"Last year in this column I wrote: “If you have not been paying attention, it is time to look around and realize that we are living in the political age of Rep. Ron Paul.”Yes he does.
The first section of the Wikipedia page entry for the Tea Party Movement even quotes a sentence from that column, where I argued the Tea Party dynamic that won the House majority for the GOP in 2010 “grew largely out of the ashes of (Paul’s) 2008 presidential campaign” by emphasizing “limited government and a return to constitutional principles.”"
"Now he will leave the national political scene quietly, although he probably had a hand in getting a coveted convention speech slot for his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky).
Sen. Paul may give his dad a final shout out from the podium .
Ron Paul deserves more."
"We will be living in the age of Ron Paul for many years to come. "True, so Paul may yet get the recognition he deserves.
Despite Paul Ryan's undeserved reputation as a budget hawk...
"When you look at the vote ratings about Congress, Ryan is no conservative ideologue. The National Journal ratings for 2011 had him the 150th most conservative lawmaker in the House."We're so screwed.
"The last time a regular member of the House was put on the winning ticket was in 1908.Either way, we're screwed. But Ryan does speak much more eloquently and like a libertarian than Romney, and that got Reagan elected twice.
We'll know in twelve weeks whether 2012 is more like 1908 or 1984 when Walter Mondale picked Rep. Geraldine Ferraro."
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