Doesn't that strike you as a bit .... well .... dismal? Rather like seagulls squabbling over a dropped hamburger.
But I also voted a couple times for Ron Paul, because I know that a vote for Cristy is a vote against Sarah Palin, perhaps others did the same as I?
In the Caucus of '08, the "paul-ites" attempted to "storm" the podium to prevent the various representatives of the leading candidates (Paul wasn't one of them in KS) but they attempted to prevent a fair hearing from the speakers as well as Paul's representative was bent on speaking longer than allowed (didn't help matters that some of the reps showed up later than scheduled (McCain's) but the Huckabee folk fought back against the attempt.
I was polite but closed the Paul rep down realizing that the plan was that Paul supporters in the audience planned on dominating the time with "questions" as well as outstaying their time in the room so that the other groups forced to stand outside due to fire regulations, were given a shorter time than "paul-ites."
As I knew many of them and called them friends, I still required that they obey the rules as were the others.