Reply #10: Paul is appealing to people of left and right [View All]

[msallied]

depending on what issues are most important to those individuals, considering he's actually a Libertarian, which is socially left and fiscally right. He will make something of an interesting spoiler for the Republicans and pull over a lot of Independents, which may not bode well for Obama in the GE.

While I agree with a good deal of Paul's stances on social issues (although I think he's pro-life, which is a problem for me), he's a bit of a kook. I remember reading something he wrote about vaccinations being part of a plan for pharmaceutical companies to spread the AIDS virus or some shit. It was off the wall. I'll dig it up sometime if the RP factor starts to gather major momentum.

Edited to also add that here in the more rural areas of Olympia, WA, there are a LOT of Ron Paul signs. I haven't seen a ton of Obama out here, but I know that he won the caucuses in most of the precincts here.