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The Atlantic: Does the Romney-Ron Paul Pact Make Paul a Sellout?

I’ll be talking to Molly Ball tonight on my show, Daily Brief on Sun News Network, about her article just up today at The Atlantic. It starts this way:

Ron Paul is helping Mitt Romney. It’s been obvious for months. You’d think Paul’s followers would be outraged by this — but they’re not.

The Paul-Romney alliance means the race’s most ideologically pure fiscal conservative has effectively sold out to the least conservative, least consistent, most establishmentarian candidate in the field. Romney favors the basic concept of progressive taxation and a government’s right to compel citizens to purchase health insurance. It’s unthinkable that he would, if elected, end the Federal Reserve. Alone among the candidates, he insists that there be no cuts to any military spending. All these stances are anathema to Paul’s staunchly absolutist world view.

You’ll want to read the rest: Does the Romney-Ron Paul Pact Make Paul a Sellout? – Molly Ball – Politics – The Atlantic.

Foreign Policy: The World According to Ron Paul

Michael A. Cohen looks at Ron Paul’s foreign policy who, in some respects, sounds like a Canadian New Democrat:

As Adele Stan, who has covered Paul closely for Alternet said to me, “progressives don’t get Paul’s anti-war talk from their own people (i.e. Democrats) and to hear it from him satisfies this deep spiritual yearning to hear someone say that we shouldn’t be bombing other people around the world.” Continue reading Foreign Policy: The World According to Ron Paul