NPR: Caucus Report: Ron Paul Backer Checks In

Caucus Report: Ron Paul Backer Checks In

Filed under: Election 2008

David and Crista Keagle and their family with Ron Paul

We met David Keagle through our blog post titled "Who Are Ron Paul's Supporters?" Keagle answered:

I am 37 year old Christian husband and home school father of 8 children. We live on a small farm in Iowa. Doctor Paul cured my apathy. Now, our whole family greatly enjoys spreading the message of liberty and freedom through Constitutional government. Our older children make phone calls and pass out Ron Paul literature while the younger children help decorate, dress-up and ride in our parade floats for Ron Paul.

Keagle and his wife, Crista, caucused for Paul on Thursday in Martinsdale, at the Martinsdale Community Church. Paul pulled about 10 percent statewide -- and about 10 percent in Martinsdale. A Republican physician with strong libertarian views, Paul got 21 votes at the Keagles' caucus spot, or 18 more than they'd counted on.

David Keagle gave the address on behalf of Paul. "I told them our party needs reform," he says. "We really got clobbered during the midterm elections, and there's a reason for that. We've really had enough of big-spending Republicans who wear liberal stripes."

Keagle said he wouldn't get excited about the prospect of voting for the winner in Iowa, Mike Huckabee, because he's not different enough from President George Bush. The race continues in New Hampshire, where voters head to the polls on Tuesday.

Laura Conaway

2:56 PM ET | 01- 4-2008 | permalink

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After reading up on how the Iowa caucuses are conducted I was...well...disgusted. It would have been very easy to skim votes from Giuliani and give them to McCain and Thompson to cushion their slight leads over Ron Paul. Odd that the republican results took so long.

Sent by Steven Chase | 6:46 PM ET | 01-04-2008

I don't know if I would cry foul to the Iowa results. I actually think Ron Paul did quite well by taking 10% of the vote, way ahead of Guliani and only 3% behin McCain and Thompson. Ron Paul is right in there. Let's see what happends in NH where there are many more independents and less Christian Fundamentalists.

Sent by Marine | 7:10 AM ET | 01-05-2008

Local news in NH seems to feel that Obama is taking most of the independents for himself, so they're not going to be avilable for a GOP candidate.

Sent by Stewart | 4:48 PM ET | 01-05-2008

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