[Allegra]

Why is it suddenly bad that they’re considering Paul?

Paul's not going to get the nomination.

So then who will these college kids vote for?

Likely a write-in or a third party.

In other words, Obama.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Unfortunately, these college age kids make up a large portion of the potential Republican voters.

A lot of them are listening to Ron Paul & not the conventional Republican message.

So when Ron Paul quits they will all vote third party or stay home because the Republican party never reached out them.

The Republican youth effort has been terrible for years and this is the result.

[Ohioan]

Paul's not going to get the nomination.

Probably not. His age is certainly against him. But he came in a very close second in the Iowa straw polls, over the weekend. It is absolutely idiotic for those claiming to be Conservative Republicans to be insulting 27.6% of the most active Republicans in an at least moderately Conservative State, by the comments some are making on this thread.

And by the way. While Dr. Paul, despite his age, does appeal to campus Conservatives, for all the right reasons; there were very few of them visible in the C-Span coverage of the Iowa meeting. The fact that Paul--if he should make it on to the ticket--would bring a lot of non-aligned youth into the Republican Party is a net plus.

This thread, however, is totally counter-productive. In stead of focusing on Obama, many here are focused on a terribly destructive inter-family feud, which does nothing worthwhile to meeting the real threats to the American future.

William Flax

[Lorianne]

Only if the Republican party is too stupid and won’t capitalize on Paul’s bi-partisan appeal and not nominate him.

Which means you are right.