At 9 a.m. this weekend over 100 people were gathered in a vacant church building on Rossville Ave. to hear Rand Paul speak about his father, Ron Paul’s presidential campaign.

The rally lasted about an hour and in that time Paul addressed issues of publicity, consistency of message and that this campaign didn’t stop on Super Tuesday, but that it was a movement that should continue.

Supporters of all ages braved nearly freezing weather in the open building with a few space heaters to battle the cold.

Almost immediately supporters holding Ron Paul for President signs began to line the stage. Behind Paul was a large canvas with a large likeness of his father tacked to the brick wall.

“This looks like a freedom congregation,” Paul said making reference to the setting. The laughter was not only heard, but seen in the bitter cold, but the crowd was warm in it’s reception of Paul.

“Endless compromises got us to where we are now,” Paul said. He echoed the back-to-fundamentals stance his father is taking during his campaign.

With Fred Thompson out of the race, he also acknowledged there was potentially a new crop of supporters to be had. Paul encouraged the attendees to get out and aggressively pursue the Thompson supporters looking for a second choice.

“Conservative voters leaning towards Huckabee are in for a surprise,” Paul said.

He highlighted how Huckabee supports the No Child Left Behind Act, doesn’t support homeschoolers, and has raised taxes often.

Ron Paul supporters are known for their zeal and this rally proved the reputation was well earned. While most question and answer sessions can be inward focused, the majority of the attendees were wanting to know what Paul had in mind to help further the cause.

Questions addressed to Paul covered subjects such as avoiding voter fraud, how to gain Thompson supporters and get the young voters involved.

“We’ve got a lot of young people involved,” Paul said.

He pointed out that a concern with many young voters is the war, but a surprising amount are also concerned about the devaluation of the dollar. Paul believes that his father’s consistency and steadfast stance on this issues has won him much respect from the younger generation looking for change.

“What they are really excited about is the honesty and consistency. They have never seen someone who walks the walk,” Paul said, “…someone like Mitt Romney is whatever the moment dictates, he doesn’t have convictions.”

The chief concern of the supporters at the rally was that of getting the media to pick up their message. Even when Paul was leading in some polls their complaint was that he still didn’t get coverage.

One man from the crowd suggested that Ron Paul create some type of vision speech that would allow people to understand the full picture. Other supporters echoed the man’s sentiments that 30 second sound bytes didn’t give the full picture.

“Don’t lose hope,” Paul said. “Isn’t it nice to at least have someone like my dad to present our message.”

The crowd gave him an overwhelming response on his position of hope. He focused on what the supporters could do and for them to realize their journey didn’t stop on Tuesday, but would continue. Paul also voiced a desire to see his father’s record breaking website to be used to continue the movement and be a help to get good congressmen and women in office.