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None of this Ron Paul Revolution would be cluttering nationwide blogs if we had a real representative republic.

If numerous political parties (and points of view) were represented in Congress on a proportional basis, the peacenik lefties could hold 3-5% of Congressional seats, peacenik righties could hold 3-5% of Congressional seats, and the rest of the seats could be fought over by the D’s and R’s.

It’s a sign we should heed that a self-described “poor messenger” like Ron Paul has inspired such fierce devotion while other GOP candidates maintain tepid support—hundreds of thousands of Americans feel their government is terribly failing them and the two major parties don’t give a damn. An average speaker who doesn’t promise all the answers is good enough for so many people hungry for a real change in Washington.

With multiple political parties represented in Congress, these radicals for capitalism might be placated—and online polls would cease to be jammed.

Seems like a fair compromise to work toward together... unless we WANT to marginalize the political views of our fellow Americans.

I will hand it to the Paul supporters for organizing and supporting their candidate. They apparently have been organizing this turnout and those for other straw polls for a long time. They coordinate on line and offer to pool transportation and get people to sign up to pay other people’s tickets when they are required. They spread the word through their network. This is more of a Dem kind of organization structure than a typical Republican one, but then most of the Paul support hinges on his antiwar stance which has drawn the left to his campaign. Heaven knows, none of the front running Dems has taken the kind of antiwar stance Ron Paul has and the antiwar crowd knows how to turn out people for "demonstrations" which is in essence what they are doing here.

We all know that 115 warm bodies voting in a straw poll does not necessarily translate into the same percentage of real voters and real votes at the time of the real election. That’s why most voters have come to ignore and not participate in straw polls anymore. Still, this tactic of utilizing the mostly abandoned straw polls has managed to get Ron Paul supporters some of the attention they seek. Those of us who support other candidates might consider doing a little more of this ourselves.