cheap shot, but LOL.
Ron Paul has a lot of things right that many of the current Republicrat candidates are afraid to get out of toe-step on: government independence, international police-force military, individual rights, and state vs. federal power. I would absolutely vote for his platform, I just hesitate voting for someone who comes in second in the crazy-race to Mike Gravel.
Hopefully he doesn’t run as a libertarian/independent after he drops out of the Republican primaries, I would hate for votes to be “wasted” on him. However, I do sincerely hope that the Republican machine takess a few ideas from him. People want to be protected by government, yes, but they do not want to be indentured to it, which is how the current winds seem to be blowing.
Finally, invoking Ayn Rand’s name as a muse for Ron Paul seems sac-philosophical (sacreligious).