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Paul Fail?

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In Robert Farley
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On July 15, 2012
Sad trombone… It looks like Ron Paul isn’t going to be officially nominated for the presidency in Tampa. His backers failed to win a plurality of delegate slots at the Nebraska GOP convention Saturday, leaving the Texas congressman short of the support necessary to have his name placed into contention at the national convention. According […]

Kindly Old Ron Paul

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On January 27, 2012

Of course he was fully aware of and approved of the content of his racist newsletters: But people close to Paul’s operations said he was deeply involved in the company that produced the newsletters,

Partisan Divergence

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In General
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On January 12, 2012
I think some of the ways in which a generic Democratic president differs from a Republican are well-known to informed observers, if they tend to drop out of discussions of the topic. A Democrat will put better people on the NLRB, for example. The composition of the federal courts — not just the Supreme Court, […]

Pollitt on Paul

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On January 9, 2012

As Lindsay says, Katha Pollitt’s column on Ron Paul is excellent. I’ll quote another important passage: It’s a little strange to see people who inveigh against Obama’s healthcare compr

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The Paul Problem

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In General
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On January 3, 2012
I think a couple commenters have been persuasive that I was too charitable toward Ron Paul, as my closing line implies that he’s having a meaningful and positive impact on the debate. It would probably have been better just to say that he is indeed better than Obama on a handful of issues in addition […]
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