i think ron paul's hope for ron paul's supporters is actually named rand and maybe not ron.aine is really the only state that ron paul probably would have had any chance of winning. he didn't win it tonight. well only by 194 votes here. so -- >> we will be checking in on ron paul, who we believe will be speaking soon. but two pieces of news i want to get your reaction to. the ppp poll we cited at the top of the show, which showed santorum opening up a considerable lead in national polling. 38% over romney at 23% and newt gingrich at 17%. in that poll, they asked gingrich supporters who they would favor if gingrich weren't in the race and they would favor romney. the other piece of news is reporting about shelden adelson. the billionaire casino owner who has given, he and his wife have given $10 million to the super pac which you run. talking about quote-unquote turning off the spigot. how long could newt gingrich remain competitive in the race, given the numbers tonight, the numbers we saw on tuesday, if in fact there is, you cannot raise the kind of money you've been able t

but fake libertarian ron paul? as the sex-obsessed, sex hater rick santorum. >> as an o.b. doctor, i've dealt with birth control pills and contraception for a long time. >> now, when he said that, i got ready for another great ron paul moment. here comes ron. he's going to take these nuts to school about contraception, finally. you know he's going to cut through all that republican bull. you know he's going to -- and then ron paul said this. >> but sort of along the line of the pills creating immorality, i don't see it that way, i think the immorality creates the problem of wanting to use the pills. >> "i think the immorality creates the problem of want to go use the pills"? sex creates the problem of wanting to use the pills. ron paul just equated sex with immorality. he just said wanting to have sexual intercourse without wanting to have a baby are immoral. listen to his words again, quote, i think the immorality creates the problem of wanting to use the pills. so if you're an anti-war ron paul supporter or a leg

i hope whoever is holding up that ron paul sign drops it so we can see ron paul. let's listen in to ron paul. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. just remember, the revolution is only beginning. [ cheers and applause ] we have a ways to go. i do want to recognize the staff and all of you, all of the volunteers and all of the work that's been done has been fantastic. thank you very much. it encourages me because it's an important issue. thank you. but you know, i have one slightly discouraging announcement. i wish all the caucuses had met today. because i was disappointed there was one caucus that i think we would have done very, very well but we lost by i guess almost 200 votes, 190 votes. it's almost like we could call it a tie, but anyway -- the votes will be counted. all the caucuses will meet, but i do want to make a prediction. if i were a betting man, and i do not have $10,000 to bet -- [ laughter ] if i were a betting man, i would bet that we will control the maine caucus when we go to tampa! ch, chrs it would have been great to win outright th

paul ron paul supporters really showing up to support what does it say about kind of ron paul's supporters and his base well it was interesting because this guy who owns the venetian. sheldon adelson he actually supporting gingrich and he was sitting right there. he was about the twenty feet from me and you could so he was a little irritated because so many people were clapping and applauding but the ron paul people were talking and there were quite a few people and rabbis who stood up and spoke for ron paul but he was sitting there. because he was supporting gingrich through all of this. very interesting gap ron paul certainly has a very passionate following want to talk about some of the more recent developments as far as the election last night the results really shake things up for the republican race mitt romney's front runner status isn't so certain anymore is it not at all. i just think people don't really trust him or like him. it's just the media's been telling everybody well he's the front runner he's the guy you've got to go after. this is the guy but that's not really a reason

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ron paul. we're going to be hearing from newt gingrich. he's not giving a speech tonight, which would be a traditional moment, a traditional thing to do after a nevada caucus, but he's going to have a news conference, and we're told he's going to outline a new strategy in moving forward. breanna keeler is in las vegas. do we have any idea what he's going to say, breanna? >> what we do know is that newt gingrich has been working on a new strategy with his staff, and that is a strategy that we're expecting. sources tell cnn to be more of a positive strategy. this may make you think that's quite a 180. as recently as last night, you heard him hammering on mitt romney, trying to tie him to the big banks, comparing him to president obama, perhaps one of the biggest insults here on the campaign trail for republicans. but sources tell cnn that newt gingrich has been meeting with his staff. what has he been doing? because we know he didn't have a lot on his public schedule today. that's what he's been

