When Mitt Romney secures the Republican presidential nomination, it’s pretty clear the last man standing against him will be Ron Paul. The Texas Congressman will be outgunned for sure but he is the only one of Romney’s rivals with the money and the doggedness to keep going even after it becomes clear Romney is going to be the nominee. As Freddy observed earlier, Ron Paul’s result in New Hampshire was properly remarkable.
Four years ago, Paul won 8% of the vote in the Granite State. That was a pretty nifty result for a candidate who had been almost entirely ignored by the mainstream press and, on the rare occasions he was granted a moment in the TV glare, generally mocked. Last night he trebled his vote in New Hampshire, a reward for a long march and the happy consequences of Republican over-reach, economic calamity and his own refusal to change a thing about himself.
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