15 years ago
April 2008
"Would [Ron] Paul have won more votes in New Hampshire, vaulting him to a better position in subsequent states, with a more foreign policy–based libertarian message? Consider that he finished second overall among voters who did not consider terrorism a big problem—19 percent compared to McCain's 39 percent. Voters who prized their personal liberty more than they feared the threat of a suitcase nuke in Nashua liked what Paul had to say. But the campaign simply wasn't confident that there were enough of these people to make a real stand. 'Our voters are conservative Republicans,' Jared Chicoine, Paul's state coordinator, said a few days before the primary."
David Weigel
"Evolution of a rEVOLution"
