Ron Paul's Maine Delegates Stir Up Rare Convention Drama

The Title Bout & Ron Paul's Caucus Strategy: Themes Leaving Florida

Ron Paul – Freeport Town Square Rally

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Ron Paul – Alfred Town Hall

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Ron Paul – USM Gorham Campaign Visit

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Ron Paul – Colby College Campaign Stop

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Ron Paul – Charleston Airport "Whistle Stop"

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If Not Now, When is Huntsman's Time?

DURHAM, N.H.—The Jon Huntsman moment may well be upon us, but I wouldn't blame anyone for not knowing it. Four days out from the New Hampshire Primary, the prominent challenger to Mitt Romney in New Hampshire at the moment is Ron Paul, who increasingly finds himself in the crossfires of his opponents. As the perennial front-runner continues to fail at the task of exciting a level of sustained enthusiasm around his nomination, there's room in the race for one final turn of events.

Rick Santorum could be the candidate who best stands to benefit after his performance in Iowa. It seems unlikely much can transpire between now and Tuesday's vote for his increased star to dim in the minds of voters, much as Huckabee carried upward momentum at voting time here in 2008. But despite strong crowds turning out to hear him speak, and generally-favorable press coverage, I sense New Hampshire voters would still prefer someone else.

 

Which brings me to the video supposedly made by a group of Ron Paul supporters in New Hampshire that's recently caught the attention of the news media. In it, images of Jon Huntsman speaking Chinese, holding his adopted daughters in what looks like home video footage, and donning a bindi on his forehead while visiting India are displayed while stereotypical Eastern music plays in the background. We're supposed to fear Huntsman as a communist in disguise, and as a man more comfortable outside of the United States than as our president.

The video itself is poorly-produced and quite clearly not the work of Paul's campaign. Of course, there are always supporters of campaigns who generate inappropriate content like this with pure intentions, but the whole thing strikes me as suspicious. Despite harboring non-interventionist views, I've never found Ron Paul supporters to be as ignorant and inconsiderate as this video leads on. Furthermore, given the structure of the Paul network of supporters, it's foolish to task them with monitoring and censoring all the grassroots creations in support of a candidate who is himself in his late 70's and doesn't utilize the internet. Making Paul the target of blame for the video is irresponsible, and his condemnation of the piece should be enough to silence any of critics.

Regardless, even with the video fading from public attention over the course of this weekend, independent voters may yet be beginning to comprehend the complete contours of Paul's world view as it increasingly comes under fire. Those very voters who at first may have thought a policy of non-intervention had terrific practical benefits for the United States, may come to find these views as backwards-looking in a coming century of increasingly inter-dependent economic markets and government policies. In many ways, this represents my own attitudes of the Paul platform, all while I maintain a solidly positive view of Dr. Paul's character.



Should independent voters become increasingly skeptical of Paul, and his polling negatives nudge up in the coming days, the crossover support for his campaign could begin to decline at a critical moment. I didn't realize until tonight the extent to which the history of the Ron Paul Newsletters have the potential to offend many voters, and combined with the two debates in New Hampshire this weekend, there presents itself a timely opportunity for the typically-restrained Huntsman to pick apart the risks of Paul's isolationist foreign and economic policies, as well as his less calculating approach to diplomatic relations.

With Gingrich's lustre lost and an unpredictably large number of last-minute Romney defectors potentially at play, a second-place finish for Huntsman may not be out of reach.



A good measure of Huntsman's 11th hour support will be his prime-time rally on January 9th, which I will be covering from Exeter. Until then, outlying polls, various endorsements (including that of the Boston Globe yesterday), and certain organizational cues from the Huntsman campaign will continue to feed the press reasons that this man may be the one to watch, or alternatively, a man aware that things are coming to an end.

The recent announcement that the Huntsman campaign will host its post-Primary reception at The Black Brimmer, a relatively small venue in Manchester, raises questions about internal expectations of his performance, but could also be seen as an opportunity to pack the house with enthusiastic supporters, and in the worst case, cause a swarm of media and voter attention that would give the impression of buzz surrounding Huntsman as he presumably heads off to restart his campaign in South Carolina.



