Many of his supporters are anti-war liberal democrats who probably never really planned on voting for him in the general.
Well, I’m anti stupid wars, but I’m no liberal nor a Democrat. Haven’t seen anyone say what the goal is in Iraq or Afghanistan. Saying we fight a global war on terror (terror being a tactic, and thus, incapable of surrender) means the government can start a war at any time and continue it perpetually. We are sacrificing our good men and women for what exactly?
Most of them come from an economics/small government perspective, but are oblivious of the threats from Communism and Islam. Each time I talk to them, I am forced to remind them that they need to talk about the threats from Communists as much as they talk about the Federal Reserve and that Ron Paul is flat out wrong when he describes Muslims as victims. After all, Islam is anti-liberty as well. Many Ron Paul supporters are naive about Islam and do not know how to answer this point.