Yep. My plan of attack is now this (unless he withdraws before I can vote in May):
Vote for Paul. Not because I like him but in hopes that more votes his way in the primary will deflect the tide of McRombee and give us a brokered convention. In the meantime pray pray pray for a brokered convention - its our only hope. Now flame away.
No thanks.
That's a really poor reason to vote for anyone, let alone Paul.
A brokered convention would mean a fractured party until the Fall, with only 60 days after to the General Election. No funds could be raised until then. And, according to McCain Feingold, much advocacy advertising would be illegal for the entire 60 days before the election.
Meanwhile, the Dems will probably have been settled on a candidate by May at the latest. That means 6 months of ads which the Republicans cannot effectively reply to.