Dan Halloran speaking before the crowd at the Rebel.

GOP Councilman Dan Halloran is an underdog congressional campaign in a staunchly Democratic district where his opponent has repeatedly attacked him for his support of Ron Paul's presidential campaign, but Mr. Halloran has no plans to slow down his advocacy in Mr. Paul's political movement any time soon. To that end, he was among the supporters of Mr. Paul who gathered in Maine a couple weeks ago, and last night, he addressed a crowd that had gathered for Mr. Paul's son, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, near Penn Station last night.

"Problem is, we ain't getting Ron in the White House. ... We have a choice: Do we keep what we have, or do we trade it in?" Mr. Halloran said to the enthusiastic crowd, making the case for Mitt Romney's campaign. "We can't afford to have four more years of Barack Hussein Obama. We can't afford it. Our country can't economically. Our people can't afford it. If you think people are out of work today, when the real depression hits us, and there's no leadership in the White House, there's going to be nowhere to hide. This country will come to a grinding halt. The Constitution, you can just forget about it."

Mr. Halloran said some of that erosion of liberty has already begun at home with Mayor Michael Bloomberg's various restrictive proposals as well as nationally, with President Barack Obama's healthcare reform bill and Mitt Romney's presidential campaign making life difficult for supporters of Mr. Paul. However, Mr. Halloran encouraged the crowd not to lose hope.

"If we have people like Rand Paul in the Senate of the United States speaking up for us, if we have men like that doing what needs to be done, then this Republic is not dead," he said. "Don't be disparaged at what happened this year with the Ron Paul campaign. Don't be disparaged by some of the things that have gone on. Keep momentum alive!"

He added, "I implore all of you, continue the fight."

Overall, Mr. Halloran seemed a little less assertive than some of his other recent appearances before conservative crowds where he had directly engaged his Democratic opponent, Assemblywoman Grace Meng and her father, who was arrested on bribery charges earlier this summer. For example, on one occasion, he tossed out a number for what Mr. Meng might have raised on his daughter's behalf, and on another, he insinuated she would have been complicit in her father's crime had it been carried out. For her part, Ms. Meng has maintained that she has nothing to do with the allegations.

Last night, however, Mr. Halloran only referred to "my opponent," and only in the context of her outraising him and soliciting contributions from Hollywood, who use their money to "tell the blind sheep how to vote."

Additionally, his appearance was in no way as fiery as his speech to another crowd of Ron Paul supporters at Liberty Fest NYC last year. Watch that address below.

Gary Johnson (Photo: Facebook)

Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson released an online commercial today in which he compared America to a watermelon, highlighted a quote about himself from an article he previously described as "just wrong" and encouraged people to "Google: Governor Gary Johnson."

Mr. Johnson's ad begins with a nod to the famous "Your Brain on Drugs" commercial featuring a frying egg standing in for a drug addled brain. The ad starts with a shot of a watermelon on a black screen and a text saying, "This is our America." After a few seconds, the text changes to say "This is what Democrats and  Republicans have done to it" as the watermelon explodes.

"Here's a revolutionary idea: Let's stop electing the same problem again and again," the text says as the watermelon is shown coming back together. "We've seen what they can do. We the People can do better."

Following the watermelon demonstration, Mr. Johnson's campaign logo flashes across the screen before a picture of Mr. Johnson's face alongside flattering quotes about his candidacy. Interestingly, one of the quotes appearing in Mr. Johnson's ad is from a National Review's article that anointed him the "best job creator" among the current crop of presidential candidates. Mr. Johnson previously described that article as "just wrong."

"Contrary to the news, I didn't create a single job," Mr. Johnson said of the article last June. "Don't get me wrong. We are proud of this distinction. We had a 11.6 percent job growth that occurred during our two terms in office. But the headlines that accompanied that report—referring to governors, including me, as 'job creators'--were just wrong. The fact is, I can unequivocally say that I did not create a single job while I was governor."

The ad concludes with several campaign slogans flashing across the screen including "Google: Governor Gary Johnson."

In the wake of the Ron Paul's campaign admitting he isn't likely to win the nomination, Mr. Johnson has attempted to court Mr. Paul's supporters. However, it is unlikely Mr. Johnson will be able to earn votes from many of the Paul-ites as he and Mr. Paul have several policy differences and Mr. Paul's campaign has said he won't give Mr. Johnson an endorsement.

Watch Mr. Johnson's new ad below.