https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2011/12/26/ron-paul-the-andrew-johnson-candidate/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 11:27:21 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Paul likes to brag that he often votes alone (or nearly alone) in Congress. I suppose the spin that he&#8217;d like for you to put on this is that he alone in Congress stays true to his principles. I suppose that is one way to look at it, if you ignore the number of times he lards up appropriations bills with pork for his district before casting a meaningless dissenting vote against the entire bill. The other &#8211; and I would suggest, more appropriate &#8211; way to look at it is that Ron Paul is spectacularly bad at persuading members of Congress to do anything. For decades now, Ron Paul has absolutely failed to persuade members of Congress to his way of thinking, or to establish any meaningful caucus or voting bloc to advance his ideals. We have sufficient data now to predict that he would be just as spectacularly bad as President. From Day One, Paul would presumably be opposed in almost everything he attempted by nearly unified chambers of Congress.]]>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:38:54 -0500<![CDATA[Leon H. Wolf]]>https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2011/12/26/ron-paul-the-andrew-johnson-candidate-n41615