[republicans] an englishman's take

Vox Day makes the case for Ron Paul as the best of a poor lot:

But Thompson is merely a stylistic change. His policy stances are most similar to McCain, he's weak on personal liberty and abortion, and he supports the ongoing occupations. And if most Republicans realize that Thompson is not the next Reagan, most Republican commentators don't seem to have gotten that memo yet.

I made the comment that Ron Paul p--sed the Republican honchos off with that war stance, he's too old and he lacks a base, e.g. governorship, Thompson is ex-CFR which should exclude him immediately, Romney's changed his abortion stance to suit the climate, Giuliani doesn't seem to be grabbing non-New Yorkers and you can forget the others.

Seems to me that Clinton could have grabbed the anti-war vote and the White House but fudged on this and other issues.