What Bobert said some time back. "I agree with 20% of what Ron Paul says, absolutely. The other 80% scares the shit out of me." Or words to that effect. (I think this has been/is being discussed in another thread, yes?) Furthermore, just how much of his, um, "agenda" could he ever really get into law? Really???

Constitutionalist? In what way? Let's remember that the founders did not mean for the Constitution to be rigid for posterity. They engineered into it the process for ammending it. Lucky for us. Since then women and African-Americans have become "people," and 18-year olds got the vote. Among other ammendments that demonstrate progress in thinking and values. (Of course, there was that silly business of prohibiting and then allowing the sale of alcohol. But whatareyougonna do?)

But I haven't yet heard a good argument as to why 37 (OK, maybe 43) people should have such influence on a national election for a country of over 300 million.

Saul