I keep reading where Paul will torpedo Romney. I don’t think this is the case, since virtually all Ron Paul stickers I see are accompanied by other bumper stickers I would normally associate with the Left. There are plenty of tree huggers who love him because he will undo the Patriot Act, and stop what they see as the fascism that started with Bush.
Yet, the fact remains that he has made the boldest, most inclusive CONSERVATIVE proposals in my lifetime to reduce the government, reduce spending, and redistribute power to more local jurisdictions.
Why not make a deal? Why not select a DEMOCRAT as a running mate? Why not work out some hybrid, quid pro quo platform that gets conservatives most of what they want, but also gets the left something they want?
As I keep saying, if we can enact a sound monetary policy, everything else will work itself out. I actually think that given Capitalist innovation in conditions of monetary stasis, that something like Socialism is affordable, because wealth would be generalized.
On the extreme end, of course, you have my Capitalist Revolution, but if that is ever discussed seriously, it will be because we are hanging at the end of a rope over hungry sharks. Still, that is on our itinerary, so it is not out of the question. It worked for Weimar Germany–for SOME people, of course–so why not us?
Edit: here’s the campaign slogan: “Storm the Center!!!!”