Up to now, GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul’s TV spots (all $2.5 million of them) have focused on cutting the federal budget by one trillion dollars and blowing up  a variety of federal agencies and calling his opponents little shih tzus.

Now for something completely different (via Politico’s Morning Score):

Having corralled a herd of fiscal conservatives, the Texas congressman is chasing social conservatives in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Forget Simon Cowell: Ron Paul is officially the X Factor in the GOP presidential race.