Ron Paul’s Secret Weapon - September 9, 2011 - The New York Sun:
"The question after the latest Republican presidential debate is why Ron Paul keeps winning them. MSNBC has been widening the margin by which its own survey is showing that the congressman from Texas did the best job; it’s now up to 57%.... Dr. Paul ... has so many followers on the Web, who may be primed to respond to these polls. Our guess, though, is that more than the other candidates Ron Paul gives the impression that he is animated by a clear and coherent set of principles in which he deeply believes. His sense of principle is his source of power, his secret weapon....
"'Mandate, mandate, mandate . . .' he exclaimed at one point. 'Everything we do is a mandate . . . that’s why you have to look at this as the cause of liberty.' It is a wonderful phrase, 'the cause of liberty.' The polls keep showing that when a candidate sticks to it in a principled way, he wins the debate."
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"'Mandate, mandate, mandate . . .' he exclaimed at one point. 'Everything we do is a mandate . . . that’s why you have to look at this as the cause of liberty.' It is a wonderful phrase, 'the cause of liberty.' The polls keep showing that when a candidate sticks to it in a principled way, he wins the debate."
Read more: http://www.nysun.com/editorials/ron-pauls-secret-weapon/87479/
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