“Long Shot” Finds An Article In Wall Street Journal
Here is an excerpt from the Wall Street Journal’s recent article on Ron Paul:
Long Shot Ron Paul Finds
A Hotbed of Support in Alaska
By VAUHINI VARA
February 4, 2008; Page A11FAIRBANKS, Alaska — With Super Tuesday looming, many presidential candidates are battling over delegate-rich states like California and New York. Ron Paul is making it big in Alaska.
“I think Ron Paul is awesome,” says Schaeffer Cox, a 23-year-old who leads an unofficial group supporting the Republican presidential candidate here. “He’s not the most dynamic, rock-star kind of guy — but he’s got ideas.”
[Ron Paul]The libertarian-leaning candidate’s vows to slash federal spending and pull out of Iraq have attracted Mr. Paul a fervent following. While other long-shot candidates have dropped out of the race, Mr. Paul has been able to keep at it and hope for a surprise win because he has raised huge sums of money, largely from individual contributors over the Web.
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