Quote from RCG Trader:
DAS, Ron Paul, even if he wins will face gridlock for both of his terms of office ( I am assuming him to be a two termer)
He will be disliked by dems and the GOP alike who are on the take.
And a Ron Paul win will have to be followed by massive recalls of congressmen and senators by the people if they mess with him.
Will the people support Paul after they put him in?
He will need that support, continuously, for his entire term.
As commander in chief he can begin the task of bringing our troops home and ending the farcical War on Terror. He can reverse the eo's of Bush and Obama and if that's all he does, it will be a huge help. He can also shine a much brighter spotlight on the Federal reserve. As for the rest I have no illusions that he would be able to turn America into a libertarian paradise overnight. However, our civil liberties would come back as would our troops.
He has put forth a plan to balance the budget within 3 years time and I would love to see Congress stand in the way of that. The shift in public perception is occurring right now and if Congress thinks they can get away with stonewalling a popular agenda, they'll be picking up their pink slips soon enough. The change won't happen overnight, but it will happen. It needs to start somewhere and Ron Paul is the man to get it started. Maybe Johnson or Rand will pick up the torch after Ron is done.