Ron Paul Surges in Latest UC Poll

The latest UCD/UC Review poll shows Ron Paul surging and Al Gore maintaining his lead among likely UC Village caucus-goers. Although the UC caucuses won't be held until early April, when the crocuses bloom, interest in the Presidential race remains at fever pitch. Political fist-fights and shootings have been a nightly occasion in the streets and alleys of the West Philly hood since the New Year.

The poll revealed Ron Paul moving up to first place among Republicans and Loonies, with a 61-percent lunge in the last hours of December 31. Gore is still a favorite among Democrats, holding a comfortable double digit lead over Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, John Street, Arthur Schlesinger, and the late Estes Kefauver.

In an interview at the Green Line Mennonite Cafe and Gin Joint, local village Loonie Kyle Cassidy said his money was on Ron Paul. "My money is on Ron Paul," he commented, frothing only slightly. "He gonna give us all the guns we want, also hibiscus and kickapoo joy juice."

local loonie and his barfing chicken

Rogerio Harmonica, proprietor of the Sleaze Bar at Abbraccio, was also enthusiastic about Ron Paul. "I changed parties so as to caucus for Mr. Paul. He's promised to bring back the Gold Standard, and that would certainly be a move in the right direction."

The UCD/UC Review poll is considered to be the most accurate gauge of sentiment among the denizens of University City Village, many of them illiterate, although it has registered wild fluctuations of opinion in the decade-long runup to the 2008 election. Many of the fluctuations seem to depend on what night of the week and hour of the day the poll is taken, with particularly dramatic aberrations during the Barfing Chicken Happy Hour, or during performances by Stinking Lizaveta.

Wanda Ong and the late Estes Kefauver