The people saying Ron Paul should "give up an quit" are missing the point. It was never about winning. It's about holding onto the microphone for as long as possible! This is not driven by one man's ego, it's about spreading the message of limited government. Paul himself repeatedly has said his own campaign is not really even ABOUT himself! (How many other candidates would say that?)

Animosity toward Paul is in some ways encouraging because it proves he has struck a nerve. Those insisting "there is no revolution" have the tone of someone trying to convince themselves.

I would have thought a little "also-ran" candidate would be easier to ignore. Hmm...

This country is on the verge of financial collapse. We have waaay overspent and overborrowed. Before long, it is all gonna fall in on top of us. None of the MSM candidates care to even address this issue. Therefore, to me, they are all the same. Only Ron Paul has addressed our nation's financial crisis.

I am gonna go to early vote, request a write-in ballot, and write-in Ron Paul. That is the only thing I can do to help me sleep at night.

PS I never heard of his plan to shut down NASA, but ironically, NASA WILL BE EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN (almost completely defunded) if the 600 billion a year deficit craziness continues. McCain is a proven disaster, and and I dont expect anything good from Obama or Hillary.

good luck to Ron Paul. I hope he will be reelected to the Congress.

Ron Paul speaks the truth, and there is a movement that he started but my generation will finish. You big government lovers will be calling us heroes in your history books after we save the country you take for granted. the bottom line is the word "liberty" go look it up and try to understand it's meaning. It is about as synonamous with America as a word can get. Meanwhile you idiots elect politician after politician who use the power you have already given them to coirce you into giving them even more. We will wrestle it back for you with a crowbar if need be, so don't worry. I'm sure the majority of you who think Ron Paul is crazy have had other people do the heavy lifting for you your entire life. Get Ready. – IQ = 158

RON PAUL FOREVER, I DONT SELL MY PRINCIPLES

Go Ron, Go Freedom.

When the McCain, Clinton or Obama voters are complaining about them in 2009 when they don't keep their empty promises, I can at least say: "Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul!"

I will vote for him in November even if it is a write in.

I believe that the next president that takes off whether it be Obama, McCain or Clinton, will be a one termer. It will be known as the "bagholder" term , and I have zero confidence that any of these 3 stooges can fix the tsunmai of economic problems that are coming.

Dr. Paul could have rolled up his sleeves and taken care of business and put the US back on a path of prosperity. But, no one said you had to take an IQ test before you voted, so the sheeple will get the president it deserves.

I look forward to seeing Dr. Paul's platform in 2012.

Thank you ,Dr. Paul. I am a better person for being part of your campaign.

My only hope is that Dr. Paul can mentor an up-and-coming leader who shares the ideals and integrity, but also 'looks' and 'sounds' the part of a candidate people want to vote for President.

It's unfortunate that our 'American Idol' society puts more weight on minority status, and 'sounding' like a President above the actual ideas and principles a candidate shows to have fought for during his entire career.

I appreciate Dr. Ron Paul for helping many of us believe that there is still hope for the Founding Fathers' vision of a Democracy. May the ideas and integrity live on in a fresh, new voice that will pull America into prosperity and security in 2012.

-Samuel Adams

Thanks for the story CNN

Paul and Kucinich; twin brothers from separate mother units.

Ron Paul is not in the presidential race for ego glory, but to bring about a consciousness-raising over how far we have degenerated from the principles set down by our founding fathers–the same founding fathers who understood through experience the subtle ways that tyranny will always be with us and how the constitution, if followed, would protect against it. We are not following the constitution and we are in deep trouble, as David Walker, former Comptroller of the US, and many others, including Ron Paul, are saying.

Many in the GOP pay the constitution lip service, even giving away free copies of it through their programs, but they continue to support those candidates who are clearly working against its law. The public needs to get educated and support those candidates who support our law and its protections: the US Constitution.

It's that sort of sentiment that makes US politics so utterly idiotic. Intelligent elections are not about "electability", nor about "party solidarity", nor about the cult of personality. They are about the issues, and standing for something. Choosing "the lesser of evils" or figuring how to vote for "the winner" completely miss the point of why we have the right to vote in the first place.

Opposing Ron Paul (or any politician) on grounds like the NASA comment or foreign policy are at least intelligent, reasoned objections. Opposing Ron Paul because he "doesn't have a chance" is as shallow and bereft of intelligence as voting for Hillary because she's a woman, or Obama because he's black, or mocking Romney or Huckabee for their religion.

As a practical matter, Obama doesn't need your help to win any more or less than Dr. Paul needs your help to lose. One vote means nothing – simple math. For that reason, whether a candidate might win or lose should have nothing to do with whether you support him; if you agree with the message than you should have enough integrity to vote for him despite what other people think! The Second American Revolution is just getting started, so why should we care if we begin with only 20% of the vote in a state or two?

You are promoters of free markets controlling our society by the "invisible hand" that causes capital, labor, and consumers to work efficiently through self-interest. Doesn't it bother you that global corporations like Time-Warner, Microsoft, NBC, and Rupert Murdoch are trying to shut Paul out? Doesn't that tell you something about corprorate behavior? Doesn't that reveal a huge hole in your economic theories? Global corporations wish to render governments weak so that they can then grow into a monopoly and control the markets that you want to remain free.

You can't have it both ways.

Those who want candidates out simply want the party leaders and insiders to make the choice.

The GOP may not survive to the next election.

Who's finger do you want on The Button? McCain will press it for you. Hillary will not until we are mostly gone. Obama, the child politician, doesn't know what The Button is. The Button at the finger tip of any of these three is a worse nightmare than having nuclear weapons in Iran or any other country built on Islamic extremism.

Hopefully, you will wake up and realize that your dream is ending before it's too late.

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One thing I learned while doing research papers in high school and college is that the Internet is not a particularly reliable source. Anyone can write anything they want to and put it up on a webpage. For every one reliable source out there, there are 10 or more websites trying to portray the writer's particular theory as fact even if true facts do not support it.

I'm not saying that you are lying about any of what you said, but you could easily be misinformed.

@Tom (who loves NASA)...

Fine, THEN YOU PAY FOR IT, I DON'T WANT TO AND NO ONE ASKED ME!!!!!

GoRON...get the government out of my paycheck!