While waiting for my TiVo to start recording "Castle" with enough buffer so that I could skip the commercials, I found myself settling in to watch the latest Republican primary debate. (I gather it actually started earlier; apparently NBC was kind enough to tape-delay it for those of us on the West Coast.)
Based on the parts I watched, it seemed to me that Mitt Romney did a much better job than Newt Gingrich did. Romney seemed more coherent and sensible, but I freely admit that is no doubt a product of confirmation bias; I find Romney to be an acceptable candidate, whereas I'm somewhat flabbergasted that Gingrich has survived this long.
What startled me, however, was that I found a decent chunk of what Ron Paul said to be not just coherent, but somewhat persuasive. I don't think there's any confirmation bias there . . . . It does scare me, though.
Well on the drug war and to an extent on foreign policy, Ron Paul is probably closer to my position than any other prominent pol. So that makes sense. I just wish he'd stop going on about the evils of a fiat currency.
Posted by: Matthew Lewis | January 24, 2012 at 03:09 PM