Texas Presidential Candidate Ignites Grassroots, Enflames GOP
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – After the first two rounds of the GOP presidential debates, Rep. Ron Paul has the grassroots buzzing and the Republican establishment fuming. At the same time, almost every mainstream media outlet has pegged the nine-term Texas congressman as a long shot in field of 10 Republican candidates. In fact, straw polls from the Big Three TV networks and 24-hour cable news channels glow bright red for Paul, though this fact has been downplayed repeatedly on air. Granted, Paul, a 71-year-old obstetrician, is no media darling like former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, or Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. But there
