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Giuliani vs. Ron Paul: Who's the fringe candidate?
Filed under: Ron Paul
This post on DailyKos nails something I've been thinking when I see Giuliani trailing Paul in each successive primary:
In case you're wondering how fringe candidate Ron Paul has fared against "front-runner" Rudy Giuliani, here are the approximate popular vote totals for both candidates so far this primary season (including 93% reporting from South Carolina):Paul: 105,848 votes
Giuliani: 60,213 votes
The mainstream media is going to have to re-evaluate how it bestows "frontrunner" and "fringe" status on candidates from here on out.
Posted by Kevin Hoffman at January 20, 2008 4:00 PM
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Ron Paul beats a candidate who decided not to compete in these initial primaries. Great job!
See you in Florida.
Posted by: antipaul at January 20, 2008 8:25 PM
Ron Paul (and Denis Kucinich, for that matter) is not considered a fringe candidate because he draws less support popular support than the established categories, or because he has raised less money, or because his views represent only a segment of American society. None of those reasons is true. He is considered a fringe candidate because his ideas scare the media/political/corporate establishment. That is why they refuse to include him in debates, because unlike the others he might actually change something.
Posted by: adam at January 20, 2008 11:09 PM
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