The grassroots Ron Paul revolution has decided to push their candidate into the mainstream media. Thus, the relentless attention to text, online and straw polls, the guerilla sign campaign, the stunning volume of inspirational video distributed through YouTube, and the completely uncoordinated effort to defend Ron Paul in the blogosphere and comment threads.

The elite political machine has never been so challenged by the people. The key line in the Washington Post article: The campaigns of nine GOP presidential candidates were invited to have representatives at the booth. It turns out only Paul had someone there all 11 days, the party said.

Will sheer energy and numbers influence the American political process?