The Libertarians

Obama/Paul Ticket

Mish’s fantasy ticket for 2008: Barack Obama and Ron Paul. I like it.

Paul would balance Obama’s clear populist economic tendencies. Moreover, what better way for Paul to turn his back on the racists in his camp than offering to run as VP for a black candidate?

As for Obama, Paul would bring in the 5 to 10 percent of disenfranchised libertarians and bring added credibility to Obama among leftist types that want out of Iraq and out of the war on drugs.

Of course, this will never happen, but there are worse running mates for Obama -not that Paul would accept I imagine.