So Dave will be voting for Mitt Romney then, based on the "best candidate", party affiliation not considered.

Ron Paul isn't out there "a little" on some issues, he is wayyyyy out there on quite a few issues. He follows the Neville Chamberlain doctrine when it comes to conflict, which never works in the end. "Iran should be able to have as much nuclear material as they can sell and it isn't really any of our business who they sell it to" is his philosophy.