Jon Huntsman might be able to coast on through New Hampshire by borrowing some Democrats, a handful of independents, and former supporters of his lesser rivals, but he needs to drive a powerful wedge between himself and Mitt Romney in order to chip off a meaningful amount of his support and make a powerful statement. As Huntsman has been saying for months, his candidacy hingest on a "market moving" event to net him a strong finish, but now is the time he should easily be able to cash in on his hard work, and unfortunately the house isn't paying out to Huntsman just yet.

Admirably, compared to Romney and his slew of supporters in high places who in sum serve to say very little about him, Huntsman has made the best of his few meaningful endorsements, such as that of Tom Ridge and the kind words about his economic policies from the Wall Street Journal, but he could use a late-breaking show of support from a high-profile and respected figure outside of the campaign establishment to cement his viability as the Romney alternative going forward. Who springs to mind? Condoleezza Rice, perhaps?

As illustrated by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and NBC Embed Reporter Jo Ling Kentnon today's Maddow show, the media seems to be the primary force looking to help Huntsman along, not an army of supporters like McCain enjoyed. If Huntsman can't help to account for the very enthusiasm gap that characterizes the Romney campaign at present, why suppose voters would leave behind the more seasoned candidate with more money, organization, and institutional endorsements?

If like me the continuing rampant speculation about Huntsman's true enthusiasm levels in New Hampshire overwhelms you, take a day or two off from the constant coverage. Spend the weekend watching the debate Saturday night, and the following Meet the Press candidate coversation on Sunday morning, and consider the only question that I see potentially making a difference in the New Hampshire race from here on out: does Mitt Romney do or say something that proves him to be an ineffective nominee?

Let's take up this matter again on Monday night and consider what, if anything, has changed —

IOWA CAUCUS LIVE BLOG

I will be photographing an Iowa Caucus location north of Des Moines this evening and attending Congressman Ron Paul's reception in Ankeny. Enjoy my observations, photos, and live results from the polling site and reception below:

Iowans for Paul: Diverse, Articulate, and Hopeful

Ron Paul started his day of campaign events yesterday with a bang, as hundreds of supporters and members of the media crammed into a ballroom at the Marriott in Des Moines, where many news outlets happen to have housed their staff.



Steve McTee from Des Moines supported John McCain in the last election because he viewed the Senator as a maverick who would change things in Washington, but at end of the day he was disappointed with the candidate. This year he held out longer in choosing who to support, waiting until two months ago.

What is it that McTee sees in Paul? He knows what he wants, and supports returning more power back to the states.  Citing a Rick Perry event that he watched the other day on television, McTee said he was disappointed that Perry frequently glanced down to reference his notes, to the extent that it seemed he didn't know what his next sentence was going to be. By contrast, Paul mixes up his remarks from event to event without any written assistance.



Later in the afternoon, Paul addressed over two hundred supporters at the Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids. Andrew Struss drove over ten hours from Rapid City, South Dakota with his half-sister Naomi Posivio. Struss, a veteran of the Air Force who served a five month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2006, cites Paul's foreign policy positions as the deciding factor in choosing for whom to cast his vote. Struss' enthusiasm has inspired his college-age sister, too, and Posivio confidently chimes in that she's "finally found a politician she can follow."

Twice during the event Paul's supporters began chanting the candidate's name. Organic chanting, that is, not the stirred up applause typical for candidates like Michele Bachmann or Rick Perry, whose staff helped drum up cheers at a campaign rally in Perry (yes, that's Perry, Iowa) last night.

A similarly authentic excitement for Paul was evident again this morning in West Des Moines, when he addressed a large crowd of voting-age students from Valley High School at an event organized by the school and voter registration group "Rock the Vote." After a sarcastic ovation for Michele Bachmann and meager support for Rick Santorum despite the candidate repeatedly appealing to students with references to the school's mascot, the students greeted Ron Paul with loud and sustained applause.



Paul didn't hesitate to poll the crowd on their familiarity with Kelly Clarkson, the pop singer who endorsed him last week. He noted that after her vocal support, Ron Paul fans helped boost sales of the artist's music on iTunes by 600%. The mention of her name seemed to wake up even the most distracted high school student in the crowd.



