myth buster
2008-11-04 12:26:26
Ron Paul was no spoiler. Despite their allignment on many issues, most Ron Paul supporters wouldn’t vote for Mike Huckabee anyway, and none of the other Republican candidates could possibly strike a stronger claim to Paul’s base. In other words, Paul’s supporters wouldn’t have voted in the Republican primary if he weren’t running, so he made little difference. Fred Thompson, now there’s a spoiler. Why did conservatives draft him, anyway? We already had five conservatives to choose from (Huckabee, Tancredo, Brownback, T. Thompson, Hunter).
