Political Lore Though it came as a surprise to few, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) officially announced that he is a candidate for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination Friday just prior to a rally in the key early primary state of New Hampshire. Paul said on ABC’s morning program:
Ron Paul will Run in 2012!
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“The time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I’ve been saying for 30 years so I think the time is right,” he added.
Paul, 75, made additional remarks from New Hampshire, where he’s on a two-day swing following a stop in Iowa.
“It’s great that I am able to announce in this state, a very special state, because there is such high respect for the spirit of liberty here,” he said. “So I am very pleased that I am once again able to say that I am a candidate for the presidency in the Republican Party primary.”
The libertarian-leaning Republican, who has already run twice for the presidency in 1988 and 2008, had already formed a presidential exploratory committee, opened an office in Iowa and used his trademark money bomb method to raise more than $1 million online on the day of the first Republican presidential debate in South Carolina last week.
As a candidate in the 2008 primaries, Paul didn’t win any states, but he finished in second place in ten states and came in third in seventeen. Still, he won only 35 Republican delegates and suspended his campaign June 12, 2008.
Paul’s announcement follows that of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who officially entered the race five days earlier.
“We need to get rid of the income tax people, it’s just another tool used by the elite along with poor education systems and minimum wage laws that ensures the masses remain poor and uneducated securing their positions for generations.” Ron Paul
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