Politics | Ron Paul Suddenly, Ron Paul Feels the Love Libertarian's anti-Fed campaign draws mainstream support By Kevin Spak Posted Nov 30, 2009 12:00 PM CST Copied House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, asks questions of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) Ron Paul is suddenly the belle of the ball on Capitol Hill, with legislators from around the political spectrum backing his decades-old crusade against the Federal Reserve. Paul’s been pushing an amendment to audit the Fed since the early '80s, but this time it attracted a whopping 313 co-sponsors. Democrats who might normally have voted for a compromise backed by Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank sided with Paul instead. “On financial regulation matters, most Americans sympathize with Ron Paul’s outrage,” one analyst tells Politico. Paul’s fierce opposition to America’s interventionist foreign policy is also earning him fans. Two Democrats joined him on Nov. 18 to make floor speeches against spending more in Afghanistan and Pakistan. “Eventually we’ll win,” says Paul. “Not because they’re going to listen to us and have another foreign policy but… because we don’t have any money, we’re broke, and the troops will come home.” Read These Next New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Report an error