Jesse Benton, supporter and onetime adviser to Sen Rand Paul, is charged with paying Iowa lawmaker Kent Sorenson $70,000 to secure endorsement of senator's father Rep Ron Paul during 2012 presidential bid; accusation comes as latest blow to Rand Paul's struggling 2016 campaign. MORE <\/p>\n
Sen Rand Paul, preparing to announce candidacy for 2016 Republican nomination, will seek to distance himself from legacy of his father Ron Paul, who had several unsuccessful presidential bids in past; elder Paul will likely have only minor role in campaign. MORE <\/p>\n
Sen Rand Paul is adopting different strategy than his father, former Rep Ron Paul, as he prepares for his likely 2016 bid to be Republican nominee for president; Paul is trying to bridge gap between fervent supporters of his father's previous campaigns and with more mainstream elements of the Republican Party. MORE <\/p>\n
Op-Ed article by Brian Doherty, senior editor at Reason magazine, examines state of libertarian wing of Republican Party, in light of Rep Ron Paul's retirement; assesses future and observes that Sen Rand Paul may not only be a standard-bearer for libertarians, but also for the Republican Party. MORE <\/p>\n
Backers of Rep Ron Paul protest at the Republican National Convention what they say are moves by Republican leadership to squelch their movements rise; part of Maine's delegation walks out; protests signal deeper party divisions bubbling under the telegenic surface of Mitt Romney's nomination at the convention. MORE <\/p>\n
Ron Paul exerts a strong presence on the eve of the Republican convention in Tampa, Fla, delivering a speech to nearly 10,000 eager supporters at a rally inside the University of South Florida's Sun Dome. MORE <\/p>\n
Supporters of Rep Ron Paul, after a valedictory rally in Tampa, Fla, are eager to build on his electoral advances and youth support; Paul will not speak at the Republican National Convention, but his libertarian views found new attention in the Tea Party era and served as the focus of a determined grass-roots effort to shake up the Republican establishment. MORE <\/p>\n
Mitt Romney's campaign extends an olive branch to the small army of Ron Paul delegates who will attend the Republican National Convention by scheduling a tribute video to Paul, even as it tries to make sure that such an insurgency does not arise in future campaigns. MORE <\/p>\n
Rep Ron Paul's dedicated supporters are setting their sights down-ballot in an attempt to infiltrate the top echelons of the Republican Party, now that Paul has lost the 2012 presidential nomination; Republican Party officials say they are in daily contact with Paul, in a delicate effort to harness the energy around him without inciting his supporters. MORE <\/p>\n
Strategists for Republican presidential candidate Rep Ron Paul are searching for answers as to why his strengths did not coalesce into a candidacy with a real shot at the GOP presidential nomination; not even Paul can entirely explain why the passion he generated in the primary season did not translate into more votes. MORE <\/p>\n
Presidential candidates disclose their monthly campaign fund-raising for February 2012; Pres Obama raised $45 million, a big increase for the month; Mitt Romney raised $11.5 million, Rick Santorum raised more than $9 million and Ron Paul reports $3.3. million in contributions; Newt Gingrich has not yet released his report. MORE <\/p>\n
Relationship between Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Ron Paul stands out for its behind-the-scenes civility, in a contest rife with angry rivalries. MORE <\/p>\n
Interviews with Rep Ron Paul and scores of his relatives, friends and colleagues reveal that Paul's unusual political views were largely shaped by his early family life; Paul has held on to those views with unwavering fidelity, and they have directed not only his political career but also the way he lives his life (Series: The Long Run). MORE <\/p>\n
Residents of a Nevada town in Nye County have little use for government regulations, be it permits, stop signs, gun regulations or anything that would threaten its brothels; it is the heart of Ron Paul country, the one county in Nevada that the 76-year-old congressman from Texas carried in the 2008 Republican caucuses, and a place that wears its libertarianism proudly. MORE <\/p>\n
Surge of support for Ron Paul in Nevada since the 2008 election has revolutionized the state Republican Party; 25 percent of party members in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, back Paul; trend showcases the candidate's long-term goal of changing the national party from within. MORE <\/p>\n
Advisers to Ron Paul say they are in the 2012 presidential campaign to win, but they are also trying to leverage what they have to try to force the Republican Party to take his and his supporters views into account. MORE <\/p>\n
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul finishes a strong second in New Hampshire primary, which in many ways is the more telling outcome in a race where Mitt Romney's dominance was never in doubt; outcome seems to give Paul, often dismissed as a protest candidate, reason to extend his campaign. MORE <\/p>\n
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul makes his first campaign appearance in New Hampshire three days after the Iowa caucuses, prompting grumbling from some of his supporters and raising questions about whether he is serious about winning the primaries in the state. MORE <\/p>\n
Charles M Blow Op-Ed column excoriates Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul for once again using race to pander to the right; offers chart to debunk claims that blacks and other minorities participate in food stamps programs more than white Americans. MORE <\/p>\n
Newt Gingrich, following fourth-place bruising in the Iowa caucuses, immediately begins fulfilling vow to take on Gov Mitt Romney and Rep Ron Paul more aggressively; anti-Gingrich ads aired by the Romney and Paul campaigns helped derail Gingrich's surge in the lead-up to the caucuses. MORE <\/p>\n
Analysis; Mitt Romney's narrow win over Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses, with Rep Ron Paul placing a close third, ensures that Republican primary contests will be fought aggressively for additional weeks or months; caucuses illustrate how deep ideological divisions among Republicans continue to complicate their ability to focus wholly on defeating Pres Obama. MORE <\/p>\n
