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Even if Ron Paul won the election, he would be unable to make all the changes his supporters seem to believe he would make. That's because it's Congress that writes and passes the laws and that holds the purse strings. I'd like to hear from Paul supporters about how they think he is going to enact his policies without congressional support or how they expect him to obtain the support of a Congress that has many members who would never vote in favor of many Paul policies. Plain speaking is wonderful. But it takes so much more than that. I think it's great that people who were never engaged in the political process are getting involved but all of this seems like a recipe for disillusionment. A segment of the country went through this "white knight" worhsip already in 1992 with Ross Perot and to a lesser extent with John Anderson in 1980.
