Ron Paul leads Romney in Iowa leading up to the Caucus

A new Public Policy Poll (PPP) released Wednesday, December 28th has Ron Paul leading the nation's first caucus state with 24% of the vote.  In second is Mitt Romney with 20% followed by Newt Gingrich with a fast dwindling 13%.

Later in the evening, Michelle Bachmann's Iowa Campaign Chair, Senator Kent Sorenson, left the lady congressman's campaign stating, “When the Republican establishment is going to be coming after Ron Paul, I thought it is my duty to come to his aid."  This will certainly add fuel to the grassroots fire that is burning in Iowa and seems to be catching throughout the United States.  Polls that are released that reflect this news will be interesting to say the least.

Ron Paul could likely surge to 30% or beyond in the Iowa polls given these new conditions.  Future New Hampshire polls should be monitored as well.

Returning to the current PPP poll, here are the questions and answers regarding the front-runners in the Iowa race:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If the Republican candidates for President
were Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Jon
Huntsman, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Buddy
Roemer, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum,
who would you vote for?
Ron Paul ........................................................... 24%
 Mitt Romney.................................................... 20%
Newt Gingrich ................................................... 13% 
Michele Bachmann .............................................. 11%
Rick Perry .......................................................... 10%
Rick Santorum..................................................... 10%
 Jon Huntsman....................................................... 4%

Buddy Roemer....................................................... 2%

Someone else/Not sure .......................................... 5%

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Newt Gingrich?
Favorable.......................................................... 37%
Unfavorable .................................................... 54%
Not sure .............................................................. 9%

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Ron Paul?
Favorable........................................................ 53%
Unfavorable ..................................................... 40%
Not sure ............................................................ 7%

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Mitt Romney?
Favorable......................................................... 44%
Unfavorable .................................................... 47%
Not sure .............................................................. 9%

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Which of the following things is most important
to you when deciding how to vote: jobs and the
economy, government spending and reducing
the debt, taxes, social issues like gay marriage
and abortion, illegal immigration, or foreign
policy and national security?
 Government spending, reducing the debt ....... 39%
Jobs/economy.................................................... 25%
Social issues......................................................... 12%
Taxes .................................................................... 4%

Illegal immigration................................................... 3%
Foreign policy/national security................................ 3%
Someone else.......................................................... 4%
Not sure ............................................................... 10%

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Do you think that Newt Gingrich has strong
principles, or not?
He does ........................................................... 32%
He does not .................................................... 45%
Not sure ........................................................... 23%

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Do you think that Ron Paul has strong
principles, or not?
He does .......................................................... 68%
He does not ..................................................... 14%
Not sure .......................................................... 19%

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Do you think that Mitt Romney has strong
principles, or not?
He does .......................................................... 42%
He does not .................................................... 37%
Not sure ........................................................... 21%

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 How much attention have you paid to the
televised debates between the candidates so
far: a lot of attention, some attention, or not
much attention at all?
A lot of attention.............................................. 36%
Some attention................................................. 35%
Not much attention at all .................................... 13%
Not sure ............................................................ 17%

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Who do you think is going to win the Iowa
caucuses?
 Ron Paul ......................................................... 29%
 Mitt Romney................................................... 15%
Newt Gingrich ................................................... 8%
Michele Bachmann .............................................. 7%

Rick Santorum...................................................... 5%

Rick Perry ........................................................... 4%

Jon Huntsman....................................................... 1%
Buddy Roemer...................................................... 1%
Someone else/Not sure ....................................... 30%

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please share this!  It is news you will see nowhere else, especially in the mainstream media!

Here is the latest ad running in Iowa:

Maybe we should all give Ron Paul a good look.  It seems many Iowans thinks he deserves it.

Follow @DerrelWalters

Why Ron Paul?

Ron Paul is a constitutionalist that believes the federal government's primary responsibility is to protect the civil liberties of its citizens.  In addition, he believes the federal government should protect our national borders and provide a strong, domestic national defense.

He, like many of us, is tired of the never-ending wars.  He wants to return the power to declare war solely to Congress, where it was originally. Currently, it is now acceptable for the US President to go to war for 90 days without Congressional approval.  This has placed too much power in the hands of one man.

He believes that our interference in other nations' affairs has caused resentment over the years and has, in the end, caused more problems than it has solved.  Take for instance Iran.

We were friends with Iran pre-WWII.  They were largely a country becoming "westernized."  Then in 1953, the CIA overthrew the Iranian Prime Minister.  Many Iranians have not forgotten this.  Then, we sponsored a Saddam led Iraq in a war against Iran.

What would your opinion of the matter be if the shoe were on the other foot?  What if Iran had done those things to us?

"Paul serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee (having been on the Western Hemisphere and the Asia and Pacific subcommittees); the Joint Economic Committee; and the Committee on Financial Services (as Ranking Member of the Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology subcommittee, and Vice-Chair of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee)." ~Wikipedia: Ron Paul

He has been an advocate and voice for responsible fiscal policy since the 1970's.  He warned of the housing bubble LONG before anyone else even knew there was one.  There is little argument, Ron Paul is the best on economic policy among all the candidates.

He has real plans to get America back on track.  Please don't stop reading here...

Please go to youtube and watch some Ron Paul videos and hear what he has to say. 

I promise it will be time well spent and will benefit us all.

Ron Paul 2012! Follow @DerrelWalters