I have only heard him claim to be a constitutionalist, not a conservative.
His entire campaign is based on him being the “most conservative” candidate in the race... Ask his supporters.
Just ask any supporter. They call him a conservative, yet also work in the constitutionalist moniker. So, what is he? I call him a libertarian.
I have some problems with Ron Paul, but “conservative” is more vague than “Constitutionalist.” If a man is a Constitutionalist he would have to be a conservative of a TRUE order. I don’t believe that the Libertarian Party people in general are really Constitutionalists; I don’t believe the framers of the Constitution would walk across the street with libertarianism. I don’t believe James Madison would have given the time of day to Neil Boortz (I’m not addressing the Fair Tax when I say that).
In federal judges, we want strict constructionists with regard to the Constitution. We want Constitutionalist. Whether Ron Paul is really a “Constitutionalist” or not, the word is less vague than the word “conservative” these days.