I agree. If Ron Paul, who at present does not have the chance of a snowball, ends up with even 3 or 4 percent of the Republican vote, that 3 or 4 percent may make the difference in a general election. We have had some close ones recently. I am not sure the constant demeaning and belittlement of Congressman Paul is going to do a lot to encourage his supporters to back the GOP nominee or be friendly to those who were so critical of their guy and his supporters.
Vigilance, I've been saying this since virtually Paul entered the race. He has a strong network of grassroots supporters from across the political spectrum. These folks aren't going to hold their noses for the nominee, except for the possibility of Fred as Fred shares most of Paul's federalist beliefs except for foreign policy. That's why most of these posters, at the same time, keep asking whether or not will Paul run as a 3rd party or independent candidate. Paul scares the feces out of the establishment, go to YouTube and witness liberal dinosaur Mike Wallace's son sneeringly mock Paul and the Rockefeller candidates with their non-existent grassroots support & Bush status-quo snicker at Paul in the background.
>>I agree. If Ron Paul, who at present does not have the chance of a snowball, ends up with even 3 or 4 percent of the Republican vote, that 3 or 4 percent may make the difference in a general election.<<
The Perot principle. This could all be avoided if the Republicans would rewrite their platform on conservative, constitutional principles. We are hungry for this.