[Diogenesis]

Ron Paul and Mitt RomneyCARE -
For When the GOP Really, Really Must Lose
and pull Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

RESULTS – Feb. 2010 Early Freerepublic.com straw vote FOR GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
Governor Palin was the overwhelming choice of freepers who voted!

Palin - 102 votes - THE WINNER
None Of The Above - 12 votes
Barbour - 10 votes
Hunter - 8 votes
Demint - 7 votes
Pence - 3 votes
Ryan - 3 votes
Jindal - 2 votes
Jeb Bush - 2 votes
Liz Cheney - 2 votes
Mitch Daniels - 2 votes
Newt Gingrich - 2 votes
Thune, Gary Johnson, Joe Wilson, Scott Brown and rick Perry all got a vote.
No Votes for Mitt RomneyCARE or Huckabee .... 0 votes (none, zed, nada, doughnut, oh-no) “

[Engineer_Soldier]

I wouldn't necessarily agree with your assertion. Ron Paul has one of the largest, unheard of college-student followings in the nation. That's huge because they are the future voters of our nation and have long been a locked-in constituency for anybody with socialist ties. This takes a large block of voters away from Obama in 2012.

Also, he received more money from military members than any other candidate in the 2008 primaries making him supported by another huge block of voters that can make a difference.

Finally, who is more to-the-right than Ron Paul? Nobody. And, then he's resonating with the young voters? That's unheard of up until now. No other candidate can claim these things - not even Sarah Palin.