Nor does the GOP. Some well-meaning, not super-informed, kids have taken to Paul as a concept. Can you imagine being raised in a blue, latte, ultra-PC suburb and trying to find a respectable politics by which you can show a little rebellion? Wouldn’t hurt the GOP to give their props to the libertarian instinct and invite them under the big GOP tent for the future.
Good point. How do they do this?
I have heard a number of bloggers talk about this. You got to admire Paul's supporters zeal and organizational skills. On a purely emotional level, their "leave me the heck alone" mentality is enormously seductive to most Conservatives.
Problem is the fundamental incompatibility of the Social Conservatives and the Libertarians to work together. Their views on virtually all social issues are fundamentally opposed and neither side really has much desire to cooperate with the other views.
How does the GOP get one side in the tent without losing the other?