Not true, they figure a Republican known as Ron Paul would shed some of the votes from Republicans in favor of Hillary.
You almost got that right!
I have a feeling you’re not very well read man, if you believe that.(respectfully) Popular sentiment among the dems is that a third party paul candidacy destroys their chances of winning.
Their conspiracy is that Paul is going to go third party and is being funded by the bush family neocons. They feel that Pauls antiwar, anti CFR, anti-patriot act, will pull a decent chunk of thier base.
Now i personally think that paul is running because he wants to be president, but my point is that its not nearly as clear cut as you pretend it is.