True, but Chris Peden is running in the primary against Paul, and should Paul win reelection, the GOP leadership could in fact deny Paul the right to caucus with them, in effect ostracizing him. If you pull his ability to use RNC resources for fundraising, you’ve put a helluva kink in his money stream, internet or not.
They could. I doubt he'll be using RNC resources, but he's got plenty of his own. Besides, a third party question makes the question moot. Hopefully we won't be looking at a one vote House split.