Submitted by Clark_Kent on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 20:51 The author writes why Ron Paul will be taken seriously this time around and the "Ron Paul effect:"
Rep. Ron Paul, the 75-year-old stubborn uncle of the Republican Party, is ready to go again, with his third campaign for President of the United States. He announced an exploratory committee Tuesday afternoon in Iowa, with an eye towards kicking off an official 2012 campaign for President in mid-May. Once again, he plans to be on stage at the first GOP primary debate, this year taking place May 5 in South Carolina, to offer rather un-Republican positions on foreign policy, drug legalization and returning the U.S. dollar to the gold standard.
To hear his people tell it, this is Paul's moment. “Price inflation and the weakening of the dollar is what Ron has been worrying about for the last 40 years of his political life,” says Jesse Benton, who worked as Paul's press secretary in 2007, married Paul's granddaughter in 2008, managed Rand Paul's 2010 Senate campaign, and is in line to chair Ron's 2012 effort. “Ron Paul is to be taken very seriously this time.” But should he? In short: yes.
