Mar 05 2008
Ron Paul wins his seat, R3volutionists rejoice
The fiery Republican with a libertarian streak, Ron Paul, survived a strong challenge to his day job in Congress on Tuesday, besting well-funded (and well-liked) Chris Peden.
Paul, ran for the White House as a libertarian in 1988 but gained more of a following this year as a Republican. Though he has been a long shot candidate throughout his presidential campaign this year, he did not drop-out of the race. He was forced to scale back his national operation to focus on the race for his Congressional seat in Texas when his constituents started getting fed-up with being neglected by rock star Ron Paulmania and the Maniacs.
Republican primary challenger Chris Peden said of Paul: “I do think the presidential race has exposed some of his values and principles that are not in line with his district, and that exposure has done him harm at home.”
But as Linkin Park would say, “In the end, it doesn’t even matter.” Because Paul power still powered through Peden and beat him in Tuesday night’s election. So there you go R3volutionists. You win!