When Ron Paul noted that "the fruits of your labor should be for you to spend, not the government," I heard an "Amen brother" rise up from somewhere in the bleachers. From the issue of internet freedom to the cost of college and his concern over sending young people to fight in unnecessary wars, Paul's positions resonated deeply with the students.

Sara Brown, a Valley High School senior, agreed and noted that the other candidates rub her the wrong way. "I'm not gay, but Michele Bachmann hates on everyone," she said, voicing a sentiment typical of many young voters who find that religious overtures by the candidates misrepresent the diversity of American religious affiliations.



After two days on the trail with Ron Paul in Iowa, his supporters display a remarkable positivity, work ethic, and candidness, but not everyone here has such a favorable view of the fine doctor. Earlier this week at a Newt Gingrich meet and greet in Marshalltown, Bill and Maryln Egleston let me know they're voting for Mitt Romney to make sure Ron Paul doesn't carry the state; they're skeptical of his isolationist foreign policy views. Even in an election year marked by the "anti-Mitt" vote, many Iowans are still casting protest votes for Romney against the other candidates.

When the Eglestons finished speaking, another voter nearby mentioned that her grandson's daily postings about Ron Paul appear on her Facebook news feed, articulating one of Paul's challenges: the over-saturation of the Congressman's message by his supporters. In a Caucus process where candidates often benefit from the eleventh-hour excitement of voters who were previously unfamiliar with them, the enthusiasm of Dr. Paul's supporters could backfire and turn wary voters away. But if Paul's support from first time voters at Valley High School can translate into votes later tonight, he's got a powerful group of allies, too.

Ground Game: Campaign Signs and the Ron Paul Push

I count maybe fifty campaign signs in an hour’s drive around the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Most are small and stand alone in nondescript yards. After a snowstorm or two, their cheap plastic typically wilts and the sign is left mangled, covered in road salt and muddy snow.



This election cycle, the more popular and seemingly more effective items are eight foot signs made of heavy plastic. Many are stapled to fence posts that delineate the barrier between public and private land along highways. Others stand alone in the wilderness supported by wooden frames.

At Evelyn Fogg’s MiniMart in Ringe, the Huntsman campaign has similarly utilized municipal land to aid their visibility efforts, and an eight-foot sign is on full display at the busy intersection of Route 202 and Highway 119. The store's owner says she has no intention of disturbing the sign, and everything is business as usual.



On a strip of Highway 202 just outside of Jaffrey, I spotted two large signs. One was for Mitt Romney, the other for Jon Huntsman. After a few minutes taking photos I was ready to drive off when a pickup truck pulled onto the shoulder, parking near the signs. Ron Paul supporters Jean Coutu and Warren Ojala had been driving around neighboring towns scoping out opportune locations to display their candidate's campaign materials.

Parked along the highway, one thing is clear immediately: Ron Paul supporters aren't afraid to make themselves heard, and a number of passing drivers honked their horns, to which Couto and Ojala pumped their fists and cheered.

Well aware of the lay of the land as it pertains to placing signs in the state, Coutu spoke about confusion in the nearby town of Keene, where he claimed Ron Paul signs had been wrongfully dismantled. He noted a court case and a judicial precedent that supports his assertion, but Coutu doesn't dwell, and he hurried back to the truck for another wooden sign post.

The majority of signs came courtesy of the Paul campaign, while the pair foot their own lumber and gasoline, Ojala said with a smile. A few weeks back I watched a pair of Romney staff struggle with extracting campaign signs and materials from a car outside of Manchester, the volunteers (or staffers) digging through the back seat in search of a staple gun. By comparison, Ojala's truck and the mens' experience in construction make them a model of efficiency.



The two voiced compelling perspectives on Ron Paul’s campaign: Either Paul will close down the ‘war machine,’ or it will close itself down. Paul’s consistency, they said, is without parallel in recent presidential politics, and it is his very detachment from the status quo that makes him uniquely qualified to steer the country through a painful and inevitable readjustment.

Paul supporters like Coutu and Ojala represent the potential for a powerfully-united demographic, and they are just beginning to reach out to one another and understand that their common interests are at stake; they are working class, many acutely aware of the consequences of the recent economic downturn, and as a part of channeling their anger at the forces and figures behind the financial crisis, many have responded by seeking creative forms of self-employment while participating in the construction of a political organization around their candidate and his cause.



