It'd be fun to see the blimp land at Ron Paul rallies, with Ron Paul walking out of it in his flight suit, all George Bush like, etc....

Hmmm...

Does Ron Paul actually have rallies? Do his supporters ever leave their basements?

It's not so much that Paul doesn't get any respect but rather his nutjob people don't get any respect. I mean c'mon. A BLIMP!?!?

Ron Paul, on the other hand, is raising money hand over fist, but still isn't out of single digits anywhere.

Huckabee needs an autogyro!

So, in the interests of sanity, would you stop putting up all those frickin Ron Paul signs everywhere?

Forty years in the wilderness. That's the GOP lot ...

The Democrats are a ship of fools and the rest of the Republicans are neo-conservative scum. It's pretty simple -- I'm for the Constitution, so I'm for Ron Paul.

@14 - He's 11% in SC and was 8% in the last NH poll, showing upward trends in both states. But I wouldn't put much stock in those poll numbers; they tend to focus on established Republican voters.

The Paul campaign is attracting people from all over the map, many of which are Democrats, are independents, or who may have given up on politics long ago. Their voices are NOT reflected in any of the traditional polls the mainstream media are using to handicap the candidates (which is bullshit, anyway).

@16 - Democrats are for small government? Yeah, for some value of small, where it actually means "fucking huge."

Ron Paul Campaign Pit-Bulls....

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/pit%20bull%20for%20Paul.jpg

The Paul Blimp just makes me think Hindenburg...

Way to piss in my cereal. wah!

@23

I'm of the opinion that consolidating power in the federal government weakens state sovereignty and concentrates corruption in the District (rather than distributing it throughout state capitals).

And I have not yet been convinced that the federal government has constitutional authority to take responsibility for environmental protection and education. In fact, the department of education is a very bad idea. Better to let states and local governments handle education.

Look at other examples like FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security -- plenty of evidence there that our precious tax money is going to waste.

Ron Paul is for the issue of abortion being decided by the states, as it was intended by the 10th amendment. Why shouldn't citizens be allowed to decide what's right for their state? The notion that the federal government knows best does not fly with me, and is completely incompatible with the principles of our government that have stood the test of time.

None of the Democrats feel like progress to me, unless it's progress in the direction of a continuing American empire and domestic socialism. Obama pays lip-service to change and has minimal experience; Paul would bring real change and has a proven track record. Oh, right, Obama spent some time in foreign countries as a child. That should count for something!

It's not me who forgot what it means to be a progressive -- it's the Democrats.

Our national crisis is only one that you, the netroots, can solve. It would be alot of grass roots work to figure out the crazy filing rules in every state for a third party campaign. I wonder if you are up to it?

Those Republicans hate you and will diss him at the Convention anyway.
Go look at Sound Politics. They haaaaaate you guys!!

Bring back the way American was in the early days with no IRS, no EPA, a small federal government and no foreign entaglements -- and lots of people running for President! Remember Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr and that other dude?

You didn't only have two people running.
Have the courage of your beliefs -- he could win that way --
Signed,

I'm sure some have, but the folks I know are concentrating all of their efforts on winning the Republican nomination. And our efforts appear to be getting more and more effective, if you judge by straw poll results, fundraising, and (slowly) growing media attention.

Not to toot our own horn, but all of Congressman Paul's successes can be attributed to two things: 1) his unique message of liberty, and 2) the passionate grassroots organization that has sprung up around him. That is to say, his success is owed almost entirely to us rather than his official campaign staff.

So we are intimately acquainted with all sorts of crazy filing rules -- we have to be, otherwise Dr. Paul wouldn't have made it onto the ballot in states like Virginia (where the campaign totally punted on the effort, and where we were the ones pounding the pavement and pestering people at train stations and malls).

We know the establishment hates us, but there's room for them too. Ron Paul's a Big Tent politician, if you couldn't tell by the eclectic nature of his supporters. Old-school Republicans (Goldwater types), disenfranchised voters, disgruntled Democrats, Libertarians who want to win, independents who are tired of politics as usual -- all are welcome.

Neo-conservatism is bad for America and bad for the world. The GOP, the party of Lincoln, the savior of our union, should be ashamed of itself for allowing these charlatans and religious fanatics to infiltrate their party and subvert it. Well, here we are, and we're turning things back.

Thank you for the encouragement, Shaheen. It is well appreciated. Here's hoping that more and more Americans get wind of Ron Paul's message of liberty.