Ilana Mercer has written an interesting article about Ron Paul. Everyone should read it and then go give ten bucks to the Ron Paul campaign.
His stance on Iraq makes him appealing to voters from the left, the (real) right, and the center. He can thus also lower the Republican Party’s considerable attrition rates. Like or dislike him, Ron Paul is the only Republican presidential contender whose position on Iraq comports with that of the American people—and hence with electability.
This may surprise conservatives, but bar Tom Tancredo, Paul is also the only candidate who’ll seriously reduce undesirable immigration. Here, as on Iraq, Americans are united. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, “enforcement approaches with no increase in legal immigration†were the most popular policy options among a majority of voters. “Seventy percent of voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who wanted to double legal immigration.â€
The whole article is here.
