Reason profiles Chuck Baldwin

Reason magazine’s David Weigel profiles Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin in “The Tao of Chuck.” Baldwin tells Weigel: “We’re spreading the message of constitutional government. Ron Paul was the only candidate in the two major parties that carried that message, and now I’m carrying that message.” Weigel finds that “Paul’s coalition has moved in a predictable manner. The more libertarian-minded members have organized a Republican Party insurgency or sidled up to Bob Barr. The more sovereignty-minded members have lined up with Baldwin.” He also finds that “Baldwin’s view of the financial industry is darker than Paul’s, and it comes from a different place. Where Paul worries about the influence of the Federal Reserve, Baldwin compares ‘international bankers’ to ‘the money changers in the temple,’ rousted... [read full story]