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COLUMBIA -- Based on discussions with more than two dozen GOP state chairs, here are some nuggets that don't fit anywhere else.

^^ Chairs were impressed with ex-AR Gov. Mike Huckabee's debate performance Tuesday night. But they wondered whether his campaign will find a way to capture the momentum. Chairs and RNC members were not keen on Mitt Romney's debate mien.

^^ Privately, several chairs hope to band together to weed out lower-tier candidates like Ron Paul. One big-state chair called his debate antics "embarrassing." It's unclear whether they'll formalize any plans.

^^ Supporters of ex-Sen. Fred Thompson held a private meeting with RNC members and state chairs.

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I love that the GOP establishment is so scared of the good doctor, love it. They were better off when they just ignored him. Now the Internet is forcing the establishment to deal with Dr. Paul as well as exposing to the masses that both parties have gone astray.

Ron Paul finished second during the online poll posted by FOX. He finished first during a similar poll during the MSNBC debate.

Maybe we need someone who is willing to speak the truth to America. The people of the Middle East are not punching bags eager to be pushed around by American politicians.

When we poke them with sharp sticks at some point they are going to react.

I love how the Republicans admit to being embarassed by the plain truth, as laid out by Ron Paul, that our aggressive Middle East foreign policy is at the root of how we are hated by all in the Middle East except for the dictators whose wealth and power our troops ensure.

His message is poison to their power.

Ha! Ron Paul's debate "tactics" were embarassing? He got a 25% support rating from viewers on Fox's instant poll, exceeded only by Romney's 29%. No doubt about it, Paul was the most refreshing and sane voice in the GOP lineup. But if GOP state officials don't want challenges to their hardened assumptions about war and foreign policy, they're in for a surprise.

Huh? They like a candidate who's raised less money and attracted far less attention than Ron Paul and they want to eliminate the one candidate to generate genuine, spontaneous enthusiasm? These GOP chairs should call themselves "Republicans for Hillary".

Ron Paul "antics" are "embarrassing"? By that, I assume that they mean that the so-called "lower-tier" candidate Ron Paul is embarrassing the ultra wealthy "elite" that attend Bilderberg meetings and try to hand pick the winning candidates through financial backing and control of the mainstream media. I am sure that those folks don't like to hear a real American defending the Constition.

The American people hear a voice of reason in Ron Paul and they support him. He is winning in polls. Let the special interests groups be embarassed,... by having their own devious, lying, anti-American agenda exposed by the truthful words of an honest man.

What is embarrassing is trying to censor candidates who do well.

What is really embarrassing, as Ron Paul points out, is that Rudy Giuliani has his head in the sand and has not read the 9/11 report.

Ron Paul is the only real conservative in that bunch. If the GOP drop him, then the party is truly lost.

Re: blocking Ron Paul from future GOP debates

If any other candidate disagrees with Ron Paul's positions, they should DEBATE them and refute them with facts and a rational argument, (if they are able). If his comments are really that outrageous, they should be easily refuted with verifiable facts. To respond to an unpopular policy position by merely denying him a spot on future debates demonstrates intellectual and philosophical cowardice on the part of the RNC.

Yes, Big Brother and his Inner Party are alive and well. BB's Ministry of Truth says that Ron Paul has a mental illness and is unfit to campaign for the republican presidential nomination. Down with BigBrother and his Inner Party.

I missed the debate, but from what I know about Ron Paul from before the debate and what I am hearing about the debate, I think he might be the only real light in a very dark place. Some of the others are clearly RINOs, and others are so mixed up that we don't know what they are.

We want Ron Paul.
Stop trying to suppress the will of the people.

I'd say that what is embarrassing is trying to silence candidates that actually address policy and are willing to talk about mistakes. The office of President is that of a very influential administrator. Ron Paul has been talking about policy and what could be done differently; it seems to me that many of the candidates are willing to do nothing other than rabble-rouse and say sweet-sounding nothings.

Are elections are totally rigged.

