Long-Shot Republican Physician Wins!

No, I'm not talking about presidential candidate Ron Paul, but another Dr. Paul.

...The frontrunner in the primary voting in north Georgia's 10th district, former state Sen. Jim Whitehead, was the consensus choice of the Republican establishment. Whitehead essentially promised to be a rubberstamp for the Bush White House and Republican leaders in Congress.

Hmmm. Sounds a lot like the 2008 GOP presidential "frontrunners."

His opponent, Paul Broun, was a quirky physician who claims to be "the only doctor in Georgia whose practice is almost exclusively house calls." A frequent candidate who was very much on the outs with party insiders, Broun barely squeaked into the run-off and most pundits stopped paying attention to a race it was assumed Whitehead would win with ease.

Whitehead seemed  to have everything going for him; support from assorted Republican pooh-bahs and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, along wads of cash.

But Dr. Broun had a message, one that is very familiar to supporters of Ron Paul.

Broun emphasized a Ron Paul-like committed to "work to restore government according to the Constitution as our Founders intended." While the Georgia appears to be a more cautious constitutionalist than the maverick Texas congressman who is making a longshot bid for the party's presidential nomination in 2008, Broun borrowed one of the most popular of Paul's principles, promising that if elected he would assess any new legislation by first asking: "Is it constitutional and a proper function of government?" [sic] 

(Link: The Nation)  Hat Tip: disinter