Notice something? No one wanted to talk about Paul before now. Would Ari Fleischer have deigned to spend his precious time discussing Paul, before now? Also, 3 persons critical of Paul, defense, no surrogate like other campaigns get. They never bothered, before now. They'd just dismiss him in passing as they ooh'd and ahh'd over Newt Bachsantrickromney's latest foibles and posturing. Now suddenly, as Ron Paul has to be taken seriously, their first big story isn't about his rise, it's an instant vetting and thus nothing but an attack. The rapidity of their 'vetting' of Paul is proof of malice, direct intent. If it were Santorum or Bachmann shooting into 1st and getting their turn to surge, they'd have ooh'd and ahh'd over them for a week or two before tearing them down. Here, they ignore the 2-3 week arc of our rise, then unleash a strong attack as the first major coverage of his new status as a frontrunner. Maybe I missed it but I didn't hear them say they contacted the campaign for any further comment before airing this piece tonight, no offer of an interview or a surrogate or anything. Nice journalism there, CNN. I notice also that their golden boy, Anderson Cooper, didn't bother hosting his own show for this 'major development' which is a common method of preserving reputation when a seriously objectionable piece is run.