The political compass has a self test which allows you to compare your political views to various world leaders on two separate axes. From the test result page:

In the introduction, we explained the inadequacies of the traditional left-right line.

If we recognise that this is essentially an economic line it's fine, as far as it goes. We can show, for example, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot, with their commitment to a totally controlled economy, on the hard left. Socialists like Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Mugabe would occupy a less extreme leftist position. Margaret Thatcher would be well over to the right, but further right still would be someone like that ultimate free marketeer, General Pinochet.

That deals with economics, but the social dimension is also important in politics. That's the one that the mere left-right scale doesn't adequately address. So we've added one, ranging in positions from extreme authoritarian to extreme libertarian.

Here are how they plot various world leaders on the graph:

and my own result:

Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33

This seems like it would be a concise model and explanation for why so many things that Ron Paul and Mike Gravel say (or said during the two youtube debates that I've seen) resonate with me.  Unfortunately for that theory, very few of the things that Dennis Kucinich said resonated with me. Maybe he plays down his libertarian bent during public appearances to seem more mainstream.  Or maybe this plotting of points on 2 axes is all very pretty and very clever, but not very explanatory.