8% in your home state of texas means you are out of touch with reality:
But these are the kind of rules that Paul has hoped to take advantage of from the beginning, with limited results so far. Nor do the current polls look too good for him: Heâs at 8 percent in Texas in a new survey from WPA Opinion Research.
Whither Ron Paul?
Lost in the debate between Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney over whether the GOP contest is now a two-man race or a three-man race: Thereâs still a fourth guy.
Ron Paulâs relevance has faded in recent weeks as his campaign fails to secure delegates or poll competitively with the major contenders. While he has placed second in a number of states, he is the only candidate remaining who has yet to win a single contest. On Tuesday, he finished a distant fourth in Alabama and Mississippi, his delegate total stalled at 48, versus 495 for Mitt Romney, 252 for Santorum and 131 for Gingrich.
Paul never was expected to seriously compete for the nomination, and his goal has always been to advance his broader libertarian ideology. He did at one point hold a lead in Iowa polls, and many observers thought his potent grassroots operation might power him to some surprise performances in caucus states.
Instead, his campaign settled into a solid fourth place, and any scraps of media attention his campaign received after Iowa has evaporated. This week the last reporter who was still embedded full time with Paulâs campaign finally left the trail. On Tuesday night, the New York Times writeup of the Alabama and Mississippi results contained0 mentions of Paul; the Associated Press devoted one sentence â noting his lack of effort in the run-up to the vote. He didnât fare much better in grabbing their attention on Super Tuesday either: The Times mentioned his total delegate count and, in passing, that he was Romneyâs only competition on the ballot in Virginia. That was it.
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