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Regarding the opinions of Ron Paul: My big issue with him is that I think he is a poor politician. When there were lots of relevant topics and important issues that could have been discussed, he instead decided to talk about abolishing the Fed and going back to the gold standard. Now, I have no problem debating those topics, but I would put at least 50 different items ahead of those two in priority. He did a terrible job of picking his battles and showed a bad sense of timing. Of all the libertarian/conservative issues out there, he certainly could have done a better job of picking issues that had an actual chance of getting support. He is a doctor. Why didn't he talk about getting the government out of health care? That would have been a very relevant issue just about any time in the last 10 years.

I have voted for him to be my Congressman, but I won't vote for him in the Presidential Primary.

Texas Dan Mosby wrote:

What do you who have had to deal with him the past few years think of such a man as president?

Mr. Perry / Gov. Perry would be a FAR more suitable and effective candidate for president than the current individual in the white house.

The economy of Texas has held strong as opposed to many states, and the nation as a whole.

He tends to embrace many of the traditional American beliefs and values that made our nation strong, as opposed to the socialist ideals that have bankrupted many states, and have polarized our citizens.

He has been supportive of our 2nd amendment rights, and the rights of citizens to defend themselves against the criminal scum lurking in our communities.

All in all, he is an excellent candidate, and while NOT perfect by any means, he would be a VAST improvement over the current marxist who seems to be doing his best to destroy our way of life as we have known it for generations.

I'd vote for him.

First, he is also an Aggie.

Second, we need to take care in that we know a lot more details about Perry's record than many of the other candidates. Don't assume the others don't have just as many or more skeletons. For myself, I know a lot more of his record than any of the others save Paul.

I guess I don't know if he is my ideal conservative, but I think he is to the right of Bush which is the right direction for me.