Ron Paul At SRLC 2010  

You are absolutely right. This is why the Republicans lost the election. I was at our caucus here. We did a straw poll and McCain was never even mentioned! It was Romney and Paul. The problem these people have with Paul is he wont tote the line. He follows the Constitution and that scares them. Since the Constitution gives the Federal Government limited power. Paul does not look to increase that power. He wont vote party line, he sticks to his beliefs and ideals. The funny thing about these straw polls now, is he isnt even running. Maybe with enough CITIZENS backing him, he will try again. But let me tell you America, he is getting any younger. If you want things fixed, it better be now!

The more the republican party does this, the more it will continualy alienate themselves from the national tea party movement they are already struggling to hijack. Ron Paul is the quintessential tea party style candidate. No matter, the more they do this, the more they are going to drive people to Dr.Paul.

I just hope the Republicans get their act together. I won't be voting for Obama, so I hope they give me someone I can vote for... I'd vote for Paul.

I like a lot of Ron Paul's ideas but he never seems to make a serious run for the office. And people are too stupid and lazy to investigate and make themselves familiar with someone who doesn't have millions to pump into a campaign. Maybe we truly do get the government we deserve.

They just don't get it. They hoped after the election was over that his suporters would just go away. But that did not happen. Instead it grew. More poeple know about and like Ron Paul than before. He is not a flash in the pan. He has staying power. So now the GOP does not know what to do with him. They don't want to upset the Tea Party people too much so they have stopped a lot (but not all) the bashing against him.Some individual politicans still bash him but the party has stopped. But they don't want to embrace him because he is not "controlable" by the party. If he does run and wins. Which I hope happens. The RNC will not have control anymore than they did with Obama in office. Paul won't tow the party line and they know it. They want to run and put someone in the white house that will. That is why you are seeing the RNC throw peole like Palin and some of the other politicans that are jumping on the tea party bandwagon at them. They are hoping to pull the tea party support away from Ron Paul and on to a candidate they can control.
Hopefully that won't happen... because a candidate that will "tow the party line" is not a Tea party candidate.