“Ron Paul” on The Daily Caller

The local caucus chairman who officiated what was arguably Missouri’s most rowdy Saturday caucus denied in a series of messages to The Daily Caller that he unfairly controlled the proceedings to assist the campaign of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, as supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have alleged. (more)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney easily won the Illinois Republican primary, claiming the majority of the 54 delegates up for grabs on Tuesday and distancing himself from his nearest competitor. (more)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney might have won all 20 of Puerto Rico’s primary delegates over the weekend, but the placement of the runners up offered an alternative glimpse into the race. Namely, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul finished behind no-shot candidates. (more)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — At the University of Illinois on Wednesday night, Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul promised a young crowd that once he reaches the White House, “students will once again be able to choose their own mascots.” (more)

With a breakaway front-runner still yet to emerge in the GOP race, political observers and senior Republican strategists are beginning to seriously contemplate what a brokered convention in Tampa Bay might look like. (more)

Texas Rep. Ron Paul secured his first popular vote victory of 2012 this weekend in the Virgin Islands. But although he won the most votes in the territory’s Republican presidential caucuses, he didn’t walk away with the most delegates. (more)

In Colorado on Saturday morning, video correspondent Kelly Maher videotaped a meeting of the Denver County Republican Assembly. When a group of Ron Paul-pledged delegates arrived, she told The Daily Caller, things got crazy — and Coloradans may have caught a sneak peek of Republican events to come later this year. (more)

Mitt Romney won the Virginia primary on Super Tuesday with 60% of the vote to Ron Paul’s 40%. But according to exit polls, only 35% of Virginia women voted for Paul, compared to 45% of the state’s men. (more)

In this installment of Jack Hunter’s Daily Caller video commentary series “The Deal with Jack Hunter,” Jack argues that there’s essentially no difference between Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich: “Right now, each candidate is fighting over whether they might be marginally better than the others because they might not have supported one or two parts of this big-government recipe, which is kind of like arguing over whether Franco-American or Chef Boyardee makes better spaghetti.” He concludes: “So where does small government conservatism fit into the 2012 election? It doesn’t. The tea party apparently does not demand it at the top of the GOP ticket, and Super Tuesday proves it.” (more)

In this installment of Jack Hunter’s Daily Caller video commentary series “The Deal with Jack Hunter,” Jack argues that Rush Limbaugh was right to question why we’re in Afghanistan 10 years after 9/11. (more)

If Ron Paul isn’t mentioned in an article that has some connection to the presidential race, you can be sure that you’ll hear from the Texas congressman’s legion of crazed fanatics. (more)

It’s Super Tuesday, which means today is the busiest day yet of the 2012 Republican race for president with 419 delegates up for grabs in 10 states across the country. (more)

Over 400 delegates are up for grabs in primaries and caucuses across 10 states Tuesday. (more)

During a press conference Monday, liberal advocacy groups CODEPINK and Veterans for Peace condemned President Barack Obama’s lack of diplomacy towards Iran and praised Republican Candidate Ron Paul’s foreign policy positions on the Islamic regime. (more)

Texas Rep. Ron Paul on Monday announced that five distant relatives of rival Mitt Romney’s family are endorsing his Republican presidential campaign. (more)

On Tuesday, the Republican nominating process moves into high gear with contests in 10 states. Mitt Romney, who has pulled off five straight wins, has the momentum. That momentum is reflected in the latest Gallup tracking poll, which puts Romney up by 16 points over Rick Santorum. Here are my predictions for your Super Tuesday office pool. (more)

Heading into “Super Tuesday,” many conservatives are lamenting that they do not like any of the remaining Republican candidates for president. Mitt Romney is too moderate, Newt Gingrich is too much of a “Washington insider” and Rick Santorum is both an insider and a guaranteed loser against Obama thanks to his willingness to bare his soul about some of his more outlandish socially conservative views. (more)

On CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul offered his thoughts on conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s controversial remarks regarding Sandra Fluke and his subsequent apology on Saturday. (more)

In this installment of Jack Hunter’s Daily Caller video commentary series “The Deal with Jack Hunter,” Jack says that “most tea partiers would agree that balancing the budget and reducing the debt is their top priority. The question today is, for which presidential candidate is this a top priority.” He argues that Ron Paul is that candidate. ”When it comes to real fiscal conservatism,” he says, “Ron Paul remains the sexiest candidate in this race.” (more)

Over the past week or so, Texas Rep. Ron Paul has been widely accused of being in cahoots with fellow Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. But Paul and his campaign say that charge simply isn’t true. (more)