If you wish to return to the 18th or 19th Century, Congressman Ron Paul is your man, and you're welcome to him. If, however, you wish to be a realist and get those things done Federalism-wise that are doable within the current societal conditions, I invite you to join me in supporting Senator Fred Thompson.
I’ve said before that Ron Paul is the perfect Republican candidate...
...for 1880.
Ron Paul and Fred Thompson have an almost identical position in this regard, one that matches that of Stephen A. Douglas in 1858, and Jerry Ford in 1976, which is anathema to the Reagan pro-life GOP platform.
I cannot, and will not, support someone who is completely unmoored from an understanding that no individual, no state, has the right to alienate the unalienable rights to life and liberty.