You may be correct Okie, in your statements about his war on terror stance, but I saw him only once on TV, and his approach to the Illegal Alien situation hit home with me. Here in California, we are totally being robbed in our taxes, fees, ever higher bond measures, surcharges, levies, and even more taxes to curb the gang violence and to support these people. I never read or saw any of his comments on the war. I might think differently about him then.
We are fighting a losing battle on illegal immigration here.
His public contention is that the War on Terror is our fault. Consequently, we must retreat from the Middle East and the rest of the world.
For all his positives on illegal aliens, in foreign policy, he's 1930's isolationist -- a dangerous anachronism.
Hunter and Tancredo have essentially the same stance on illegal aliens as Paul -- and Romney seems sound as well. But none of them carry the bizarre foreign policy views as Paul.
Even though Paul is a long-time Texas Congressman, I sincerely doubt he could carry his own district in a Presidential race.