Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul has yet to endorse in the race for president, but is showering praise on the long shot Libertarian Party candidate, ex-New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson.

I think hes wonderful, and I think hes doing a good job and people should look at him and every individual should make up his own mind, Paul, who sought the Republican nomination, told Fox News.

Ron Paul, R-Texas, Republican presidential candidate, March 2012. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) / SL

But Jesse Benton, who directed Pauls 2012 presidential campaign, told the Daily Caller that Paul will not endorse Gary Johnson.

Still, the sound bite to Fox News has become part of a Gary Johnson video in which former Paul supporters sing Johnsons praises. Paul was the Libertarians candidate for president in 1988, between two stints in Congress as a Republican.

Paul supporters are continuing to fight for power in the Republican Party, and the congressmans son, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, has staked his future in the GOP and spoke to its convention last week.

But Ron Paul voice dissatisfaction with Mitt Romneys convention acceptance speech.

I remain very very skeptical of hearing anything that will change the course of history, he told Bloomberg News. There was no talk of the Federal Reserve. One of the engines of spending is militarism and empire and he enhanced. He was pushing it.

Johnson served two terms as governor of New Mexico, as a Republican. He was briefly a candidate for the 2012 GOP nomination, but later sought and won the Libertarians nod. Johnson is an outspoken critic of the War on Drugs and advocates legalization of cannabis.

Billionaire oilman David Koch ran for vice president on the Libertarians 1980 ticket, but this year is spending and raising as much as $400 million to back Republican candidates.

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Ron Paul: Libertarian Johnson is “wonderful”