all right so again a ron paul saying the u.s. is slipping into a fascist system dominated by government and businesses strong words there from the texas congressman and as usual their words largely ignored by the mainstream media so we thought we'd take some time to talk about this more in-depth let's go to journalist michael tracey in montclair new jersey michael as someone who has yet to win a primary in this campaign these are seen by some people as strong words derogatory words even offensive by many why do you think ron paul felt the need to say this about the direction that the u.s. is heading. this is something that ron paul saying for quite a while i think i remember an interview with him in two thousand and seven where he said that you know the state of the country is too soft fascism so i don't think he's trying to say that the united states is on a path to or ask. suppression. you know the way that he characterizes the situation i think speaks to a growing apprehension that a lot of people have about where the country

flavor of the week but one candidates popularity has remained consistent ron paul and there are signs that he is gaining momentum especially after coming in second in minnesota where he beat romney and gingrich and take a look at this poll according to the latest telephone polls coming out of front coming out front runner mitt romney lost some ground in recent days dropping from thirty to twenty nine percent ron paul is now in second place nationally his support group five percent putting him at twenty one percent and rounding out the bunch newt gingrich is support fell by one percent to nineteen percent and rick santorum support rose by five to eighteen percent so with support for the other candidates flipping is it ron paul's time to shine whether dig deeper into this i spoke with volunteer organizer and ron paul supporter mary wilson earlier from los angeles i asked her if mitt romney is still the front runner and take a look. you know we're really happy with how ron paul is steadily pulling forward and we have a lot of faith in the strategy of his campaign and that as he gains gro

ron paul was at his own event. the big cheer here if this room was for mitt romney who did garner the majority of the votes here. 39%. over 2,000 people voting for mitt romney. 36% for ron paul. he had just under 2,000 people voting for him. santorum garnered 18%. gingrich, 6%. the state party, the major statement they made today was that this is a record breaker for them as far as caucus turnout was concerned that they had more towns caucus, more people caucusing and the knoll spotlight. it's been a real dog fight up until this point. it really put maine on the map. this was their chance to shine. they had a close dog fight of a race. they said this would come down to romney and paul facing off and we see how close the numbers are. these numbers might linger in the minds of the public because we've got another two weeks to go before the next votes are cast and the next contests held in arizona and michigan. the tiny little state where just over 5,500 people participated in these caucuses, may have a big impact ton

presidential hopeful ron paul was in kansas city missouri speaking at union station there to a crowd of more than a thousand people and he came out with a pretty strong warning about the direction this country is headed in and i want to warn you this video is shot on a cell phone so the quality is not great but you should be able to hear it. i am. all right strong words there from the texas congressman and as usual their words largely ignored by the mainstream media earlier as well with lou rockwell chairman of the looting von mises institute he's also the author of the left of the right and the state rockwell express his agreement with ron paul's views and the possible fate of the country take a listen. braun is that is the truth teller as usual because we have remembered typically of fascism fascist or just epithets but if that is an actual political philosophy it's an actual economic philosophy from an economic standpoint as ron pointed out it's a combination of big corporations and big government working together against the rest of society to illegitimately profit then you have

all right so according to ron paul the u.s. is slipping into a fascist system dominated by government and business strong words there from the texas congressman and as usual they were words largely ignored by the mainstream media now in our earlier broadcast i spoke with journalist michael tracey on wrong paul's prediction of the direction our country is headed here's what he had to say . this of this is something that ron paul for quite a while i think i remember an interview with him in two thousand and seven where he said that you know the state of the country is too soft fascism so i don't think he's trying to say that the united states is on a path to ask. suppression. you know the way that he characterizes the situation i think speaks to a growing apprehension that a lot of people have about the country is headed in i think you know ron paul has gained traction not because he's remarks but because he you know shoots from the hip and some of the that as you say the growing apprehension and some of those concerns have been

