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Representative Ron Paul formally announced Friday that he will seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012. "I'm officially announcing that I am a candidate for president in the Republican primary," he said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America." "Time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I've been saying for 30 years," he said. This will be the third presidential campaign for the 75-year-old Paul. He first ran in 1988 as the nominee of the Libertarian Party and again in 2008 as a candidate for the Republican nomination but failed. Paul, whose son is Senator Rand Paul, has gained prominence for his libertarian positions on many issues, often at odds with both Republican and Democratic leaders. The long-term congressman holds extremely conservative views on fiscal policy, which makes him enjoy strong support form the Tea Party activists. In terms of foreign policy, he opposes both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and has criticized President Barack Obama on the way the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was carried out. |
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