Ron Paul Achieves Stunning 16 Percent

The real winner in Pennsylvania yesterday wasn’t Hillary Clinton or those of us who never have to see TV ads again. No, of course not: The real winner was none other than Ron Paul, who took 16 percent of the vote for second place in the Keystone State.

Sure, he didn’t beat John McCain — who clinched the nomination weeks ago — but, then again, only 73% of voting Republicans yesterday selected the GOP nominee. And Ron Paul beat Mike Huckabee (who took third) by around 35,000 votes! Meanwhile, in Bucks County the Ron Paul supporters were “few but proud,” says the Courier Times (which has already received a complain about it):

“Ron Paul speaks up and (appeals) to the college kids and the old-timers like myself,” said Joe Mallon, a 71-year-old Paul supporter from Upper Moreland. Mallon said he believes his party has been hijacked by a bunch of neo-conservatives. [...]

Some Republicans said a vote for Paul was a message vote — a way to tell their party they are not happy with its direction and presidential selection. Richard Dekalb, an 80-year-old Republican who lives in Ann’s Choice in Warminster, doesn’t like McCain and wanted to vote for “anything as far away (from him) as I could.”

Let’s all hear it for Ron Paul, the next president of the United States!

Ron Paul surges in Pa. [LA Times]
Ron Paul supporters in GOP were few but proud [Bucks County Courier Times]