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But the real objective is for him to get 10-15% of the popular vote, thereby letting Clinton Inc. skate into the White House with ~43%.

1) RP is a candidate who's polled 1-3% this campaign. He continues (among the GOP and especially conservatives) to be an 'also ran'. His support among hard core GOP conservatives is NOT going to rise.

2) Most of his recent popularity has been through Democratic fringe elements seeing his message about leaving Iraq as a way to get a wedge into the GOP nomination process. And Ron Paul has done little or nothing to discourage this interest.

3) Because of this, Should Ron Paul become a 3rd party candidate (he says no), he will be more of a draw from the Democrat candidate than from the Republican; that is unless the GOP is foolish enough to nominate a Rudy Giuliani.

As for his 'objective' above, I have my doubts. I'm more pragmatic. He likes the limelight and attention, and sees it as a way to build a relatively decent amount of funds (relative to his past history). But that's just me.

As for his 'objective' above, I have my doubts. I'm more pragmatic. He likes the limelight and attention, and sees it as a way to build a relatively decent amount of funds (relative to his past history). But that's just me.

You'll notice that I did not state that it was Ron Paul's objective but rather, Clinton Inc.'s objective for him to get 10-15% of the popular vote.

If you look at his donor list, you'll find a lot of people who are giving to both RP and Hillary. That suggests they think he will pull more votes away from the GOP than from Hillary... and they are backing it up with their money.

Also remember that the Democrats have not broken 50% of the popular vote since 1976, and it has happened only twice in the last 60 years. (Fact shamelessly stolen from Rush’s show today).

Clinton Inc. needs a 3rd candidate, and despite his similarities to Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul will hurt the GOP more than Clinton Inc. in ‘08