[Peace-discuss] In Iowa, Peace Voters Turned Out for Ron Paul in Higher Numbers Than Anticipated

[Robert Naiman]

Ron Paul didn't win the Iowa caucus, but it wasn't because peace
voters didn't show up. Indeed, peace voters did show up, in higher
numbers than anticipated; and they voted for Ron Paul, in higher
numbers than anticipated. You could say the Iowa caucus was a
coming-out party for the new Republican peace movement.

Going forward, this means that there is a substantial group of voters
who is willing to vote for a peace candidate in a Republican primary
or caucus -- if they have a peace candidate to vote for. And this
result will be seen not just in future Presidential primaries and
caucuses, but in Congressional races -- if there is a peace candidate
to vote for.

If you're a person that cares about working with Congress to end wars,
prevent new ones, and stop the Pentagon from hogging so much of our
national resources, this is a very big deal. The day we get 21% of the
Republicans in the House and Senate to vote to end the war in
Afghanistan, oppose war with Iran, and cut the military budget, I will
change my Facebook picture to a photograph of Ayn Rand.

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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