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mitt romney and ron paul went to caucus sites today. mitt romney's first time campaigning in maine this cycle. they've been going hard after this win to avoid another loss as both suffered on tuesday. >> this is a two-man race? romney and ron paul? >> essential. rick santorum and newt gingrich essentially. it wasn't a part of their whole delicate calculation to come up here and campaign. a few weeks ago when the other three were in florida, ron paul packed up his sweaters and headed north. i was here with him. he came up here because he has a strong young following here. strong libertarian following. he figured those 21 delegates up for state, maybe he could do well and get his first win. he is 0-8, but mitt romney came along and said not so fast. he started campaigning last night. >> thank you, shannon travis reporting. "the situation room" is straight ahead with wolf blitzer on our political team joining us. wolf, tell us about the coverage you have of the maine caucuses coming up. >> we'll hear the results coming in live from portlan

again, this is a source of strength for ron paul. electorate but he's competitive for second place. and then if you come over here th, this is a younger electorate. that's too small of a slice here. we're not getting the slice because sometimes when it's so small you don't see as hard of a number. this is the biggest slice of the electorate and this is why at the moment governor romney is ahead at 60% of the vote. but we're looking and looking and trying to find more interesting information. >> fascinating information. when you say democrats, independents, republicans, this is a closed contest. only registered republicans can actually participate but i guess they register as republicans. >> when they go in, they describe themselves as independent but they have to be allowed to vote in the process. they just described themselves as independent. >> thank you, john. >>> we're about to get a significant update of the nevada vote totals. the first candidate we will hear from is ron paul. also, we'll check in at the republican party's nerv

>> ron paul. >> reporter: why for ron paul?candidate that defends the constitution and stands up for our civil liberties all the time. >> reporter: ron paul hasn't won a contest. what do you think his chances are tonight? >> very good. he has lots of support in minnesota. >> reporter: hopefully, ron paul has two supporters here, i'm sure the campaign thinks he has more. we'll send it back to you now so they can finish the beginning of their program and start the caucuses. >> thanks very much. once ron paul starts speaking, we will listen to what he has to say. as you know better than most, he has a lot of devoted ardent supporters out there. stand by. chris welsh is joining us from minnesota. tell our viewers where you are an what's going on. >> reporter: wolf, i'm actually in a suburb in minnesota 20 miles south of the twin cities. republican officials in the state pride themselves on the fact this is a conservative county. >> looks like we have a little technical issue at shakopee, minnesota. we'll fix that up and speak to ch

i want to say thank you, ron meyer is. this is your day. i want to say thank you, ron. if it would not be for you, rocco, and the rest of the laborers that went outside -- folks, my salutes. i have been around here for 35 years now. this is my best day. you all need to be proud of you are setting the standard for america that no one else in america is doing. thank you very much. [applause] i wanted to say that if it had not been -- i just left off to vote -- two people that i do not want to leave off, the leader of the northern california laborers. the first thing he did was get together with this young man over here. that is how the whole thing started. thank you all. >> thank you for that clip. it was wonderful. >> we have more for you, if you want. >> the next item, i believe, is the report of the general manager. >> actually [unintelligible] >> ok. >> i thought you would like to say nbc picture of our newest hire. -- you would like to see a picture of our newest hire. [applause] >> nice logo. >> you noticed that. she is 3 days old and maybe in the tunnel program. [l

being taken for they're not coming from ron paul's base they're just dipping into mitt romney's . voter pool and we already know that newt gingrich and rick santorum are not on the ballot in multiple states where they were not able to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot they didn't have enough foresight to plan their campaigns and in order to win with i think it's eleven hundred forty four delegates you know they're not eligible for between five and six states each of them so you know a vote for mitt sorry newt gingrich and for santorum is probably a wasted vote unless we're going to have a brokered convention which you know i don't know about that how it's going to pan out but i'm sure that ron paul is gaining delegates as we go along and you know the fact that he is gaining momentum and that he has made it this far is a huge improvement from the last time he was running the last election so would you say that ron paul's image as a fringe candidate has changed. absolutely absolutely there is so much more support now there's so much more awareness i didn't know about ro

