The line for Ron Paul went on and on into the main lobby. Those turned away due to the capacity being filled (myself included) went to an overflow room equipped with a large screen streaming his speech live. The overflow room was filled. I was standing along the wall.
Another significant difference: energy and excitement. When a) speaks and offers the standard platitudes about maintaining an endless war with no visible end (my words, not their political speak), a smattering of applause crops up in spots. When Ron Paul talks of the insanity of continuing the same old foreign policy, bedlam erupts.
When a) speak in measured political-speechie tones about embracing "the principles that made America great," more smattering applause. When Paul speaks of defending liberty, more bedlam.
Ron Paul is not a good speaker. All the a) politicians are. It is the principles of freedom that spark excitement, not the cadence of more of the same old rah-rah America platitudes.
