First Amendment Work Is Lonely Job for Maryland Ron Paul Backers

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Richard Matthews, Republican congressional candidate from Maryland's 2nd Congressional District didn't expect a large crowd when he agreed to speak at the Open Forum Stage in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday morning.

But when he stepped to the podium on St. Paul's Open Forum Stage at 8:20 a.m. there were just two people listening: a reporter and an organizer's relative.

A total of three backers of Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul from Maryland spoke, but uncomfortably, with virtually no one on hand to get the ice-breaker thrown out by Patrick Citroni, who manages Matthews' campaign and was representing another...