Doug! I’m surprised at you. I was sure you would be taking this opportunity to tell us all that Ron Paul was a closet Punk/Scientologist. After all he will be appearing on TV with Johnny Rotten and Tom Cruise…

Seriously, whose endorsement would help / hurt him more? My feeling is that no one really cares which Republican Tom Cruise hates least supports but Johnny Rotten’s endorsement would all but seal Ron Paul’s victory.

I doubt either will happen, but it’s fun to speculate.

1. California state politics are hardly a reflection of the nation as a whole. The opposite, in fact, I’d argue.

2. Hollywood A-List or not, people don’t watch Leno for political content. They watch it while they’re falling asleep.

3. Of course they’re excited, more people watch Leno on any given night than watch any of the debate that have been aired so far.

I still don’t think its that big a deal, and I still find it ridiculous that politics have gotten to the point where candidates find it necessary to show up on talk shows and deliver, usually badly, canned jokes and little substance.

First of all, remember what that did for Ahhnold in his governor’s race. Sure, he’s sucked as a governor ever since, but that show was what got him over and into the governor’s mansion in the first place.

Second, Leno is still Hollywood A-list, and that crowd will love to hear a real anti-war candidate up there, especially one that also wants to cut their taxes.

Third, both Dr. Paul’s page and dailypaul.com are going berserk on hits already, and the show airs shortly. If that’s any indication, then teh message is spreading already.

This will be quite interesting to watch the show and the aftereffects.

Johnny Rotten is probably pretty bummed that as old as he is, Ron has been bucking the establishment more successfully for a longer period of time. And I like Johnny Lydon a lot, I liked the Sex Pistols a lot in high school even though I didn’t dress like an idiot, sorry, I didn’t dress like an “individual” as they would say. John’s autobiography was pretty good too.

This is all about the exposure.

Yeah, and it’s not just the numbers. The cable news viewers are the 10% that already know about Paul. This gets him in front of the other 90% and it does so in a way that isn’t confrontational, so he’ll be able to demonstrate that there’s actual a method to his “madness”.