Ron Paul’s straw poll “victory” at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference was surprising. It leads one to believe
conservatives
retain the ability to snap defeat from the jaws of victory this coming
Fall. Ann Coulter reflects the opinion of many conservatives when she
claims agreement with Ron Paul on almost all issues except for foreign
policy goals. Paul, who has Pat Buchanan isolationist tendencies,
claims to be an economic libertarian and has many credentials, which
support that claim. He is a member, for example, of the Ludwig Von
Mises Institute. Von Mises and, later, F.H. Hayek, contributed greatly
to the intellectual debate demonstrating the inherent weakness of
national central planning as an economic organizing principle. Paul
supports smaller government, balanced budgets, less entitlements, and
lower taxes. He wants the private sector to drive economic growth. As
far as his economic policies are concerned, what’s not to like?
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