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The Ron Paul people after Minneapolis: All hepped up with no place to vote

By Britt Robson | 09.03.08 | 4:59 pm

Over the course of some eight hours of speechifying, videos and music at yesterday’s Rally For the Republic at the Target Center, I didn’t hear a single laudatory word uttered by Ron Paul or his supporters

At Paul rally, Jesse Ventura (you guessed it) hints at presidential run in 2012

By Britt Robson | 09.02.08 | 6:42 pm

In a rousing speech at today’s Ron Paul Rally For The Republic, Jesse Ventura scampered all over the political map, variously declaring “the hell with the Patriot Act!,” engaging in 9/11 conspiracy theories, offering up a staunch defense of…

Odds and ends from Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic

By Britt Robson | 09.02.08 | 4:30 pm

Some random observations from this afternoon at the Ron Paul counter-convention:
The Target Center is between a third and a half full. One of the volunteers asked another if any more tickets were needed because she still had 15…

Buttonholing Mr. Bow Tie: A brief talk with Tucker Carlson at the Ron Paul rally

By Britt Robson | 09.02.08 | 3:18 pm

Pundit-without-portfolio Tucker Carlson was one of the featured speakers at Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic in Minneapolis today. I caught up with Carlson for a brief conversation about the Paul phenomenon and what had brought him to the…

Chatting with Jesse: At Ron Paul event, Ventura says he’s “the most dangerous man in America”

By Britt Robson | 09.02.08 | 1:48 pm


Jesse Ventura, who is a featured speaker at Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic today, just held an impromptu press conference of sorts with half a dozen people, myself included, who gathered round him in the hallway at…