Peggy Noonan writes nice things about Ron Paul, then pulls Mitt Romney's pants down

The former Reagan speechwriter and current Wall St. Journal columnist sounds quite taken with the last debate performance of Ron Paul, our Favorite Son candidate for president.

Now, don't get carried away. She liked Huckabee and McCain, too, and, so far as I'm concerned, provided the funniest wisecrack I've heard so far about Mitt Romney.

Here's what she said about Our Congressman:

The debate was full of fireworks about Iraq, about its essentials -- the rightness of the endeavor, and what should rightly be done now. From the libertarian Ron Paul a blunt argument against the war: We never should have gone in and we should get out. "The people who say there'll be a blood bath are the same ones who said it would be a cakewalk. . . . Why believe them?" His foreign policy: "Mind our own business, bring our troops home, defend our country, defend our borders." After Mr. Paul spoke, it seemed half the room booed, but the other applauded. When a thousand Republicans are in a room and one man of the eight on the stage takes a sharply minority viewpoint on a dramatic issue and half the room seems to cheer him, something's going on.


Sparks fly between Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.
Ron Paul's support isn't based on his persona, history or perceived power. What support he has comes because of his views. As he spoke, you could hear other candidates laughing in the background. They should stop giggling, and engage in a serious way.

Her observation about Romney:

Mitt Romney is -- well, he continues to seem like someone who's stepped from the shower and been handed a dress shirt by his manservant George. ... he did fine the other night. But he should get shirt-sleeved, dig deeper, get to his purpose.

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Nevertheless, Ron Paul can't catch a break from the TV crowd, judging from the way it reported and analyzed the "fiery" debate exchange with Mike Huckabee ...

A lotta funny things happen in the editing rooms of info managers, and so far as POLLSTERS LIKE FRANK LUNTZ are concerned, watch your wallet when one steps into the room.