'This Week in Fake Presidential Candidates'

That's the sarcastic headline for NY Magazine's interesting rundown of the near-candidates. Here is what author Dan Amira has to say about Ron Paul:

The Texas congressman said this week that he's "getting awfully close" to launching a presidential campaign, but he'll decide for sure in about a month. Meanwhile, son Rand, who is also contemplating a run if Ron doesn't pull the trigger, says, "I get every indication from looking at his schedule and hearing what he’s doing that I think he probably will [run for president]." It's kind of strange that Rand needs to speculate like the rest of us, but okay.

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