David Weigel: Minority report: At CPAC, Ron Paul's critique of the monetary system and the Republican party is surprisingly more popular than ever

David Weigel: The Republican party can no longer fool itself into thinking that the US electorate is naturally slanted towards it

David Weigel: Republican efforts to tie Obama to the Rod Blagojevich scandal shows they haven't learned the lessons of the Clinton years

David Weigel: Traditionally opposed to government interventionism, libertarians are at a loss about how to respond to the economic crisis

David Weigel: As Ron Paul has become a cult figure with a political movement all his own, his influence in the Republican party has declined

David Weigel, US elections 2008: In 2002 the Libertarian party ended Barr's political career. Six years later he's its nominee for president

David Weigel: US elections 2008: Critics who dismiss Obama as a cult of personality ignore Americans' longstanding expectation that their president be a hero

David Weigel: US elections 2008: Mitt Romney's failure to win over New Hampshire voters concerned with the economy reveals a serious problem for the Republican party

David Weigel: The libertarian, anti-war Republican presidential candidate shocked Washington by raising $5m in three months. Was it such a big surprise?