From Mother Jones, how does a 72-year-old conservative Texas congressman become the hottest thing in online politics? Ask the techies, hippies, tax haters, and war protesters who believe that only Ron Paul can save America from itself (and from John Locke to Jesse Ventura, a timeline of libertarian thought). Jonah Goldberg on the tradition of Ron Paul: defeated in the Cold War, it is back in this current war (and a response by Justin Raimondo). Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. on Ron Paul: Mr. Republican. Too funny to be president: Mike Huckabee's a joker — that's a problem. A look at how Huckabee is playing both sides of the pulpit, equating environmentalism with pornography, homosexuality with necrophilia, and nonbelievers with evildoers. A look at the unhinged correspondence of Mike Huckabee. Southern Baptists vs. the Mormons: Mike Huckabee's and Mitt Romney's faiths have tangled before. After years spent injecting religion into US politics, right-wing pundits are afraid they may have gone too far. "Saddle me up": Fred Thompson rides into Iowa. From National Journal, steering the debate to the right: An interview with Sam Brownback. For the GOP, falling in love is hard to do: It is hard to think of another campaign when Republicans have seemed less excited about their choices.
