TV-Novosti: Ron Paul Winning Iowa!!!

While the mainstream media begins to set their sights on Newt Gingrich, as he surges in the polls in recent weeks, the latest numbers out of Iowa reaffirm that fellow Republican Ron Paul has a real chance in the race. Results from a poll conducted by Bloomberg News earlier this month placed Paul, a medical doctor and libertarian icon, in a statistical tie for first place among the current GOP candidates for Iowa voters. As sexual harassment scandals continue to plague pizza-man Herman Cain and Rick Perry's unforgettable flub at the CNBC debate have taken a toll on the candidates, Paul has managed to only increase in popularity among voters. A recent Iowa State/Gazette/KC - RG poll also put Paul towards the top, trailing Herman Cain with 20 percent of the vote. As the Iowa caucuses get closer and closer, Paul's popularity suggests that he could emerge from the Hawkeye State as the victor in what is considered by many to be the crucial first step in securing the Republican nomination for the presidency. During the Iowa straw poll earlier this summer, Paul placed second behind behind Michele Bachmann,who has seen a serious slump in the race in the months that followed. "He very close. Very, very close," economist Lew Rockwell of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute told RT at the time. "The political establishment is going to have to be torn down. I think Ron Paul can do that."