Ron Paul

One of life's few heroes, still willing to talk truth to power (paying for pipelines!). He has now (as of December 2010) been put in charge of oversight of the Federal Reserve, although many think it's too late. In this 2008 video, he lays out where he thinks the US has gone wrong, and two years on he was right on many points. With a long track record, he is someone we should all be listening to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD4kayWV1tk&feature=related