A new photo submission (the above self-portrait) from DB reader Canuck.

Boobs for Ron Paul. Apologies in advance to our female readers.

Rasmussen

The president and the maverick are running almost dead even in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup.

Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul earns 38% of the vote to President Obama’s 39% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters. Fourteen percent (14%) like some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Just a month ago, Obama posted a 41% to 37% lead over Paul, who ran second to Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in the recent high-profile Ames Straw Poll in Iowa.

Paul, whose long run afoul of the GOP establishment with his libertarian policy prescriptions, picks up 61% of the Republican vote, while 78% of Democrats fall in behind the president. Voters not affiliated with either of the major political parties prefer the longtime congressman by 10 points – 43% to 33%.

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Video - Crowley gets it wrong on Ron Paul's electability - Aug. 14, 2011

I worked with Candy Crowley at CNN. She is generally a fair reporter and I'm surprised by her comments, more likely attributable to a lack of knowledge of Ron Paul's excellent national polling, and an acceptance of commonly held misconceptions about Paul's candidacy. The clip juxtaposes her factual misstatements with the polls that prove her wrong.

See a comparison of the 2 candidates: