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I suppose at the end of the day it doesn't matter, because Ron Paul IS NOT going to come close to getting the nomination. He won't even come close.

Ron Paul will be around in Nov '08. Clinton Inc. will use him the same way they relied on Ross Perot in '92.

True, he will never get the nomination, but the story of him breaking from the Republican Party... because they are TOO EXTREME will be priceless propaganda for Clinton Inc.

But the real objective is for him to get 10-15% of the popular vote, thereby letting Clinton Inc. skate into the White House with ~43%.

But the real objective is for him to get 10-15% of the popular vote, thereby letting Clinton Inc. skate into the White House with ~43%.

1) RP is a candidate who's polled 1-3% this campaign. He continues (among the GOP and especially conservatives) to be an 'also ran'. His support among hard core GOP conservatives is NOT going to rise.

2) Most of his recent popularity has been through Democratic fringe elements seeing his message about leaving Iraq as a way to get a wedge into the GOP nomination process. And Ron Paul has done little or nothing to discourage this interest.

3) Because of this, Should Ron Paul become a 3rd party candidate (he says no), he will be more of a draw from the Democrat candidate than from the Republican; that is unless the GOP is foolish enough to nominate a Rudy Giuliani.

As for his 'objective' above, I have my doubts. I'm more pragmatic. He likes the limelight and attention, and sees it as a way to build a relatively decent amount of funds (relative to his past history). But that's just me.