Hundreds of people showed up at the Nampa Civic Center to hear the Texas Congressman this afternoon.
And there’s a reason why Ron Paul has spent the last 24 hours devoting so much attention to Idaho ahead of Super Tuesday.
“You go where your strengths are,” Paul says, “and that’s why we came here to encourage people to vote.”
Four years ago Paul came in second during the state’s nominating process. This time around he wants to get as many of Idaho’s 32 delegates as he can. Paul says he feels good about his support heading into the state’s first Republican presidential caucus.
“I always feel frustrated because I don’t get to talk to enough people and we’re always in a rush and this has been a very, very busy day and I hate to seem that I’m short changing or walking away from supporters who’ve given me so much help,” Paul says.
But he did have to walk away this afternoon. He left the Nampa Civic Center through a side entrance. That’s where a small crowd of supporters waited in the wind to get his autograph and shake his hand. Paul quickly signed a couple of autographs apologizing that he couldn’t take more time. His staff then rushed him to a waiting SUV to get him to his next campaign stop … this time in North Dakota.