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Texas Senator Ron Paul has been a vocal critic of the government for years, and in his second bud for the presidential nomination, he has not quieted his concern. Running on the Libertarian Party ticket in 1988. He is currently in his 10th term as Texas Congressman and was prompted into this run for the White House by an encouraging grass roots program. He has the honor of raising $6 million in campaign contributions in a single day and will hit over $18 million in the fourth quarter of the year.
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Whether potential voters are beginning to understand his message, or even beginning to see it, he has improved greatly in the polls in New Hampshire, currently hitting 10 percent of the state's probable Republican voters in the January 8 primary. According to results on usaelectionpolls.com his popularity has grown from four percent in a poll conducted between December 16 and 19 to 10 percent in one conducted between December 20 and 23.
His message is clearly striking a note among many who share his belief that the Internal Revenue Service should be disbanded along with the United States Department of Education. Not only to save on government spending, but also to put the power of government back into the hands of the states. He recently criticized President Abe Lincoln for the Civil War, stating that other countries managed to abolish slavery without the fight that cost 600,000 American lives, mainly over the states' complaints about government interference, a problem that Paul contends remains today.
