Ron Paul Effectively Ending Presidential Campaign

New submitter Dainsanefh sends this quote from the LA Times: "Ron Paul, Mitt Romney's lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, announced Monday that he would stop spending money on the party's 11 remaining primaries, in effect suspending his campaign. ... Apart from President Obama and Romney, Paul has raised more money than any other White House contender this year – more than $36 million. His calls for strict adherence to the Constitution and his no-nonsense manner have spawned a vocal and well organized group of followers, but not enough to give him a realistic shot at the presidency."

Comments

so what?

[ronpaulisanidiot]

ron paul still has a dedicated nationwide cult of devoted followers. they will happily lay down their jobs, their money, and their lives to spread the gospel of ron paul. this changes nothing.

Re:so what?

[ninjagin]

I agree completely. I liken Ron Paul to Pat Buchanan. He'll start talking and he says something that makes sense, and then he keeps talking and you begin to realize just how crazy and idiotic he really is. I actually believe that Ron Paul is bat-poop insane.

"calls for strict adherence to the constitution"

[cinnamon colbert]

NO, he doesn't. He says, anything I Ron Paul agree with is constitutional, and anything I don't is not... I feel really sad that people are taken in by this guy eg, if Texas wants to enact a law saying gays and blacks have to sit at the back of the bus, thats OK with R Paul (although, come to think of it, that is Obama's posistion to; I wonder how many liberals praising Obama for being for gay marriage by state would praise obama if he saidn miscegenation laws should be left up to the states.)

Re:Wrong

[Kjella]

He is no longer seeking primary votes, and is instead focusing 100% on taking delegate positions. This race is not over.

FYI Romney has more delegates than the rest of them combined and with everyone else giving up their campaign there's no way he'll lose the majority he already has. Even if Ron got 100% of Santorum's and Gingrich's delegates behind him, which I find unlikely given how wildly different the candidates are it still wouldn't be close to enough. But reality never much seemed to bother Ron or his followers...

Re:Wrong

[Anonymous Coward]

Circumventing democracy at its best! I may not have agreed with Ron Paul before, but I used to at least respect the man for staying true to his principles.

Cheating the system to get elected... no respect for this man now. (Yes I know its not technically cheating the letter of the law, but it flies in the face of a proper democratic election.)

Re:The end of one battle, not the war

[tmosley]

I'm sure you mean the will of Diebold.

As Stalin pointed out, it isn't the votes that matter, it is who counts the votes that matters.

You forgot to add...

[publiclurker]

And nothing of value was lost.

Re:Wrong

[DNS-and-BIND]

Do we forget so quickly? How many people were *certain* that Bu$hitler was going to suspend the Constitution and invoke martial law to stay in power? There were serious, sober people saying this with no irony. Now, suddenly, it's a ridiculous idea because those on the other side of the political spectrum are saying the same thing? How does this work, exactly? Please explain.