[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

but his grassroots is made up of an odd mix of anti-war leftists and big L Libertarians.

That's just not true. If you looked at any of his rallies, or attended a Ron Paul meetup group, these folks are just as nondescript as people at a shopping mall.

Looking at their forums you can see a thread about their second choice and 99% of them say no one.

Can you blame them? You're talking about people who never cared about politics in the first place until Paul came along. Why should they compromise for the same-old same-old?

[Santa Fe_Conservative]

Can you blame them? You're talking about people who never cared about politics in the first place until Paul came along. Why should they compromise for the same-old same-old?

No kidding. If there is one thing which impresses me about Pail(besides aspects of his stances on small government and immigration) it was his ability to stir up talk amongst a population bloc which never votes.