Republicans are well aware that the Constitution has been under attack since the day Obama took office. Democrats prefer to pretend that every constitutional assault by Obama and his cronies is a perfectly acceptable means of serving the liberal agenda. But whether you're a Republican or a Democrat, it would serve you well to avail yourself of the opportunity to hear Congressman Rob Woodall speak. Woodall, who represents Georgia's 7th Congressional District, is decidedly conservative, and a staunch defender of the U.S. Constitution.
At a recent speaking engagement, Woodall didn't speak about his political perspective, but about all political perspectives as viewed through the lens of the Constitution. Like many Representatives and Senators, Woodall is concerned about a growing tendency of Americans to forget the Constitution, or to not even be aware of its content. That wouldn't be of such concern if the Obama Administration didn't seem so intent on ignoring the provisions of the document that assures the freedoms that the founders of this country deemed essential to a democratic republic. Obama's latest trampling of the Constitution involves his "recess appointments". Democrats are quick to point out that Republican presidents have made recess appointments, and they are entirely correct. However, when those appoints were made, the Senate was actually in recess.
That wasn't the case when Obama made his recent appointments. As Woodall explained, "The Constitution stipulates that the House and Senate cannot adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other body.  The House and Senate have not consented to adjourn and have in fact been holding pro-forma sessions every three days.  The President made these four “recess appointments” when there was no recess, as both the House and Senate continued to hold pro-forma sessions."
Woodall is obviously a strict constitutionalist, and whether you agree with him or not, it will serve you well to listen to him speak. You can't debate constitutionality if you don't know the rights that the Constitution guarantees. Or understand the implications if those rights are not protected.

For those of you who doubt that Ron Paul offered a blanket endorsement in 2008 of the four 3rd Party Candidates, here he is speaking at the National Press Club with them in the background.  (Bob Barr is not in the photo.)   He offered the endorsement in return for them signing a pledge that calls for “balancing budgets, bring troops home, personal liberties and investigating the Federal Reserve," according to a Ron Paul aide in 2008.  

In my opinion, he should have been trying to influence and help John McCain beat Obama instead of cozying up to the fringe, lunatic in the case of Cynthia McKinney,  if he was to stay in the Republican Party as a so called member.  Now before all of your 'defenders of the faith' cry "Principle Over Party!", if that were truly the case, why doesn't Dr. Paul do what Bernie Sanders did in Vermont or Joe Lieberman did in Connecticut and run as an independent?  Because he couldn't win in Conservative Texas. 

According to the New York Times:

"Donald J. Trump has withdrawn from the Republican Party to retain the ability to run as an independent candidate in the 2012 presidential election, his political adviser confirmed on Friday. “Mr. Trump did this in order to preserve his legal right to run as an independent if in fact he’s not satisfied with who the Republican candidate is going to be,” said the adviser, Michael Cohen, a Trump Organization executive.

“His core Republican principles haven’t changed at all,” he said. “This was simply to preserve his right to run.”

Mr. Cohen would not say which of the seven Republican candidates would prompt Mr. Trump to enter the race, but Mr. Trump has been openly critical of Representative Ron Paul of Texas and Jon M. Huntsman Jr.

This year, Mr. Trump considered running as a Republican, but abandoned his bid in early May, saying, “Business is my greatest passion, and I am not ready to leave the private sector.”

Mr. Trump may jump back into the game when his NBC television show“The Apprentice”wraps up in June, his adviser said. “Even at that late date,” Mr. Cohen said, “He still will be capable of ensuring that his name is on the ballot in all 50 states.”"

I would suggest that if Mr. Trump does decide to run he's flipped his wig.  This will certainly insure another four years of Obama.