No, we shouldn’t take Ron Paul more seriously

Published August 15, 2011 4:00am ET



Tim Carney is a great reporter and a wonderful colleague. But I have to voice strong disagreement with his column making the case for taking Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., more seriously, given that he came within 153 votes of beating Rep. Michele Bachmann in the Ames Straw Poll.

In his column, Carney asks:

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