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WHO WON THE DEM YOUTUBE DEBATE? Biden 10% 2,213 Clinton 14% 2,955 Dodd 5% 990 Edwards 5% 989 Gravel 7% 1,624 Kucinich 11% 2,388 Obama 41% 8,860 Richardson 8% 1,723 Total Votes: 21,742

I'm growing sort of fond of the Potted Plant, aka Mike Gravel. Perhaps it is because, despite disagreeing with him on almost everything political, I find his bizarre eccentricity refreshing in this era of manufactured candidates. And should you doubt that Gravel is eccentric, then I invite you to take a look at his campaign VIDEO where he stares wordlessly into the camera for several minutes followed by him tossing a large rock into the water and then just walking silently off into the distance. Gravel subsequently informed us that the "metaphors" in his video were obvious. Me, I'm...

ALL OVER America, millions of voters don't know -- or care -- that Mike Gravel has an "artistic" side or that Hillary Clinton likes Celine Dion. Yes, it's hard to believe if you're a tuned-in, turned-on popular culture vulture umbilically connected to the blogosphere/videosphere. But cross the country and ask normal people about the latest Gravel ad and they'd think you don't know how to pronounce the word for tiny pebbles. Ask working folks about "You and I," the campaign song selected by Clinton in her recent Sopranos-spoof video, and most will shrug indifferently. Everyday people, in other words, are...

I have to give credit to the Potted Plant, aka Mike Gravel, he certainly is DIFFERENT. In fact, Gravel has produced perhaps the most BIZARRE campaign ad VIDEO ever which can best be described as Andy Kaufman meets the Mad Hatter. So strange is Gravel's campaign video that even the DUmmies are ASKING, "is Mike Gravel on acid?" Gravel's campaign ad certainly has had an impact since it has already inspired a PARODY AD from another candidate. Personally, I am seeing a great future for this Mike Gravel ad in the form of commercial parodies as well. So let...

Mike Gravel is running for president of the United States of America. VIDEO

{{{{DRUDGE POLL}}}} WHO WON THE DEM DEBATE IN NH? Biden 7% 488 Clinton 12% 901 Dodd 5% 383 Edwards 6% 413 Gravel 8% 591 Kucinich 10% 737 Obama 38% 2,759 Richardson 14% 995 Total Votes: 7,267

In the wake of the first candidates' debate among the Democratic contenders for the White House (4/26/07), many media outlets and commentators seemed annoyed that the so-called "second-tier" candidates are even bothering to run. Oddly, similar complaints about a surplus of GOP contenders in the first Republican debate (5/3/07) were hard to find in the corporate media. As FAIR noted recently (4/26/07), early election polls are a terrible way to predict the likely nominee. So using them to determine which candidates are viable and which campaigns are merely a nuisance is unwise. What's more, because the electoral process is about...

Did you get the feeling last night that Brian Williams shunned Mike Gravel after he gave his Howard Beale type answers thus embarrassing everybody there? Actually I enjoyed Gravel because he let it ALL hang out. He actually is the voice of the loony left even exceeding Dennis Kookcinich. However, the shunning of him by Williams was unfair. It is not up to Williams nor MSNBC to decide that he can't answer as many questions as the other candidates. Even Gravel angrily referred to this shunning by proclaiming how he was being treated like a potted plant. As final proof...

To: Assignment Desk, Political Reporter, Daybook Editor Contact: Elliott Jacobson, 202-558-6394 or 202-460-8340 (cell) for Gravel for President 2008News Advisory: Former United States senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska, 1969-1980) will announce his candidacy for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States. WHEN: Monday, April 17, 10 a.m. EDTWHERE: The National Press Club, Zenger Room, 13th Floor, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20045Paid for by Mike Gravel for President 2008 http://www.usnewswire.com/-0-/© 2006 U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/