As a thick snow falls upon Seattle, melting upon contact, I'm amazed by the results of the LibertyPAC moneybomb. Over 400K in one day is quite the accomplishment, and with the CPAC strawpoll victory less than two weeks old, it seems ever more undisputable that Ron Paul and his message of freedom are a real force in American politics. 

Ron Paul's grassroots supporters have plenty of ethusiasm and have shown that they can organize successfully within the Republican Party -- but nevertheless Dr. Paul and the liberty movement have their detractors.  These detractors comes from all walks of the Republican Party, and even from the typical conservative base. Not to defend any of these detractors, many of whom are only marginally electable themselves (and unprincipled to boot!), but the same way Republicans have made an error in marginalizing libertarian opinions, we will make an error in ignoring the opinions of the conservative majority. 

Ron Paul is the most principled candidate out there, and if there is one man who would make radical changes to America, it would be him.  However, if we're talking politics here (which we are), Ron Paul is unelectable. Many of us are former conservatives (I know I am), maybe even former neoconservatives, who have realized the importance of embracing liberty in all its forms. Former lovers of Reagan, and defenders of George W. Bush, we ditched the war effort and staunch social conservatism for the revolutionary classical liberalism that makes us the Young Americans for Liberty.  However, it looks like most of the party didn't get the memo.