Ron Paul
Summary
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American physician and Republican Congressman for the 14th congressional district of Texas. Paul is a member of the Liberty Caucus of Republican congressmen which aims to limit the size and scope of the federal government, and serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Committee on Financial Services, where he has been an outspoken critic of American foreign and monetary policy. He has gained notoriety for his right-libertarian positions on many political issues, often clashing with both Republican and Democratic Party leaders. Paul has run for President of the United States twice, first in 1988 as the nominee of the Libertarian Party and again in 2008 as a candidate for the Republican nomination. He is the founder of the advocacy group Campaign for Liberty and his ideas have been expressed in numerous published articles and books, including End The Fed (2009), and The Revolution: A Manifesto (2008). By one measure, Paul has the most conservative voting record of any member of Congress since 1937. Paul was born in Pittsburgh to Howard and Margaret (nee Dumont) Paul.
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Scared of Facebook shares? Wager on Friday's close
(Reuters) - Worried that if you buy Facebook when it starts trading Friday you'll get trampled by big banks and hedge funds? Betting on where the stock closes that day may be a safer wager.
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Cheezburger’s Ben Huh says news organizations should think like teenagers if they want to survive
If the Internet has taught us anything, it’s that people are really into anthropomorphized cats. They’re good for a chuckle, sure, but their popularity gets at the more interesting question of why and how we share online, and what that means for the changing ways in which we engage with all kinds of information, from lolcats to hard news.
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PEJ: Political coverage started to break Romney’s way in March
Project for Excellence in Journalism Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism studied coverage of the presidential race from Jan. 2-April 15. Among the findings:.
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In the 21st century, all politics is social – liberals more likely to unfriend [infographic]
More and more politics is being conducted online. This is particularly true in the US, where politicos have to communicate over greater distances and have the small matter of a Presidential election. A fascinating infographic here that shows our political leanings dictate how we share political content via social networks.
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With Santorum out, it’s Ron Paul, not Newt Gingrich, who benefits (a little)
Santorum's exit has provided no benefit to his two remaining challengers when it comes to winning the nomination, and just little when it comes carrying a primary.
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Ludicrous, hysterical, brilliant – the top Republican campaign adverts | Ana Marie Cox
Obamaville is the latest incredible ad in a presidential campaign season that has been notable for its negativity.
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Santorum's awkward admission, Obama's Star Trek move
Ron Paul says he won -- an ad contest, and Ann Romney chooses some off words.
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As news sites mine social media for data, intriguing challenges lie ahead
Many news organizations are pressing a new frontier of technology in 2012 — training computers to analyze thousands of written messages and interpret how their authors feel.
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Hashtags are the new lawn signs: Why Twitter won’t predict political success in the 2012 cycle
It’s worth a pre-weekend read. Thanks to TPM for letting us republish this piece; the original’s over here. Ask any political operative tasked with managing “presence” and volunteers in past campaigns what their biggest frustration is, and it’s usually not a contest. Lawn signs.
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Santorum Wants You To Know That He Has More Delegates Than You Think He Has, Maybe
All reported accounts of how many delegates each of the 2012 GOP presidential candidates have won should of course come with caveats. They are, after all, soft numbers that approximate the candidates' totals ahead of the process that's ongoing in several states, where "unbound" delegates that were elected at early caucuses become "bound" delegates through a multi-tiered process of conventions.
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