The battlefield for the Republican presidential nomination has not yet established a clear winner. A few front-runners have been hailed by the usual talking heads of the conservative and mainstream media, however a few second-tier candidates continue to keep their stake in the game alive – at least until the primaries in New Hampshire and Iowa provide some real-world demographics.
Among these candidates you will find one Doctor Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas who is proudly toured by supporters as the “defender” of the Constitution.
Representative Paul’s has sent clear warnings regarding our nation’s fiscal, social, and international policy. He has attracted new crowds of supporters plus a respectable number of donors to his otherwise overlooked presidential campaign.
Today, November the 5th, Ron Paul raised over 4 million dollars in just 24 hours… that’s the new one-day fundraising record for any GOP candidate in the 2008 presidential election! …Not bad for a candidate who’s supporters are down-graded as those who purportedly wear tin-foil hats.
Unlike the typical politician, Ron Paul says what he means and he doesn’t resort to polls or focus groups to perfect his message to the people. Even if one disagrees with the extreme solutions offered by returning the Nation to the levels prescribed by the Constitution, one has to admire Paul and his supporters for their passion and dedication.
One can reasonably argue that the Ron Paul candidacy has done much good for the political dialogue within our nation. At minimum, Ron Paul has reminded the Republican Party that its roots are based on the concept of a limited-government. The other GOP candidates have adopted stronger positions, closer to this core belief only after Ron Paul’s performance.
However unlikely it may seem now, in relation to the huge challenges we will all be forced to face as a nation: the solutions offered by Dr. Ron Paul could someday be viewed by our children and grandchildren as the proper prescription if we truly wished to go forth with this form of government.
For now we are left to contemplate how the coming electoral decision shall affect an uncertain future. Whatever choice we decide, after following the campaign trail ahead, let it not be said we were not fully warned by one Dr. Ron Paul.
