One place where you might not expect Ron Paul’s libertarian message to resonate is with the religious conservatives who are such a powerful segment of the Iowa GOP base. But as I’ve talked in recent days to some of their leaders — as well as to Iowa voters — I’m getting some anecdotal evidence that it does, far more deeply than four years ago.
A man I just saw putting up Paul campaign signs, for instance, is wearing a hat that says, “Jesus loves Darrel, John 3:16.” At one of the Texas congressman’s rallies today, I met Mandie DeVries. It was hard to miss her at the event, which drew a largely male crowd, as Paul so often does.
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