| TheRealMafoo said: Ron Paul is a very healthy man. Being a doctor helps :) But his biggest problem getting elected, has little to do with age. The problem, is he makes the right calls. The right calls are political suicide. Yes, the National Education System sucks, and the best way to help our kids learn, is to get rid of it, but for the masses that just sounds like crazy talk. |
I wouldn’t say that he always makes the right calls because (at times) I believe his suggestions end up being a little too extreme; and it is likely that they would resolve existing problems by introducing new problems. With that said, I think Ron Paul is a smart enough person to understand the political and practical problems with governing from an ideological standpoint; and even if he did, the US has moved to such a centralized-authoritarian extreme that it would take 4 or 8 terms to really get into a position where it could cause problems.
Anyways, I personally don’t expect many of the talked about candidates to actually enter into or win the primaries; and the political power they’re building today will most likely be used to frame the debate of the next presidential election. While I don’t think that it is (necessarily) a great comparison, I think that people like Sarah Palin and Ron Paul are going to position themselves as ‘King Makers’ as are often seen in parliamentary systems; essentially people who campaign and (often) run for leadership with little opportunity to win in exchange for determining policy directions and powerful positions in the government.