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head in then i want to talk about ron paul i was just going to say. just going to say john john's right hispanics are a key group but you have to also remember. barack obama wasn't matched up against mitt romney there and i think mitt romney you know many of the you know the way in which he has been very hostile i think to the hispanic community perceived hostility towards them you know he has no real immigration reform plan that has that will play a role in the general election the republicans being against the dream act opposing sort of my or you know there are a lot of number of issues that are important to this man a community that when they're pitted when he's pitted against a living breathing human being you know those numbers will i think dissipate he may not do as well as he did in no way as long as they any republican is going to do to well. john you well as if we look back at two thousand and four george w. bush won forty four percent of hispanics now a lot of change since then but part of the problem for president obama it's not just enough

what ron remembers is critically important.bor leader in any union, but especially ours, the day we forget that the most important part of our union is the members, we are in trouble. ron has never forgotten that, and never will. the brothers and sisters in this room paris but to r -- pay respect to ron myers and the honor done to our union. he has never forgotten they are the most important part. about half the room is full of people who are here because ron is retiring and they are happy about it. the other half are here because they are not happy he is going. for those of you who are happy he might not be around as much, we have worked out an arrangement so that on these tunnel project, dealing with the sfpuc, working with our contractors, who the laborers' union understand the risk and capital they put out every day to make sure that we did project safely and on time,-- bid projects safely and on time -- ron will be working for the next 12 months with us as a consultant. he is retiring and slowing down a little bit. but thi

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caller: ron paul. feel like it is people like c-span -- i have been a lifelong republican supporter and i have never seen by some c- -- sen biasen bias by c-span, but suddenly you cannot see ron paul everywhere. i have been watching you to to -- youtube to try to get my news, because i cannot get it on the television anymore. i found out that florida has voter fraud problems. a man named pension had created a program to make voter fraud from the computers. the former speaker of the house in florida hired him to make this program. what it does, this program it makes the boat come out 51-49 and they can pick the winner. through the years, i have always noticed that it was 51- 49. seems like the strangest thing. host: let's give reid wilson a chance. guest: i actually do want to talk about ron paul. his strategy is interesting. the reason he is not been seen anywhere in florida, ron paul has essentially skip florida. it is a winner-take-all state. he has moved on to other places. he has gone on to maine l

anthony terrell is in minnesota joined by ron paul. >> chris, i'm joined by dr. ron paul. dr. paul, early numbers coming in expected to get 25%. four years ago you got 14%. how is the increase going? >> i think it's doing well and hopefully we get a little bit more than the 25 t remains to be seen. but i think it reflects the momentum of the freedom movement, especially in the last four years. it's certainly built -- since the economic crisis has hit and people are getting tired of the wars. putting people together that don't like war, they are interested in the monetary season and know that debt is a big problem and i'm offering the only cuts in the campaign. we're galvanizing people and offering a real solution to our problems. >> you mentioned momentum. some of your rivals are in other states. you visited states like maine that the other ones have largely ignored. how are you going to bring this momentum and can you explain about your delegate count and how you plan on building those up? >> of course, it's early to give the numbers but we'll know a lot more tonight and also

same with santorum and ron paul. i think he and his folks believe there is a shot, a chance that newt gingrich might decide on his own to drop out. and if he were to drop out, he would then position himself as the nonmitt romney, the real conservative, santorum, if you will. so i think that's why one of the major reasons he's staying in, in a sense, maybe newt gingrich will give up and drop out and santorum could challenge mitt romney. ron paul is staying in it because he's got his own agenda. i'm sure he would like to win. he also wants to make sure the issues he's passionate about, whether the federal reserve, or bringing home all u.s. troops from around the world, those kinds of issues are front and center in this campaign. >> all right, wolf blitzer's view of the landscape there. the presidential candidates will be talking about all those issues as they gear up for the next election battles. one more time, they'll be taking place this tuesday. colorado, minnesota, and missouri. voters in those states are not all

paul phenomenon explaining and understanding the ron paul phenomenon it was a lead story for almost an entire week of fox news dot com just a few days ago so fox news is an x. i run poll they've got him as a guest with any other network and what i said next story is fox of the brand of enthusiasm and passion that ron paul brings and brings young people along with them has got to be embraced and accepted and not ignored or put down by the republican party or they're not going to win the election they can never be broken bum aside review ron paul brinkley's and enthusiasm i think what he lacks that was a bit of excitement and youthful if it was yes i think that my people rand paul comes in i hope it's where i come in you need young guys with enthusiasm but ron paul brings a younger audience young kids who are excited by fiscal conservatism and social moderation or liberalism and that's got to be a grace by anyone who expects to be the next president of united states and where can they do it christine i think it's got to be odd shows like this on internet t.v. shows just as much or mor