Paul offered limited approval for Romney in the interview, yet he wouldn’t commit to supporting him as the 2012 Republican candidate.
“I think he probably understands how the market works as a businessman a little bit better than a guy like Gingrich does and the people who have never been in business,” he said of Romney.
Paul also suggested that he sees Romney as being more presidential than some of the other candidates.
“I think he has a decorum that’s different,” he said. “He’s a little bit more diplomatic, I think, in the way he handles things.”
Still, Paul said he doesn’t think Romney has “convictions that come close to mine,” and that he views all of his rivals as being political insiders.
“I put them all in the same category,” he said. “They all are part of the status quo.”
'Serial Flip-Flopper’
Asked why he has been less critical of Romney than some of the other candidates, Paul said he’s targeted his fellow Iowa front-runner for attacks on occasion.
“We’ve accused him of this vicious term that he flip- flops,” he said. “We could call him a serial flip flopper.”
