I would rather have 10 divisions of Chinese military in front of me versus 1 Pualhriod behind me.
What wil, you Paulhriods (the hemmohiods of American Politics) do when Ron Paul goes down in flames again? Cry in your boyfriend's diapers?
There is more to being conservative than being hawkish and having an expansionist foreign policy. So many here would willingly elect any liberal who has those criteria. Just look at Bush, Giuliani and McCain. Or even Lieberman for that matter (if he tacked on a GOP after his name). People have grown sick of having such politicians pushed on us.
Personally I am grateful to the Paulheads, libertarians and Tea Party folk who rattled the GOP establishment and stopped its progression down that path.