...Paul is far less likely to win, his supporters admit, than Romney. Why, then, do young people still make him their preference this primary campaign? The answer is in every public opinion poll that describes young people's disgust with the political process. A libertarian rebel in GOP clothes and a frequent thorn in the side of Republican colleagues, Paul represents a path to freedom from a destructive two-party political system.
As the antiparty party candidate, Paul's central appeal, like that of Ralph Nader and Ross Perot before him, is that he is an deviation from today's D.C. is neither a success story nor a work-in-progress: The two-party system and its unrelenting entrenched moneyed interests are denying the next generation a decent chance of enduring economic equity for all Americans.
Surely, young people consider Paul, like the rest in the GOP field, a flawed candidate. Some of his social and foreign policy positions are not in sync with the Millennial sensibility. But Paul's constant emphasis on the economic imperative at home — before investments in international commitments abroad — resonates plenty with the average college student carrying the impossible weight of college loans or with the recent graduate who can't find work in the United States.The Washington Post also urges the GOP: "Ignore Ron Paul at your own peril."
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Wesley, how do you read the Evergreen State's impact?
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