The Antiwar GOP Majority

I wasn't aware of this. But as the sole antiwar Republican presidential candidate, perhaps it explains Ron Paul's recent breakthrough.

Ron Paul at the Fox Republican Debate 9/05/07

As a side note: It is a surreal experience watching Chris Wallace and Brit Hume "moderate" this "debate." Their voices practically drip with sarcasm and condecension when addressing questions to Ron Paul. Also, you can't see who it is, but notice that some of the Fox questioners (or is it the other candidates?) begin snickering and cackling inanely into live microphones every time Rep. Paul is asked a question. Journalists, or propagandists? You decide.

Wonkosphere

I am absolutely exhausted and brain dead, having been up since 4:30 in the morning. Was it the full moon? The first day of school for DD#1? Stress about how to handle the coming weeks? The nanny who never came back from vacation? I don't know, but I did want to take a moment in between getting the kids to bed and before losing consciousness myself to link to an interesting site I stumbled upon earlier today called Wonkosphere. The site describes itself as "your listening post for the 2008 presidential election." It also has a nice blog. Genuinely non-partisan, they update every four hours with all kinds of info on all the Republican and Democratic candidates, from the so-called "first tier" establishment candidates (Obama, Giuliani, and Hillary) to those who have no chance whatsoever (John McCain) to those the mainstream media all but ignore (Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel), giving equal weight to all, although, of course, I found no reference to any third-party or independent candidates.

Yet Again!

ABC reset its tally of poll results reflecting who, in viewers' opinions, won the GOP debate they broadcast this morning, Sunday, August 5--in which Ron Paul was winning in a landslide! Computer glitch, or dry run for the real election? You decide:

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/august2007/050807_b_reset.htm

Look at the results of this poll, and ask yourself why you hardly ever hear Ron Paul so much as mentioned in the mainstream media:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Decision2008/popup?id=3436820

Ron Paul Destroys All GOP Candidates in Straw Poll

This poll mirrors the same results of every single Republican post-debate poll that I've seen to date:

http://www.freedomworks.org/strawpoll/

So why does the mainstream media continue to utterly ignore the existence of the congressman from Texas and presidential candidate? Could it be because Ron Paul (R-Texas) is the only Republican candidate advocating a complete and immediate withdrawal from Iraq? Just asking.