But Pauls support is not all Republican. It includes Libertarians, a grocery list of extremists, and Democrats who are working to undermine Republican efforts (Not exactly supporters that a Repulican should be bragging about.) Volunteers and grassroots supporters..... Right. Paul does not belong in the Repulican primary and debates. He is a libertarian.
Who cares? Winning elections is all about building a coalition while retaining your core base. Paul has support from everyone -- libertarians, independents, traditional liberals, and old-right conservatives pissed off at the GOP. Or do you prefer to keep milking the socon vote and then getting mad when libertarians and indepedents stay home or vote 3rd party and your RINO candidate loses?
I'm telling you, the GOP is a dying party, if it wasn't for Paul there would have been a 3rd party candidate.