Ron Paul did something amazing last night

[Machiavellian]

One of the biggest problem with Ron Paul is that he will get nothing done. He would be in the same position as Obama but instead of having the backing of his party like Obama he would have the backing of none. An effective President is not an idealist because all go in thinking they can change the world, instead it's the President that can make deals and still keep his integrity.

Ron has all of these radical ideals he is going to do but guess what, without the support of democrats and republicans and a population that probably isn't all that keen on all of his ideals, he would be totally useless. If he is not willing to play politics then he will definitely do nothing feeling helpless as neither party is willing to play ball with him.

This is a hard lesson that Obama has learned in his first term. Depending on how the elections go, if republicans gain more seats and Obama wins then things still might look up for Obama because it would be his last term. You can forget about Ron Paul because his base is just not large enough to make any real moves. Mitt probably is the best choice because he would be able to gather his base but even then does he have what it takes to make the deals to push his agenda.

We like to think a president has all this power to do what they say on the campaign but in reality it takes a concerted effort and a president who know s how to make deals that get things done unless he has the majority party in both the senate and house. Even then the President must make deals with his base and that can get tricky sometimes as well.