Hey, maybe this is a Ron Paul moment

When Paul ran for president in 2008, experts scoffed at his constant criticism of the Federal Reserve. Now, every member of the House Republican Caucus is behind his push to audit the Fed. He warned that rampant budgetary and monetary mismanagement would plunge the country into a very deep recession, and it has. While most Republicans still don’t agree with him about Iraq and isolationism, there is a growing sense that Iraq made possible the current Democratic majority, and Obamacare, and all sorts of other things that they don’t like. Paul’s stubbornness on these matters has earned him either admiration or grudging respect from a lot of people.

What’s more, Americans are becoming more, not less, sympathetic to his point of view, at least on domestic issues. Rasmussen Reports also found “24% of voters now consider themselves a part of the tea party movement, an eight-point increase from a month ago” and “48% of voters now say the average tea party member is closer to their views than Obama is.” In many respects, it was Ron Paul’s last presidential run that got this party started.