[Oberon]

He’s a nut. He’ll be gone soon.

The latter may be true; the former is debatable.

Regardless, the real issue is that the Republican base is well and heartily p!ssed at its leadership, primarily for its poor showing of any kind of results connected with key conservative issues.

Ron Paul may go away, but he's only a symptom, and having him gone won't solve the problem.

[EagleUSA]

Ron Paul may go away, but he’s only a symptom, and having him gone won’t solve the problem.
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True. The Repubs are suffering from a serious leadership crisis, and thus, so is America.

[nuconvert]

Duncan Hunter would solve the problem

[RavenATB]

“Ron Paul may go away, but he’s only a symptom...”

So was Ross Perot. Seen him lately?

[DesScorp]

“Regardless, the real issue is that the Republican base is well and heartily p!ssed at its leadership, primarily for its poor showing of any kind of results connected with key conservative issues.”

No one can argue with that. The question is “what is conservative?”, and in the case of the Paulistinians, to them conservative = libertarian. It doesn’t to the rest of us.