He is getting 5 percent in the results. I don’t think we can afford to lose five percent this election.
Currently Paul is getting 6.90% of the total votes cast. I guess it depends upon what groups they are coming from as to whether they can afford to be lost or not. I’m not convinced that his supporters in very large number are Republican voters generally if at all.
1,224,778 votes cast, 84,554 votes to Paul = 6.9%
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/R.phtml
That could really hurt the Republican nominee big time.