http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/12/ron-paul-is-now-the-republican-frontrunner.html

This article includes the chart below, which I think is highly suggestive of a series of unsuccessful media psyops to promote one wall street puppet after another.  Only Ron Paul’s curve shows anything indicative of an organic grassroots-driven growth in popularity.  The enemedia is losing its grip.