OK, This is Weird

I'm a big fan of Alan Grayson, the Democratic Congressman from Florida's 8^th district; he is intelligent, fearless, and takes moral stands that resonate with the voters.

Needless to say, the Republicans want him gone, and they are looking to take him down in what is a fairly closely divided district.

Well, they may find this difficult, because the latest poll shows Alan Grayson beating all challengers in the Republican primary:

Republicans like a politician who stands up for what he believes -- even if he believes the Republican Party is populated by a bunch of "knuckle-dragging Neanderthals."

The candidate leading the Florida GOP primary to determine who will take on Rep. Alan Grayson, the Democrat who represents the Orlando-based district, is none other than Grayson himself, according to a poll paid for by his campaign. Grayson is a freshman congressman who has drawn scorn from the GOP and has quickly built a nationwide following of progressives.

The poll has Grayson leading the 13 Republicans -- among Republicans -- with 27.8 percent of the vote. The congressman who mocked the GOP health care plan by saying that it amounts to telling people not to get sick and if they do, to die quickly, received more support than all of the Republican candidates combined.

I have always said that American voters respect a politician who says what he thinks, even if he says that he thinks that you are a c%$#sucker, and here we have documentary evidence.