Paul’s rank and file could be thought of as the pessimists among us, resolute in their belief that the United States should cease being the ‘policeman’ of the world and care for our wounds. In facing up to the grave challenges that our country confronts, however, their disenchantment with our current trajectory and the crop of Republicans rising to take the reigns has actually become a forward-looking political cause. In spite of doubters who express the sentiment that Paul’s positions are ‘out of touch’ with modern politics, his pitch will not sour in the coming months, and the Paul message does not depend on carefully marketed and targeted bus tours for its survival.

The same cannot be so easily said for the efforts of Romney or Huntsman, who rely upon the coordinated efforts of campaign managers and advertising firms to stay competitive. To a slight extent, Gingrich’s vocal and unconventional statements (read: that could trigger a Constitutional crisis) are radical enough to generate a breed of support that will resonate beyond his campaign, but it is Paul’s complete vision of the libertarian ideology that stands out.



Political signs are a strange metric to gauge the efficacy of campaigns. Whether it's tracking the number of Facebook "likes" each candidate has on the Fox News Elections page, daily polling averages on RealClearPolitics, FEC disclosures, advertising purchases, or tallying political and editorial endorsements, actual roadside impressions have a mysterious effect on the sentiment of voters in states such as New Hampshire that generally cuts one of two ways.

On one hand, the proliferation of campaign signs can backfire. Consider the copious Rick Santorum signs across New Hampshire, which now seem peculiar and comical. Most of the signs were installed across the state months ago, at which point Santorum’s campaign was making a dedicated push to gain traction in the state. With that effort failing by all measures—Santorum's NH support has recently been measured at 2-3%—the signs are an awkward vestige of his inability to succeed here.



On the other hand, seeing a large and flashy sign along the roadway for the candidate you support has the effect of associating one with an active base of support. Knowing that passionate volunteers like Jean Coutu and Warren Ojala took it upon themselves to install the signs reinforces a solidarity among Paul supporters. In turn, this makes that pride passing the signs even more profound. In an election season shy on excitement, a force like that fueling the efforts of Paul’s campaign handily outshines his opponents.

Casting aside the necessity of endorsements from political insiders—referring to the ‘status quo’ politicians endorsing Romney—Coutu firmly believes “they’re the ones who got us into this mess.”

Once you’re convinced of that, and the country begins to catch on, the high ceiling on Ron Paul’s support that may emerge in the coming weeks could very well astound the majority of his original skeptics, including me. 

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Ron Paul – Variety Store and Café Visits

Congressman Ron Paul is in New Hampshire today. He began the morning at Straight A Academy in Manchester, NH (photos forthcoming) before making stops at Sandy's Variety Store and the Early Bird Café in Plaistow, NH.

View my complete gallery from the event HERE.

Mitt's Undermining: Scenarios for a December Opening

Correct me if I am entirely misinterpreting things, but I have begun to get the impression of late that Mitt Romney may well lose the GOP nomination. And if he does, it could all fall apart just as fast as in 2008 (with his February 7 concession) despite being told all year that Romney had the resources to compete through numerous late primary states.

Standing in his way aren't the countless contests in states like Illinois, New Jersey, or Ohio, but the classic obstacles of Iowa, New Hampshire, and Mitt himself. Work with me —
 

After watching Mitt's interview yesterday with Fox's Bret Baier—in which he was taken to task for refusing to concede that he had changed his mind on a handful of issues—I was surprised by the extent to which Romney looks at once both accusatory and feeble. That's without opening his mouth:

Just as Romney crossed his legs before pushing back on Baier's legitimate questioning of his numerous flip-flops, a troublesome campaign scenario for him was born: the public impression of Romney's personality could crumble should he sense the nomination is slipping away from him for a second time. All it takes are some small hiccups in a sea of very impressive debates and town hall meetings, and the national momentum can begin to slip away.

Combine that with today's news that Newt Gingrich has summoned his formal and informal aides to instruct them to refrain from attacking Mitt Romney, and a strange dynamic emerges in which Gingrich can keep sailing on his calm rhetoric as displayed in debates, while Romney's steady thirst for the office—going on five years now since he announced in 2007—may be his biggest weakness.

