From the AP:
 AUSTIN, Texas – Ron Paul may be the political butterfly of the 2008 presidential campaign. An obscure congressman from Southeast Texas for most of his political career, Paul has metamorphosed into the favorite of those looking for a candidate outside the political mainstream.Legions of die-hard fans formed across the country after Republican candidate debates and Internet blogs exposed his contrarian views.
Paul, 71, remains one of the longest of long shots for the GOP nomination, but that hasn’t deterred supporters from making cold calls to voters in early contest states, plastering the Internet with plaudits, and loudly challenging Paul’s White House rivals at campaign stops.
“I honestly believe that Congressman Ron Paul, as crazy as it might sound, I believe he is the father of the modern Republican Party,” said Jason Stoddard, 31, an Austin, Texas, entrepreneur who has no formal ties to Paul’s campaign but has made more than a thousand calls to Iowa voters urging their support.
I have said over and over again that Ron Paul needs to get his message out to the people better. He has raised over $3,000,000, a respectable sum for an underdog, but he has spent only “$650,000 this year, the third-least of all 2008 presidential candidates, according to federal campaign finance reports.”
I wonder how he will fair in this month’s straw poll in Ames, IA. Remember, he appeared alone in Iowa and drew a bigger crowd than the other candidates combined.
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