The worst nightmare for the GOP puppet masters would be Ron Paul's name being uttered into the microphone at the convention. Hear, See, Speak no Ron Paul was the order of the day, no matter how small of a showing his supporters amidst delegates make.

It's a private party, so no one can blame those that paid for (most of) it, to want to dictate the terms.

But their fear of a Ron Paul brand or idea emanating in the Excel Center was obviously palpable.

Richard Winger asks in Ballot Access News

YouTube Channels
"Politicians"
Overview as of 9.13.08
http://www.youtube.com/members?s=mv&t=a&g=8

In summary, the GOP missed the boat, despite a brilliant "red meat" VP selection.
Ron Paul is still out performing McCain's ticket on YouTube.
Ron Paul has twice as many subscribers and has over 5 times as many channel views.

Presumably in order of popularity
Barrack Obama
Ron Paul
John McCain
Mike Huckabee
John Edwards
Mitt Romney
David Kucinich
Rudy Giuliiani
Mike Gravel
Hillary Clinton
Joe Biden
and so on....

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