I hope he wins, but if he doesn't, I hope he stays till the bitter end, and takes a fat chunk of the vote, and then runs as a third party, and takes another fat chunk of the vote and gets Obama reelected. The Republican party deserves worse.
How's about a dose of optimism from an unlikely source?
1. Paul goes on to the convention, never conceding, holding on to his delegates and reminding everyone of his proportion of the vote.
2. Paul manages to extract concessions (rhetorically, in the party platform, or otherwise) that move the GOP in the direction of fiscal, budgetary, and economic sanity. Like a $500B budget cut in year one, commitment to get back to teh year 2006 budget or some such.
3. Paul then concedes and works with the GOP to paint BHO as an economic failure precisely because of his lack of fidelity to the COTUS and fiscal sanity & rectitude. Also going after BHO hammer & tongs for starting a NEW war in the ME and bungling Egypt.
This smells more likely the more I read GOP/conservo-pundits who are honest enough to see and say that Paul has:
1. Garnered a lot of votes in both Iowa & NH.
2. Helped push the debate his direction on economic issues.\
3. Could royally screw the GOP with a 3rd party run if he isn't thrown some concessions.
See Waitone's post about DeMint.