Few Republican strategists expect Ron Paul to be elected president, but his third-place finish in the Iowa Republican caucuses shows that at the least he will be a force to be reckoned with in the primaries, and in GOP politics. MORE <\/p>\n
Outcome of the Iowa caucuses, curious political ritual that is about to open yet another race for the White House, will set a tone for the race after a yearlong prelude that has been off the charts in its unpredictability; Republican candidates enter a final day of frenzied campaigning, with top runners Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Rep Ron Paul rushing to claim victory as the contest then moves to New Hampshire. MORE <\/p>\n
Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry, on last day of campaigning before the caucuses, implore Iowans to turn out for them. MORE <\/p>\n
Republican presidential candidates are making final appeals to Iowa voters as caucus draws near; volatility of race is underscored by latest Des Moines Register poll showing Mitt Romney and Ron Paul essentially tied for the lead with Rick Santorum gaining momentum close behind. MORE <\/p>\n
Ross Douthat Op-Ed column examines Rep Ron Paul's presidential campaign and the basis of his appeal; asserts that in this unprecedented era of American failure, it sometimes takes a fearless crank to expose realities that neither Republicans nor Democrats are particularly eager to acknowledge. MORE <\/p>\n
Representative Ron Paul of Texas, during campaign events in Iowa, assails critics of his opposition to United States military involvement abroad, saying he fears an overreaction to worries about Irans nuclear program could lead to war. MORE <\/p>\n
Many of the Republican presidential candidates indicate that they hold expansive views about the scope of executive powers they would wield if elected, even as they advocate for limited government; only Ron Paul argues for more limited presidential power, while Rick Perry, Jon M Huntsman Jr, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney see the commander in chief as having the authority to lawfully take extraordinary actions if he decides doing so is necessary to protect national security. MORE <\/p>\n
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign signals that it will campaign aggressively in Iowa, a state that spurned him in 2008, just as polls are suggesting a surge by Rep Ron Paul. MORE <\/p>\n
Rep Ron Paul's relatively dovish stance on foreign policy raises the question of whether his views are so far out of the Republican orthodoxy that they will limit his support in many places. MORE <\/p>\n
Rep Ron Paul's presidential campaign has issued strict orders to its young volunteer supporters in Iowa to look and behave in a way that will not jeopardize Paul's chances; the orders seem to be a recognition of the fact that while the hundreds of volunteers from out-of-state may be Paul's most potent weapon, there is the possibility that they may rub Iowa voters the wrong way. MORE <\/p>\n
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticizes Ron Paul's approach to foreign policy as polls show both men are in the lead in Iowa; as caucus grows near, all six contenders search for ways to win voters' support across the state. MORE <\/p>\n
Republican presidential candidates are in a final push to win over undecided voters in Iowa as the caucuses prepare to open; most are sharpening their criticism of Ron Paul, hoping to keep his support from growing among voters who might consider a vote for a Paul as a message of frustration to Washington. MORE <\/p>\n
Editorial urges Ron Paul to release a full and detailed account of his role in the offensive and discriminatory newsletters published in the 1980s and 1990s under his name and to completely disavow his racist supporters in order to clear his discredited presidential campaign. MORE <\/p>\n
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's popularity among far-right fringe groups, many of them discriminatory, has begun to attract scrutiny as he surges in election polls; although Paul has stated that he does not agree with the racist and bigoted opinions held by some groups of supporters, he has not disavowed their support. MORE <\/p>\n
Newt Gingrich sharply criticizes Republican opponent Ron Paul for the discriminatory statements made about blacks and gays in newsletters attributed to the Texas congressman, as controversy over the inflammatory remarks continue to dog Paul's presidential campaign. MORE <\/p>\n
Conservative publication The Weekly Standard reprises reports of incendiary and discriminatory language used in Republican presidential candidate Rep Ron Paul's newsletters; focus on his newsletters comes as Paul's standing quickly improves in primary polling. MORE <\/p>\n
Ron Paul's built-in networks of loyal backers established during his 2008 presidential bid have given the Republican candidate a decisive organizational advantage in 2012 election; analysts say years of groundwork are an important reason that some polls show Paul within striking distance of victory in the Iowa caucuses; Paul's backers are diverse, ranging from college students enthusiastic about his antiwar stance to conservative populists who are suspicious of Wall Street. MORE <\/p>\n
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column asserts that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's hard-money doctrine and paranoia about inflation have come to dominate the Republican Party's views on the economy; argues that this economic doctrine, like Paul, has been remarkably consistent, clear and wrong. MORE <\/p>\n
Gail Collins Op-Ed column on the writings and musings of Ron Paul, libertarian congressman from Texas who now seems to have an outside chance of winning the Iowa caucus vote. MORE <\/p>\n
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's campaign is picking up momentum in Iowa, as two polls show he is in a statistical tie for first place; many credit his growing popularity to his ability to organize and mobilize niche voters, along with help from grass roots organizations and heavy advertising. MORE <\/p>\n
Ron Paul's right eyebrow visibly droops during televised Republican presidential candidate debate, causing many to speculate that he is wearing false eyebrows, a claim that his campaign spokesman vehemently denies. MORE <\/p>\n
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