By mid-morning, Ben Bernanke before the House Financial Services Committee where he sparred with Ron Paul over gold-as-money.

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Prominent among these are the great Reagan Gold Commissioners Rep. Ron Paul, the eminence grise of the Austrian gold standard, and Lewis E.

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Meanwhile three of the other noteworthy candidates are explicitly on record for gold: Rep. Ron Paul and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson are unwavering.

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