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Highest Positive, Lowest Negative
In the MSNBC.com rating window of 72,419 votes at 8:10 PM EDT, Friday, May 4, Ron Paul not only had the highest positive rating:

32% Paul
30% Romney
26% Giuliani
21% McCain
14% Huckabee
9% Brownback
9% Tancredo
8% Hunter
8% Thompson
6% Gilmore

…but he also had the lowest negative rating:

29% Paul
35% Romney
37% Huckabee
40% Giuliani
42% McCain
43% Gilmore
43% Hunter
45% Thompson
45% Tancredo
46% Brownback

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 8, 2007

ARLINGTON, VA – Congressman Ron Paul’s support has soared since the first Republican presidential debate. Conservative commentator John McLaughlin, host of “The McLaughlin Group,” cited Ron Paul as having given “the best performance of the debate.” In fact, the Paul campaign’s apparent strength has many other pundits scrambling to explain it. Paul campaign officials offer the following examples of the candidate’s rising success.

Since the debate on May 3, Ron Paul:

1. Handily won two post-debate polls posted by event sponsor MSNBC.

2. Placed a close third (18%) in a post-debate poll on the conservative Drudge Report.

3. Won an ABCNews.com online debate poll with 84%.

4. Won a C-SPAN online GOP candidate poll with 69%.

5. Became the third most-mentioned person in the blogosphere, beating out Paris Hilton, according to the reputable Technorati.com.

6. Produced a YouTube.com video that was ranked the 8th most popular overall video, and the most-viewed political video.

7. Was featured, by popular demand, on the front of Digg.com.

8. Generated so many bulletin posts on MySpace.com that the site owner News Corp. blocked all additional posts about Dr. Paul.

9. Became a “most searched” term on Google and Yahoo!.

10. Saw a quadrupling of daily visitors to RonPaul2008.com.

“These figures speak for themselves,” said campaign chairman Kent Snyder. “Ron Paul has quickly become a strong contender for the GOP nomination because of his powerful message of freedom and limited government.”

http://www.ronpaul2008.com

Guys, bot-stuffing ballot boxes on the internet doesn't count.

The reason you've been blocked at so many places inst a conspiracy - its botting and scripting. And I know many of you are earnest and honest, but there are quite a few who have sent hate mail threats and other emails to bloggers and people like PJ Media. And those folks on your end cheat. Repeatedly.

I know - I've seen hundreds of hits come from the same IP block within an hour over one website. You really are pretty dull - most folks have analytics embedded in their web sites anymore, and everyone that runs a site can read their apache logs and see your tricks.

Too bad - if hacking was allowed RP would win.

But it is not, and neither is he, give it up. No conspiracy, except for the "pack of *ssholes" the Ron Paul supporters have earned as a rep from webmasters.