Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), seeking once again to portray himself as the only true and consistent conservative in the Republican presidential race, said his opponents all shared a characteristic of being "rigid flip-floppers".
Appearing on the CBS Sunday program Face the Nation yesterday, Paul was asked by host Bob Schieffer why it seemed that Mitt Romney was having such a hard time convincing Republicans he was a true conservative.
Paul dismissed the idea there was any strong difference in that respect between Romney and Paul's other, allegedly more conservative, opponents, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum:
"All of them are rather typical of what's wrong with the country, you know that they don't have firm convictions, and of course they've been rewarded, many people are rewarded for saying don't be overly rigid—well they're very rigid in flip-flopping."
Paul continued that he was rigid in defending the Constitution, and that his convictions in that respect had grown to become more and more popular, as people have come to perceive the USA suffering from doing business as usual:
"In the past, we weren't in much trouble…we were a very wealthy [nation]…now we're broke, and now what I'm talking about has much greater appeal."
Paul also said there were two key problems that Republicans should be disturbed about at this point:
1. In Paul's view, he was the only Republican candidate currently appealing to young people.
2. The recent polling information showing that 20% of Republicans currently say they will either sit out the national election in November, or will vote for Barack Obama.
Paul noted that the lack of GOP enthusiasm was evident in much reduced turnout in the Republican primaries and caucuses so far this campaign.
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