Ron Paul Holds Number One Spot in Chat Room Buzz, Data Say

On Monday, Dream Catcher Technology announced that its Wall Street Chatter Ratings finds that of the 9 primary Republican presidential candidates, Ron Paul leads as the most talked about candidate. Democrat Barack Obama is in second place, and Democrat Hillary Clinton is trailing in third place for the first time. Republican Candidate Mike Huckabee is in fourth place.

Wall Street Chatter collects data from almost 100 non-biased online chat-rooms. The Wall Street Chatter Presidential Poll is based on the top 17 Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, with data presented weekly by percentage, party, and overall.

Ron Paul-who has become known as "Dr. No" by his fiercely loyal supporters and some in the media for his staunch stances against expanding the power and scope of the federal government and for his wanting to call for an immediate cessation of aggressive military activity in Iraq-has become something of a dark horse candidate for President.

Paul is mostly a Libertarian, but is running on the Republican ticket. His supports largely find that this makes sense, given the fact that the Libertarian Party calls itself "the real Republican Party". Dr. No has expressed a strong desire to get the GOP back to its roots as the people's champion with its commitment to free markets, low taxes, and small government. Paul is an anti-war advocate because, according to him, the Republican Party has traditionally been the anti-war Party, although it has always believed in maintaining a powerful military in accord with the proverb, "if you want peace, prepare for war".

Paul has taken advantage of the power of the Internet in the 21st century in a way that no other Presidential candidate has-that is, he, or rather his followers, have created a campaign website that delegates actual positions of power to the people. According to some top communications and media analysts, the rest of the candidates have all created websites that delegate responsibilities or tasks-making them seem distant and as if they are talking down to their supporters, instead of being an integral part of the process.

Recently, Paul has been questioned in interviews about the fact that he has garnered the support-and the funding-of some White Supremacist groups. Paul responds that he didn't mind taking their money because he could then turn around and use it for good; however, he never went seeking for their money, and says that he certainly does not support their cause.

Paul's campaign is just beginning to explicitly state that he does not wish to receive funding from White Supremacist or any other "hate" groups.

Paul's critics attack him for being "delusional" about the role of government in people's lives, saying that government is responsible for "leveling the playing field".

Paul insists that government was never meant to replace individual responsibility nor interfere with the competition inherent in the free market, that it is vastly too big, and is doing many things that it has no Constitutional authority to do. He proposed doing away with a wide array of government offices including the Departments of Energy and Education.

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