If a candidate’s positions on the big issues actually mean much in the Iowa ‘straw poll,’ then the number of votes received by the honorable Ron Paul of Texas ought to reflect the percentage of Iowa Republicans who have turned against the war. Paul is the sole Republican running for the White House who has opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq consistently, from the first, without wavering or obfuscation. He predicted the big problems with the war accurately, too, along with taking the right stand on moral grounds. He should be getting more credit from these people; he is ...   more »