“It’s time to make a strategic retreat. So I will leave the trail and return home to Texas, and wind down my 2012 campaign. And I will do so with pride, knowing I gave fully of my self of a cause worthy of this country,” Perry said at the press release.

This leaves Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Mitt Romney remaining in the GOP presidential race.

When considering the possibility that Davis might endorse him, prior to Davis’s endorsement of Paul, Santorum said, “To get an endorsement from someone like Tom Davis is a big deal. It would speak volumes to folks and make them take notice and give us a look.”

Senator Tom Davis’s Endorsement:

“It’s easy to campaign on lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations – it’s another thing entirely to stand up for these limited government principles when the entire Washington establishment is aligned against you. Yet for more than three decades Ron Paul has cast thousands of lonely votes in our nation’s capital based on the constitutional principles that this country was founded on – and that the Republican Party has promised to protect. Yet while generations of politicians – including far too many Republicans – were losing their way or caving to the status quo, Ron Paul was standing as a Tea Party of one against a towering wave of red ink.

“2012 marks the fifth consecutive year in which the federal government is going to spend well over $1 trillion in money it doesn’t have. Each and every American taxpayer is now on the hook for $135,000 worth of federal debt – and last year’s debt deal adds another $7 trillion in deficit spending over the coming decade. Meanwhile the U.S. Senate hasn’t passed a budget in nearly 1,000 days.

“I’m endorsing Ron Paul because enough is enough. Despite this wave of unprecedented government spending, our unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent for the last 34 months and 146.4 million Americans – one out of every two people in this country – are now classified as poor or low-income.

“Government activism and government intervention clearly hasn’t fixed our economy – which is why the Republican Party needs a nominee who isn’t wedded to that failed approach. We won’t chart a path to fiscal solvency or victory in November by running toward the failed ideas of the left – we will achieve those victories by returning to the principles that the Republican Party once stood for.

“That is why I am proud to endorse Ron Paul for president.

“Ron Paul’s record matches his rhetoric, his fiscal plan matches the fiscal challenges that our nation is facing and his movement represents the taxpayers whose interests have been ignored in the political process for far too long.

“I’m also endorsing him because unlike what the pundits have led you to believe, he is the candidate who gives the Republican Party the best chance to beat Barack Obama in November.

“We have a choice: We can keep electing candidates who talk about change only during political campaigns as a way to get elected, or we can finally elect a candidate who will walk the walk and make that change a reality – restoring our bottom line, our individual liberties and our national pride in the process.”

Here is a video announcement/endorsement by Tom Davis:

What is it that you’re saying that attracts them [the youth]? Ron Paul: “They’re young ideas. Personal liberty is a young idea. AS we get older, to get along you have to go along. You have to coform. From an early age, people are taught to confirm. Public education, especially, does that. Conformity is more necessary than independtly-minded thinking. But I think we’re all naturally independtend-minded thinking.

Huntsman has consistently polled near the bottom, except for recently, when he came in third in the New Hampshire Primary.

This moneybomb started on 01/14/12, and continues now. In the first 24 hours, Paul’s campaign raised over $1 million dollars in donations, which a campaign ticker goal of $3 million. As of 01/14/12, Paul’s raised $1.236 million, with the ticket constantly increasing.

This moneybomb comes on the tail of a new poll showing Paul tied with Santorum in second place. While it may be difficult to pass Mitt Romney’s large lead in South Carolina, a strong finish by poll will solidify his place as one of two frontrunners.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/homeland-security-monitoring-drudge-report-new-york-times/47300/

Eh ?

-M

CNN is currently reporting Romney with 40% , Paul with 23%, and Huntsman with 17%.. This is whith 95% of New Hampshire’s precincts reporting, as you can on the image to the right (CNN). To many, Romney’s strong victory in New Hampshire came as no surprise as he’s been polling ahead there for months. Ron Paul’s strong 2nd place victory surprised some, especially the mainstream media.

The election process continues on January 21st, when the next primary takes place in South Carolina.

Rick Perry’s low finish in both Iowa and New Hampshire make him the candidate most likely to drop out of the race next.

You can watch Mitt Romney’s victory speech here.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/poll-romney-paul-tie-obama-20120109

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/203039-media-mob-forces-paul-to-leave-nh-campaign-event-early

If we can’t ingnore him, then can we badger him until he just goes away ?

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/202917-ron-paul-goes-on-the-attack-steps-back-into-spotlight

Sometimes the truth hurts. Bang! Pow!

The Washington politicians are not the only ones afraid of The Ronster. Their stenographers seem to have ambivalent feelings toward him as well. Check it out…

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/05/hot_mic_at_pentagon_presser_catches_reporter_see_this_room_two-thirds_of_us_laid-off_when_ron_paul_is_president.html

…can we just keep ignoring him, please?