I would not vote for Obama.
I don’t know where you get “most will”.
Also, Obama’s strongest base of support was college kids. Why is it suddenly bad that they’re considering Paul? Even though he’s pro-life?!
This seems very significant to me, how can you not see it?
Wonderful, but because Ron Paul is running in the Republican primaries as a Republican candidate it means he will NOT be on the ballot in the general election. It will be between Obama and the actual Republican nominee (which will not be Paul). So those college kids votes will NOT be voting for Ron Paul in the general election, and most will never, ever support a socially conservative Republican nominee. Ron Paul will likely not endorse the eventual GOP nominee (just as he didn't in 2008), so he doesn't even bring the ability to rally college kids to our eventual candidate to the table.
This seems very significant to me, how can you not see it?
Again, it would be significant if his college kid supporters were really going to vote for the eventual GOP nominee, but Paul will not lift a finger to make that happen.
For conservatives, it would be MUCH better if Ron Paul left the GOP and ran as Libertarian. Only then would he benefit the Republican party by denying Obama some segment of the pot head, peacenik voting block.
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.