Ironically, it's Gingrich's blinding self-confidence (often materializing in an arrogance towards his critics and any questioning media) that's lead him to run for President, but Romney's personal quest for the Presidency that could ultimately stand in his way.

Gingrich's financial motivation for effectively changing sides in policy arguments to appease lobbying clients looks oddly respectable—and, oddly, easier to explain away—than a change of heart concerning one's personal convictions. 

At this point, Romney, Gingrich, Paul, and Huntsman look to be the only candidates with the capacity to shake up the election in the coming months. Rick Perry may have cash, Rick Santorum may have tirelessly taken his message to every corner of New Hampshire and Iowa, Michele Bachmann may continue to make her rounds of conservative media outlets of all sizes, but all three candidates have lost their audience. And then there's Herman Cain...

The campaigns of these candidates have stumbled for a variety of reasons, but it can as easily boil down to the likelihood that their message or campaign "personality" could evolve going forward. Without one of these wild cards, it's hard to stay relevant in today's media climate. Bachmann and Santorum tirelessly express complete conservative visions that ring with a conviction some of their opponents lack, but we've lost interest. Cain and Perry, meanwhile, have demonstrated themselves to be ineffectual in telling us anything new about their policy standards beyond prepared remarks.

On the flipside, there is information we are curious to know about Gingrich, Romney, Huntsman, and Paul.

For Gringrich, the public will be curious to know more about his connections to lobbying and hear how he defends his record. While this may seem like an inherently negative thing, it's worth noting that in the first two weeks of December, as the nearness of the Iowa Caucus begins to dawn on voters and their news attention, support rapidly consolidates in a fashion that put the relative highs and lows of the campaign henceforth to shame. Although it seemed for a moment that Herman Cain's supporters would surprise us by helping to hold up his high polling numbers, his meltdown ultimately occurred too early for the rank and file of his supporters to join hands and stand beside the candidate all the way until January.

If Gingrich can capitalize on his frontrunner standing in next week's debate in Iowa, the timing might be right for him to weather the attacks coming his way and maintain his lead going into January.

As for Romney, voters will feed off the continued excitement of watching him pretend he hasn't flip-flopped, and it is still worth acknowledging that he may handle this spotlight well and stay above water until New Hampshire. The primary change of the past weeks is a realization that Romney's business smarts and and crisp rhetoric in debates alone can do all the work for him. There are numerous tactical decisions that Romney and his team must make in the coming weeks to hold onto the nomination, and if either the candidate or the public get spooked, it is astonishing how quickly a campaign can unravel.

Jon Huntsman may have higher negatives than his opponents, but he remains the candidate with the least name recognition by a significant margin. We would be foolish to overlook the effectiveness of the media at introducing and crafting powerful opinions of political candidates in a staggeringly short time, and what this could mean for Huntsman's rather late arrival on the national scene.

To boot, Huntsman has been working hard to create openings for himself — such as his new emphasis on "too big to fail" banks and his articulate criticisms of Romney — in the political discourse of late. Should his forthcoming policy proposals be timely and relevant to the national political discourse the microphone could swing to him, I am beginning to sense a strong likelihood that Huntsman could catch fire coming out of Iowa.

He will be performing on a new, and smaller, stage once a handful of his opponents (read: Bachmann, Santorum, Perry, Cain) fall short of expectations and struggle to regain control over their message. Since Huntsman's legitimacy is rooted (not to mention well-earned) in the second contest of the voting season, he can rightly get a pass until round two. This is a significant advantage.

Huntsman's pitch is getting good, and this sustained practice with his unique message is invaluable once votes begin to be cast and the stakes of an actual election for higher office collectively set in.

Ron Paul's opinions were long-ago absorbed and understood (although mostly ignored by) the media, but the Congressmen is polling a full three times higher in Iowa (with 13%) than at this time in 2007.

Reports back from two fellow photographers in Iowa speak of Paul's surprisingly strong support among influential voting groups such as home-schoolers that have largely been overlooked by pollsters. When it comes to individual caucuses, organized and outspoken members from these groups do possess the power to sway public opinion where it matters most and help Paul win a number of caucuses.

