Guess who won the straw poll for 2012 Presidential Election Candidate..

[SamuelRSmith]

Kasz216 said:

SamuelRSmith said:
As a foreigner who expressed little interest in the Republican party's shenanigans during the last election, I am ignorant of Ron Paul's policies.

If it isn't too much trouble, I'm hoping (ney, I'm sure) someone will step in and quell me of my ignorance.

Greatly reduce the federal government and regulate stuff back to the state, no military involvement overseas, flat tax...

Ah, based on that micro-coverage of his policies, I'll try and answer Sorcery's question:

The USA would look a lot worse now, and Ron Paul would have lower ratings currently than even that of Obama, but, economically speaking, it would look much better in 20 years time, and Ron Paul would be more favoured in hindsight as a President than what Obama will be (unless, of course, Obama manages some breakthroughs in international relations, etc. which make up for his economic incompetence).