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For presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the quest for the Republican Party nomination is an all or nothing game. While Paul ran for the White House in 1988 on the Libertarian ticket, earning 0.47% of the vote, the lawmaker told Washington Wire Friday that he’s not going to make a separate effort to get on the general election ballot if the Republican nomination doesn’t come through. “The thought does not cross my mind about a third party,” Paul told us today after speaking at the Americans for Prosperity conference, a forum for fiscal conservatives. “I did it and...