It’s the night before the first electoral primary in the nation, and the pressure may be getting to some of the candidates– at least, perhaps, Rep. Ron Paul, who answered several questions from CNN’s Dana Bash until she asked about a voter who was dismayed she did not get face time with the candidate, a question his handler called “junky” before Rep. Paul, finger pointed at her chest, blamed the media for losing him that one vote.

The New York Observer‘s Drew Grant (formerly of Mediaite) is reporting on a YouTube clip that shows an Occupy Wall Street protester peppering Fox News’ Griff Jenkins with criticism of the network, in an interview that was never aired. Why the clip didn’t air is the subject of some speculation, but according to Greta Van Susteren, the simplest explanation is the right one.

Greta Van Susteren is concerned about Wisconsin’s fourteen missing state senators– Democrats who, in order to delay the passing of a budget-cutting bill, have fled the state. But fear not, for she sent Fox News’ ambush reporter par excellence Griff Jenkins to play Carmen Sandiego with the missing Wisconsin state senators and he is, as she states, “hot on the trail.”

Controversial Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) wrapped up the festivities at the liberal America’s Future Now! conference with a sharply funny speech, after which I had the chance to interview him about his gutsy persona, the media’s coverage of the BP Oil Spill, the Democrat’s prospects in November, and his run-in with Fox News’ Griff Jenkins.

Here’s something you won’t see every day: A man declaring himself an avowed socialist and calling for revolution, a la Latin America, after calling for a revolt against “racist white people”– on Fox News. The man is Santee High School teacher Ron Gochez, and he is an Arizona schoolteacher accused of inciting armed rebellion. As a response to the bad press, Fox News’ Griff Jenkins gave him an extensive interview to clear up his name and ideology.

Senator Jim Bunning (R-Ky), coiner of awesome new GOP slogans, pulled a pretty weak move this morning when he fled for the elevators to avoid talking to ABC News cameras. According to Jonathan Karl and producer Z. Byron Wolf, Bunning also flipped them the bird before the cameras were rolling.

Still, I like to believe that what unites us is greater than what divides us. To that end, I’d like to point out that, at least when it comes to fleeing reporters, Congress has managed some bipartisan action.

Outgoing White House Communications Director Anita Dunn made a parting strafing run at Fox News on Friday, calling the network out for airing misleading crowd footage, jumping the gun on an announcement of a Presidential interview and letting its opinion tail wag the news dog. In doing so, she heavily name-checked her should-be successor, The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart. Fox News’ spokespeople responded swiftly, passively and aggressively.

As we reported yesterday, the eagle eyes of The Daily Show noticed that Sean Hannity substituted news footage from the 9/12 rally for last week’s much-lower-attended Super Bowl of Freedom. The effect was to make the latter event seem like a much bigger deal than it was.

Yesterday, Mediaite offered a sneak peek at Fox News’ Griff Jenkins ambushing controversial Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fl) outside his office. The first thing I thought when I saw this was that Grayson’s repeated demands that Jenkins make an appointment constituted some particularly weak sauce. On last night’s O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly and Jenkins called Grayson out for hiding behind his press flack, and I couldn’t agree more.

Video shot at last weekend’s 9/12 Project protests has surfaced showing Heidi Noonan, an associate producer for Fox News, encouraging the crowd to hoot and holler behind Griff Jenkins while he talks live from the scene with Glenn Beck in the studio. Fox is calling this a rookie mistake by an inexperienced producer. But is it also an ethics violation?