Ron Paul carried a single Iowa county in 2008, but I expect a stronger showing this January. Without question, Paul will be a presence in a greater capacity in the coming election than last time around.

Returning to the Fox clip from the top of the post, it is becoming clear the tremendous potential impact that Fox News could have in the coming month as the major "institutional" and henceforth front-runner candidate has been embarrassed by the host of the nightly news program and dramatically revealed to be a much weaker potential candidate than we had come to imagine.

Of course, there are steps Romney can attempt to take to patch over his spat with Baier, but the very occurrence of their confrontation should symbolize the extent to which the good graces of the largest conservative network have a bearing on which candidate dominates the positive coverage going into and, more importantly, coming out of Iowa as the final chapter before the New Hampshire primary is written.

Thanks to recent history, we have Romney's very words from an interview Fox following his 2008 defeat in Iowa, in which he was stopped in his tracks by a come-from-behind victory by Mike Huckabee, despite outspending him by a factor of ten.

At the 2:00 mark it is surprising the extent to which Romney seems to misunderstand who he is truly up against in the race. Having covered John McCain the night before the Caucus in Des Moines and in the following days in New Hampshire, there was a palpable feeling among the media that McCain's 13% finish in Iowa was noticeably stronger than expected, and in subtle ways this new narrative began to play out in articles across the country.

Things got a even more dicey for Romney the following week when he "[got] another silver" with a second place showing in New Hampshire while McCain propelled swiftly into front-runner status. At the 1:00 mark, the uncomfortable cheering (and scattered boos) for the victorious McCain and the awkward acknowledgment by Romney of his evidently 'brainy' but unsuccessful New Hampshire campaign managers truly represents the sealing of his fate.

Bearing this history in mind, Romney's 2011 strategy so far has been to double down on the institutionalization of his campaign, holding "Ask Mitt Anything"-style campaign events and chatty media availabilities than in 2007. In many ways, this approach stymies the kind of natural and gradually accumulating excitement that marks a winning campaign. 

To revel in the catharsis that can punctuate certain points of the electoral process, take in two videos from 2008—the New Hampshire victory speeches by Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

If you think a crowd of 2012 Romney Granite State voters could work themselves up to such levels of excitement as seen for either McCain or Clinton (let alone Obama), please drop me an email. Frankly, with Gallup's recent polling indicating that enthusiasm among his national base of supporters is lower than at any point in this election, I don't see that happening.

In doubling down on his Boston "brain trust" and an anti-emotional approach to campaigning, Romney's may be in danger of falling short of two competing brain trusts: Newt Gingrich's own, more deeply entrenched "brain trust" in his powerful Washington and Wall Street associations, or Jon Huntsman's practical conservatism and increasing resonance with voters.

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Ron Paul – Keene State University

Yesterday afternoon, Texas Congressman Ron Paul held a town hall meeting with students and supporters at Keene State University. It was my first time on campus, and I was very impressed with the facilities that I saw and the large crowd that turned out to hear Dr. Paul speak.



As for the event itself, the write ups from the "mainstream media" outlets (CNN, NBC) focused on a brief interruption by students who conducted another of the infamous "mic checks"—born of the Occupy Wall Street movement—that have been disrupting public events countrywide in recent weeks. But there was more to the event than that, and Paul surprised the young crowd on a number of occasions by rattling off facts that illustrated the size of the American government, diplomatic force, and overseas military presence in an attempt to put into perspective the necessity of his major overhauls of domestic and foreign policy policy.

All told, Paul's handling of young crowds, and his ability to guide his language towards examples and talking points that strike a chord with typically-disaffected college students, reveals a strength of his candidacy that's not properly acknowledged in polls.



The talk among fellow photographers returning from Iowa is that Paul's connections among influential communities may well buoy him on election day much more than conventional candidates such as Perry, Bachmann, Santorum, Romney, or Cain. Paul is, after all, tied for second place in New Hampshire with Newt Gingrich, and has maintained his organization and grown his support in the state over time, while other candidates have stumbled into New Hampshire fresh off the national stage and made strategic errors that have ultimately paralyzed them here.

In Iowa and New Hampshire, I look forward to the continuing excitement that will inevitably dominate Dr. Paul's campaign stops.

View my complete gallery from the event here.