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February 7, 2008                                                                                        

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Today, University of Chicago professor Robert Pape joined the Ron Paul 2008 campaign as a foreign policy advisor. Dr. Pape is the foremost expert on suicide terrorism and the founder of the Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism. He is also the author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism and has published numerous articles on suicide terrorism and the use of air power in war.

Regarding the campaign, Professor Pape said, “Ron Paul’s campaign is making a lasting contribution to the security of the United States and its allies. Indeed, I often tell audiences, ‘Ron Paul has the right foreign policy to safeguard America.’”

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February 7, 2008                                                                                        

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Today, University of Chicago professor Robert Pape joined the Ron Paul 2008 campaign as a foreign policy advisor. Dr. Pape is the foremost expert on suicide terrorism and the founder of the Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism. He is also the author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism and has published numerous articles on suicide terrorism and the use of air power in war.

Regarding the campaign, Professor Pape said, “Ron Paul’s campaign is making a lasting contribution to the security of the United States and its allies. Indeed, I often tell audiences, ‘Ron Paul has the right foreign policy to safeguard America.’”

Read the rest of the release here.

Ron Paul’s Campaign Contributions Exceed Those of Rivals in Much of State

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Recently released 2007 presidential campaign fund-raising records from the Federal Elections Commission reveal that in at least nine large Illinois ZIP code regions, Congressman Ron Paul outpaced Republican rivals John McCain and Mitt Romney, often times by a substantial margin.

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Therese Battaglia, a volunteer and District 14 Ron Paul delegate candidate, sorts her canvassing materials. She was featured in a Kane County Chronicle article linked here.

SIU Daily Egyptian endorses Paul & Omaba! Here’s the article from the 2/1 edition.

“Tammy Hsu is one of those 20-something voters who can drive a presidential candidate crazy. She registered to vote during the recent Illinois ‘grace period’ and cast an early vote in her state’s Super Tuesday primary. But she’s still not completely sold on any candidate, not even Barack Obama, the home-state Democrat widely depicted as the choice of young voters. Nor is she committed to a political party.

‘I don’t want to associate myself with a party because I learn something new every day. I try to make an educated decision,’ says Hsu, a 23-year-old theater worker from Chicago. She didn’t reveal how she voted in the primary and still considers herself undecided for the general election.

With young voter registration rising and a strong independent streak among them, there are a lot more people like Hsu out there.

‘Political professionals haven’t liked dealing with them. They’d rather not deal with the wild card — but in a very close election, you need to play your wild cards,’ says Peter Levine, director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, also known as CIRCLE.

The study found that increased voter participation extends beyond college students to young people from many walks of life — working to unemployed, Asian American to Hispanic. Rock the Vote organizers also say the interest extends to states with upcoming primaries and caucuses, with a significant increase in young voters downloading registration forms online, compared with this time in 2004.

Experts who track young voters say that puts those states, and likely others, on track to surpass 2004 registrations. But whether that will produce actual votes remains to be seen.

But many young voters say they and their peers are motivated.

‘I think the biggest difference this time around is that people are waking up,’ says Marc Clair, a 27-year-old from Venice, Calif., who’s never voted in a primary but plans to this time with a vote for Republican Ron Paul.

Like many young voters, Clair sees the economy and the war in Iraq as two of the most pressing issues. The environment, affordable college education and health care also top young voters’ lists.

‘Many of us are frightened of what we are getting with our government,’ says Clair, a freelance videotape operator who works in television. ‘But many of us are determined to change it as well.’

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