Bush will simply pass the baton to Hillary in 08
so that will make it:

Bush(sr. w/ reagan)
Bush
Clinton(sr throws the election)
Bush
Clinton

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ron Paul is the only legitimate American to lead the Country and get the americans out of the mess created by Bush and Associates.Americans should be reminded that Ron Paul is not aligned with the malignant crew who order troops to invade Irak.
The mass destruction weapons never existed, but used as an excuse to invade a country that never possed a threat to America. The war on Irak and Afghanistan was designed to protect Rockfeller
and Bildeberg associates interests, as well as
to enlarge wealthy people accounts not the common american. The economic mess is increasing day by day, and there is no sing to get our troops back,
which means more spending and the flabby economy we are in as a result.

Ron Paul is the only legitimate American to lead the Country and get the americans out of the mess created by Bush and Associates.Americans should be reminded that Ron Paul is not aligned with the malignant crew who order troops to invade Irak.
The mass destruction weapons never existed, but used as an excuse to invade a country that never possed a threat to America. The war on Irak and Afghanistan was designed to protect Rockfeller
and Bildeberg associates interests, as well as
to enlarge wealthy people accounts not the common american. The economic mess is increasing day by day, and there is no sing to get our troops back,
which means more spending and the flabby economy we are in as a result.

Ron Paul is the only legitimate American to lead the Country and get the americans out of the mess created by Bush and Associates.Americans should be reminded that Ron Paul is not aligned with the malignant crew who order troops to invade Irak.
The mass destruction weapons never existed, but used as an excuse to invade a country that never possed a threat to America. The war on Irak and Afghanistan was designed to protect Rockfeller
and Bildeberg associates interests, as well as
to enlarge wealthy people accounts not the common american. The economic mess is increasing day by day, and there is no sing to get our troops back,
which means more spending and the flabby economy we are in as a result.

Ron Paul is the only legitimate American to lead the Country and get the americans out of the mess created by Bush and Associates.Americans should be reminded that Ron Paul is not aligned with the malignant crew who order troops to invade Irak.
The mass destruction weapons never existed, but used as an excuse to invade a country that never possed a threat to America. The war on Irak and Afghanistan was designed to protect Rockfeller
and Bildeberg associates interests, as well as
to enlarge wealthy people accounts not the common american. The economic mess is increasing day by day, and there is no sing to get our troops back,
which means more spending and the flabby economy we are in as a result.

Ron Paul is the only legitimate American to lead the Country and get the americans out of the mess created by Bush and Associates.Americans should be reminded that Ron Paul is not aligned with the malignant crew who order troops to invade Irak.
The mass destruction weapons never existed, but used as an excuse to invade a country that never possed a threat to America. The war on Irak and Afghanistan was designed to protect Rockfeller
and Bildeberg associates interests, as well as
to enlarge wealthy people accounts not the common american. The economic mess is increasing day by day, and there is no sing to get our troops back,
which means more spending and the flabby economy we are in as a result.

Ron Paul is the only legitimate American to lead the Country and get the americans out of the mess created by Bush and Associates.Americans should be reminded that Ron Paul is not aligned with the malignant crew who order troops to invade Irak.
The mass destruction weapons never existed, but used as an excuse to invade a country that never possed a threat to America. The war on Irak and Afghanistan was designed to protect Rockfeller
and Bildeberg associates interests, as well as
to enlarge wealthy people accounts not the common american. The economic mess is increasing day by day, and there is no sing to get our troops back,
which means more spending and the flabby economy we are in as a result.

Ron Paul is the only legitimate American to lead the Country and get the americans out of the mess created by Bush and Associates.Americans should be reminded that Ron Paul is not aligned with the malignant crew who order troops to invade Irak.
The mass destruction weapons never existed, but used as an excuse to invade a country that never possed a threat to America. The war on Irak and Afghanistan was designed to protect Rockfeller
and Bildeberg associates interests, as well as
to enlarge wealthy people accounts not the common american. The economic mess is increasing day by day, and there is no sing to get our troops back,
which means more spending and the flabby economy we are in as a result.

Ron Paul is the only legitimate American to lead the Country and get the americans out of the mess created by Bush and Associates.Americans should be reminded that Ron Paul is not aligned with the malignant crew who order troops to invade Irak.
The mass destruction weapons never existed, but used as an excuse to invade a country that never possed a threat to America. The war on Irak and Afghanistan was designed to protect Rockfeller
and Bildeberg associates interests, as well as
to enlarge wealthy people accounts not the common american. The economic mess is increasing day by day, and there is no sing to get our troops back,
which means more spending and the flabby economy we are in as a result.