{"id":2156,"date":"2012-03-28T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/little-leo.com\/liveblog\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2012-03-29T07:28:54","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T07:28:54","slug":"ron-paul-draws-2000-plus-voters-to-giant-town-hall-meeting-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/little-leo.com\/liveblog\/ron-paul-draws-2000-plus-voters-to-giant-town-hall-meeting-in-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Paul Draws 2,000-plus Voters to Giant Town Hall Meeting in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"20\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<div>Ron Paul Draws 2,000-plus Voters to<br \/>\nGiant Town Hall Meeting in Maryland<\/div>\n<div><em>1,800-plus inside speaking venue and 200-plus<br \/>\nturned away as students and broader community<br \/>\nwelcome \u2018Champion of the Constitution\u2019<\/em><\/div>\n<p><strong>LAKE JACKSON, Texas\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a02012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul attracted a remarkable more than 2,000 supporters and undecided voters to his college campus town hall meeting held in College Park, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>The event took place tonight \u2013 Wednesday, March 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Maryland &#8211; Ritchie Coliseum, located at the intersection of Baltimore Avenue and Rossborough Lane, College Park, MD 20742.\u00a0 More than 1,800 people filled the Ritchie Coliseum and 200 more were left outside, as the venue filled to beyond capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-term Congressman from Texas spoke to the crowd about his platform of constitutionally-limited government, the enduring bond between civil and economic 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