in late 2007, skousen gained attention when he gave his support to ron paul rather than to fellow lds church member mitt romney in the 2008 us presidential campaign, in a widely circulated youtube video clip. after john mccain became the republican party's presumptive nominee in early 2008, skousen also endorsed pastor chuck baldwin of the constitution party: "as ron paul goes back to congress to continue the fight there, i believe chuck baldwin is the person to continue the fight during this election cycle and beyond."