This was a fascinating sequence of events.
Ron Paul had just gotten an applause line for his response to Gingrich about military service.
Stephonopolus then pivoted DIRECTLY to those newsletters (had to temper the positive taking place with some negative). The move was so transparent it was sad........
What happened next caught EVERYBODY off guard. Ron Paul denied writing them again, then pivoted to some REAL racism: U.S. drug laws. He ticked off statistics and generally nailed the nature of the current judicial system in little under 30 seconds.
The crowd was stunned silent. No other candidate responded. The panel was obviously flustered. And then they went to commercial break (never to bring that topic up again).
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57354591-503544/ron-paul-says-he-is-not-racist-slams-drug-laws-as-unfair-to-blacks/

