heart, the soul, and the future of California," said a buoyant Bill Simon. "When the dust settles, voters are only going to ask one question: 'Who has the courage to solve the financial crisis?'...

A good friend put the Trent Lott controversy in perspective for me the other day: It all depends on what the meaning of 'is' is.Is Trent Lott a Republican, or Is Trent Lott a Democrat? Bill Clinton 'is' a Democrat. Teddy Kennedy 'is' a Democrat. Bob Torricelli 'is' a Democrat. They all walk. Bob Packwood 'is' a Republican. Bob Livingston 'is' a Republican. Trent Lott 'is' a Republican. They all get lynched by a Democrat media mob. Listen up, folks - this isn't a tactical move on the part of the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself). This...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 — The Republican national chairman today dismissed the Democratic Party's response to the nation's economic problems as "impotent," and said he did not believe that a fall campaign revolving around the economy would hurt his party's Congressional candidates. The chairman, Marc Racicot, said Republican candidates were prepared to battle Democrats over the economy notwithstanding Democrats' assertion that the issue plays to their strength. In a 90-minute discussion over lunch with editors and reporters of The New York Times, Mr. Racicot also disputed the Democrats' argument that in focusing...