Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Paulus akanga ari nhengo yokutanga yeOregon Women's Political Caucus, boka remapato maviri-maviri evamiriri vemitemo veOregon muna 1972. Akabatsira zvikuru mukuedza kupfuudza Equal Rights Amendment muOregon muna 1973 na1977. Uyewo, muna 1972, akakokwa kuzopinda musangano wokutanga weEagleton Institute of Politics pamusoro pevakadzi mune zvematongerwe enyika. Makore gumi gare gare, achibatira saMunyori weHurumende, akanga ari mukurukuri mukuru pamusangano weInstitute wa1982. Paulus akataura muhurukuro yake kuti "Taenda kure kure" achitaura nezvevakadzi mune zvematongerwo enyika. Muna 1984, vateveri vaBhagwan Shree Rajneesh vakaendesa vanhu vasina misha nemabhazi kuWasco County vachiedza kuchinja sarudzo dzemunharaunda. SaGurukota reHurumende, Paulus akakurudzira kuti dunhu ritange matanho okukurumidzira kuti ridzivise vanhu ava vanopfuura vachibva kunyoresa kuvhota, izvo zvakadenhwa neRajneeshees mudare remubatanidzwa. Panguva iyoyo Oregon yakabvumira vagari kuti vanyorese kuvhota pazuva rimwe chetero nesarudzo. Ipapo mutongi wedunhu Edward Leavy akatonga achipesana naRajneeshees, achisarudza kuti nzira dzokukurumidzira dzakanga dzakarurama. Tsika yorudzidziso gare gare yakatarisana nenzvero dzehurumende pamusoro pokubiridzira kutamira kune dzimwe nyika, zano rokuponda rakakundikana rakabatana, uye wokutanga
kurwisa kwougandanga hwezvinhu zvipenyu muUnited States.