Ron Paul has been consistent abut his political positions;albeit he toned down some from his 2008 bid. He has been nicknamed the "intellectual godfather" by the Tea Party. I like his platforn on limited the size of government starting with slashing $1 trillion from the budget, eliminating five agencies, cutting corporate taxes, taxes on capital gains/dividends and repeal of ObamaCare and Sarbanes Oxley. However I do not like that he does not take much stock in america's excptionalism and hence he stance on foreign policy is something I fundamentally disagree.

He is the sort of guy who would do well as an adviser but as president not safe. You need a guy who can stand up to foreign powers and in that respect he is too wishy washy. He just doesn't have the stomach for it