McCain Campaign Distraught By Ron Paul Strength

[proud2BlibKansan]

From the wire:
Posted at 12:12 PM on January 3, 2008. Wire Tools



Des Moines, Iowa - Arizona Senator and GOP presidential candidate John McCain is deeply worried that his resurgent national campaign may be stalled by a relatively strong showing in tonight's Iowa caucus by the iconoclastic Ron Paul.

McCain campaigns aides working in Des Moines told the HuffPost that their candidate is concerned that Paul will make a third place showing tonight behind front-runners Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney but ahead of McCain.

The Arizona senator, whose campaign floundered earlier in the year, has been showing renewed strength in the battle to win the key New Hampshire primary next week. McCain's national numbers have also been rising and one respected poll now has him in first place..

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Both McCain and Paul are currently tied at about 10% in most polls of likely Iowa caucus goers. McCain has not actively campaigned in Iowa and skipped last summer's Republican Straw Poll. His visit to the state today just hours before the caucuses was one of the rare trip that McCain has made to Iowa during the campaign.

This morning as Ron Paul was greeting his volunteers in his downtown headquarters the HuffPost asked the candidate his reaction to McCain's anger. "I'm so excited," said Paul. "I'm excited he's so upset about me."

http://www.alternet.org/wire/72541

[pennylane100]

1. So who is the lesser of the two evils.

I have heard bad things about both of them.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I just enjoy reading about their fight. LOL

[Beaverhausen]

4. I have to admit I enjoyed seeing how well Ron Paul did over McCain and Guliani

the GOP is in total disarray. I love it!

[Kat45]

3. NH is where he should be worried about Paul

McCain is popular there, but Paul is perfect for NH because many people there have a libertarian bent. Paul's been advertising on TV to NH for at least a month. But McCain's been advertising there even more lately.