Breakfast With Ron Paul

Defensor · 01-12-2008, 07:05 PM

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The modest, two-story house sits on a snowy hill in Limeboro. After trudging up a steep set of not-so-well-shoveled steps, we're welcomed by the owner and offered coffee and homemade muffins and scones. Ron Paul arrives a few minutes later with his wife Carol, his granddaughter, and a couple of aides.

He's anything but physically imposing, and he lacks Bill's room-commanding presence. He looks tired but not fragged. His dark suit is wrinkled and his nose is running a little from the cold outside. As he stands near the center of the room, the dozen or so of us present begin asking him questions and he responds in a measured tone with minimal gesticulation. It doesn't take long to realize that all his opinions � whether on foreign policy or monetary policy or education topics - are linked, all part of a cohesive, philosophical whole that keeps harking back to the "blueprint," the Constitution.

And as the coffee klatch rolls on, I realize that this man hasn't a chance. He speaks to the mind rather than the heart. He promises sweeping reforms in almost every aspect of the government, and though that may resonate with the folks in this room, it's not enough. His opponents are promising, to varying degrees, a cradle-to-grave nanny state with a chicken in every pot. He's speaking to the adult in us, they're speaking to the child. Any doubt as to whose message will resonate farther and wider?

Looking at the New Hampshire primary totals, it appears the Live-Free-or-Die folks have chosen the latter.