Ron Paul, the conservative Texas congressman running for president faced an uphill battle four years ago when he campaigned. Many, even those in his own party, thought his Libertarian-based views about abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan and ending the war on drugs, for example, were too radical.

Today, Paul believes that the average American agrees with his beliefs more than they think. "The country is more with me now,” Paul told the National Review recently in reference to his consistent stance against U.S. military involvement in the Middle East. That position is rarely agreed to publicly by the GOP, but "tea party" enthusiasts eat it up. Paul says they aren't the only ones.

"The mainstream is swimming this way," the congressman said. "Sixty to 70% of people, maybe even more, are saying after 10 years at war, maybe it is time to try something new."

Paul humbly states that although he expected the change in public opinion, he thought it would be due to the fact that its so expensive to wage two wars with little return.

"I always predicated that our foreign policy is going to change, that we will come home, not because I gave a great speech, but because we are broke," he said.