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Ron Paul is scheduled to announce his formation of a Presidential Exploratory Committee today.

As much as I am loathe to discuss politics these days, I just couldn't resist! Besides, we're not that far off from the 2012 presidential campaign so increased levels of political discussion are inevitable.

Ron Paul Explores, World Reacts
http://reason.com/blog/2011/04/26/ron-paul-explores-world-reacts

And I think his David-and-Goliath bit with that 'Wall Street dandy' Trump will only help to ratchet up his popularity. Especially since Trump is most likely going to go out Perot-style once he's forced to publicly confront everyone he's ever screwed on real estate for the past 40+ years.

Although Paul is not currently the most popular Republican candidate (this varies poll to poll... with Romney currently in the lead... maybe?), there was a head-to-head poll (Paul vs. Obama) done by Rasmussen 2 years ago that put them both at ~41%:

Is Ron Paul Neck in Neck With Obama in 2012?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002497-503544.html

Note, don't read too much into this article, as Nate Silver demonstrated that Rasmussen showed a detectable Republican bias some time ago:

Rasmussen Polls Were Biased and Inaccurate; Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA Performed Strongly
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/rasmussen-polls-were-biased-and-inaccurate-quinnipiac-surveyusa-performed-strongly/

So is anyone else game? Intrade has Ron Paul pegged at 3.0% for the Republican Nominee in 2012 (For comparison, Trump is at 9% and Romney is at 25.8%):

http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=669534

This will make for some great political theater... and C'mon now... even if he could get elected president, he won't REALLY dissolve the Fed!

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