Gary Johnson talks straw poll, politics at RAGBRAI | Iowa Caucuses, July 30, 2011:
"Gary Johnson knows Iowa. But he understands many Iowans don’t know him. So he’s not surprised he was left off the upcoming Ames Straw Poll ballot. He just thinks he should be included....
"'I’m being excluded. But I’m out here making the case that I should be a front runner,' he said, citing, among other things, his strong record of job creation in New Mexico. Though he’s quick to clarify he doesn’t think he created any jobs. He just created conditions that allowed the private sector there to flourish, he said.
He also made a prediction. 'They’re going to raise the debt ceiling,' he said. 'And our credit will still be downgraded.'
He also knows what he’d do in President Obama’s position. 'I’d veto it,' he said, of any legislation raising the debt ceiling.... And if congress overrode his veto? Johnson, who vetoed 750 bills during two terms as governor of New Mexico, says the U.S. would still end up with a more balanced budget than it would have without his veto."
http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/07/30/gary-johnson-talks-straw-poll-politics-at-ragbrai/
Ron Paul Splits Vote Versus Obama in New Poll
Gets 50 percent against President according to new Harris survey
LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- According to a newly released survey from Harris Interactive, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul splits the vote in half versus President Obama, doing better than a majority of the other Republican contenders. The poll gives Paul 50 percent of the vote versus the president in a head to head match up.
“In poll after poll, Americans are eager for real change, they are sick of the status quo, and looking for a leader who stands for constitutionally limited government and individual liberty. Ron Paul is that leader.”
“Right now, the push for true leadership is gaining momentum,” said Ron Paul 2012 Campaign Manager John Tate. “In poll after poll, Americans are eager for real change, they are sick of the status quo, and looking for a leader who stands for constitutionally limited government and individual liberty. Ron Paul is that leader.”
Just last week, a Rasmussen survey showed Paul only 4 points behind Obama in a match between the two. In a similar head to head survey from last year done by Rasmussen, Paul actually drew a statistical dead heat with the president. And earlier this year in a survey by CNN he did the best out of the other Republicans put up against Obama in a head to head poll.
For more information on Congressman Ron Paul’s Presidential Campaign, visit www.RonPaul2012.com.