Rep. Ron Paul, the 72-year-old libertarian-like, 10-term Texas congressman who’s also running for the Republican presidential nomination, easily won his 14th District primary Tuesday and is set for easy re-election in November.

With about half the precincts counted (what’s the rush — it’s Texas) Paul was thumping Friendswood City Councilman Chris Peden by two-to-one.

Now, Paul can set his sights on this other old-timer, 71-year-old Sen. John McCain, who claims to have won more than the 1,191 GOP delegates for the Republican presidential nomination this September at the National Convention in St. Paul (no relation to the congressman).

The LA Times

Ron Paul easily won reelection in the Republican Primary this past Tuesday, which I never doubted. The neocons thought they could take him down, but they clearly don’t know the people of the 14th Congressional District. Thankfully we can look forward to a few more years of him standing up and protecting our Constitution, one of the very few that do.

I do believe it is time for him to leave the Presidential race, though.  I would rather him save up all of that money he raised and use it for a gubernatorial run in 2010.