Quote Originally Posted by Rollo
Actually I think in all honesty the eventual Republican candidate will either be Mitt Romney or Ron Paul...
I'm not a Republican (nor a Democrat), but I really hope that Ron Paul wins the GOP nomination. If he does, I would vote for him over Obama or any other Indepedent/Third Party candidate... Actually, if he wins the GOP nomination, I wouldn't be suprised if the Libertarian Party and Constitution Party opt to not nominate their own candidates in order to swing voters over to Ron Paul. I also wouldn't be suprised if progressives like Dennis Kucinich and Ralph Nader throw some support over to Paul.

I think the United States really needs someone who wants to limit the role of the federal government, reinstate the constitution, and use a non-interventionist foreign policy; all of which are things that most Republicans and Democrats have shown to not want to do. The U.S. could also someone to challenge the policies and practices of the Federal Reserve System. Also, the U.S. could sure use a candidate who has received more than 95% of his campaign contributions from individuals rather than businesses/corporations (Ron Paul: Campaign Finance/Money - Summary - Representative 2006/ | OpenSecrets).

Unfortunately, it seems the media has already decided for Republican voters that Romney, Bachmann, or Perry will win that party's nomination to take on Obama. However, I'm a little happy to see (judging by straw poll results and the amount of applause Paul receives at the debates) that Ron Paul has a lot more support for Republican voters than the MSM likes to think he has, so I'm cautiously optimistic that he can win the nomination.