Katrina vanden Heuvel thinks that to be successful, a Republican presidential candidate in 2012 will have to be a Ron Paul libertarian (skip to 3:00).

Why does the left love central banking? Perhaps because Karl Marx made it a central plank of the Communist Manifesto. In any event, here a dissident praises Ron Paul for his long and courageous opposition to the Fed and fiat money. The Fed’s world-historic economic disaster will convert many more. Too bad it didn’t happen sooner. (Thanks to Norm.)