A half-hour into the Republican YouTube debate, every question has dealt with paranoia over the delusion of a disintegration of American sovereignty, whether by a perceived invasion of people “with funny accents,” to paraphrase Mitt Romney, or by an alleged conspiracy to create a North American Union on the order of the European Union, as Republican candidate Ron Paul has suggested.

–Adele M. Stan

Adele M. Stan is a columnist for The American Prospect. She is editor of Right Wing Watch, and a winner of the Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism. Follow @addiestan