The Ron Paul Moment

Written By: Jack Hunter  |  Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

The biggest political news last week you probably never heard was that according to a new Rasmussen poll, a 2012 presidential race between Republican Congressman Ron Paul and Barack Obama would be a dead heat. Some dismissed this news as being significant only to the "wacky" followers of the outspoken, anti-government congressman, while ignoring the much larger and glaring revelation that if the election were held today, the once-considered "fringe" and "quixotic" 2008 Republican primary candidate could feasibly become the next President of the United States.

To their credit, the Drudge Report noted the significance of Paul's Rasmussen showing by running the headline "SHOCK POLL, " but other than Drudge, most mainstream cable and network news outlets, talk radio and print media said little to nothing about it. Plenty of coverage was given to Rasmussen's possible 2012 presidential matchups between Obama and Republicans like Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin, both of whom scored about the same as Paul, with Palin doing slightly worse.

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