Ron Paul
TNR Exclusive: A Collection of Ron Paul’s Most Incendiary Newsletters
For years, Ron Paul published a series of newsletters that dispensed political news and investment advice, but also routinely indulged in bigotry. Here's a selection of some especially inflammatory passages, with links to scanned images of the original documents in which they appeared. Race READ MORE >>
How Social Conservatives Blew It In Iowa
Are Nasty Ads Sinking Newt?
Newt Gingrich, facing plummeting poll numbers in Iowa, has turned to the only alternative cash-strapped candidates have: whining about their opponents’ negativity. READ MORE >>
How the GOP Met Ron Paul More Than Halfway
Will The Internet Save Ron Paul?
As GOP chaos continues in Iowa, talk of an upset is increasingly focused on one very unlikely candidate: Ron Paul, the libertarian Congressman with a devoted (and notoriously weird) Internet following. READ MORE >>
Does Newt Really Want to Be President?
A few days ago I saw Rick Tyler, the ex-Gingrich spokesman who joined a mass resignation from the former speaker’s campaign this summer, on MSNBC looking positively repentant. He admitted that he’d misjudged Gingrich’s viability as a presidential candidate and enthused about him in a way that might embarrass an actual paid spokesman. READ MORE >>
Seven Key Facts That Will Be Ignored By the Media But Will Determine the Iowa Caucuses
Over the next three weeks, the heat-to-light ratio in the press coverage of the Iowa caucuses will rise steadily. Here are a few basics to keep in mind. READ MORE >>
Deadline: Peak Gingrich?
[with contributions from Matt O'Brien and Darius Tahir] READ MORE >>
