Being that I will not be voting for Ron Paul I may have some insight. He is what political scientists refer to as a libertarian and not a republican. He believes that the role of government is to stay out of out lives and protect our nation with military and border security. That is really their only view. He is neither pro- abortion or pro-choice as he thinks the government has no right to tell us what to do. Actually his views are very similar to the governmental views of the 1700's. If you think that private citizens can do everything better than our government except fight wars, then look at libertarians as good candidates.