Paul says he is NOT and Independent

Things seem good for Ron Paul, as he won the Illinois Republicans presidential candidate straw poll but he says that he is ruling out the idea of an independent bid for the White House. Paul claims that’s not the direction he wants to go in. He told Fox News Sunday, that it made no sense for him to run as an independent and that he has “no intention doing that.” When he was asked why, Paul simply replied, “Because I don’t want to do it. That’s the reason.” I thought that response was very poor. It reminded me of a child saying they don’t want to do something because they don’t want to do it. It was not very informative and I would be curious as to what he would have to say about running as Republican versus an Independent.

Even with Paul being a more liberal Republican than the other candidates he did say that if he is not the nominee that he would definitely support a GOP nominee. However he added, “if they believe on expanding the wars, if they don't believe in looking at the Federal Reserve; if they don't believe in real cuts, if they don't believe in deregulation and better tax system, it would defy everything I believe in." With that said he would be weary to go tell all his supporters that gave him money and trusted in his beliefs to just support anyone.

Paul seems to be a very reasonable guy who really looks at the issues at hand and sticks to his beliefs. He may not be my favorite candidate but he does remain consistent and that is something to be said for a politician. When talking about fellow candidate Herman Cain who has been probed in the media over alleged sexual harassment claims, he said this was not what bothered him. "The allegations against his program, he's liking, you know, the Federal Reserve and his national sales tax -- yes, they are very legitimate and his support for bailouts, those allegations are very legitimate. Those other allegations, these problems that he had -- no, I don't think, I think the media blew this way out of proportion," Paul said. "He believes in the bailouts and the Federal Reserve and all this. I think that's what we should be talking about." I think that this is a very good point and I have to agree with Paul.  It seems more politicians than not have been accused of sexual harassment and although some are rightfully accused and it is a serious issue, it is not an issue of politics.

With Paul sticking to the Republican Party he is determined to advance in the race. In order to get the economy back in the right direction he plans on cutting $1 trillion in the first year of his administration and balance the budget in three years so that spending would be 15.5 percent of the gross domestic product. According to Fox news, this would put government's ratio of GDP at its lowest level since 1951 and many people think this would bring the country back into a recession.  But Paul is confident that this wouldn’t happen and that he can help salvage the country.