Vice President Rand Paul
The only thing of value I can see that he’s doing is showing that we need to seriously clean up the whole process.
He caters to a "radical" segment it appears to me. Though many like his economics it appears he is on Obama's side when it comes to blaming us vis-a-vis other countries. Take Iran for an example.
I was kind of wondering this myself. The only thing I could come up with is, disregarding his kook factor, keeping the whole center of these campaigns dragged over to the right.
I think, with Ron Paul, it’s all about the money.
Paul likes the attention and adulation from his rabid supporters. Paul likes the money.
The Ron Paul campaign, aka Occupy GOP. They certainly acted the part, up to and including law enforcement, at the Iowa GOP county conventions.
The more delegates he can snap up, the less likely it is that Romney gets the nomination sewn up without Paul’s delegates, and the better concession Paul can negotiate from Romney before handing his delegates over to him. Simple as that.
I believe most ardent Ron Paul fanatics have simply separated themselves from reality. They refuse to accept he has absolutely zero chance of winning the election. Their insurgent delegate strategy has failed miserably. It’s not that supporters of other long shot or non-candidates can’t be nearly as fanatical and delusional, but paulbots are a special breed of insane. For a real laugh read the Liberty Forest Forums. They literally make up their own delegate math completely out of thin air and repeat it over and over as a means of continuing the illusion.
Vice President Rand Paul
The thing I hate most about him being in this campaign is that he is still getting paid as a Congressman. He is basically traveling around America on his supporter’s funds, getting Social Security (is of age) AND getting a very nice paycheck as Congressman, but not doing one bit of work.