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Ron Paul Lost, Let Me Count the Ways

Jim Henley assesses the complete and utter failure that was the Ron Paul campaign for the Republican presidential nomination:

Ron Paul Lost

Paul failed to win any states, to move the GOP debate in his direction, to accrue significant delegates or to leverage his fund-raising into a third-party run. And word is he’s staying quiet about endorsing an independent because he doesn’t want the Congressional GOP leadership to strip him of committee assignments come the fall. Paul accomplished the one thing he’s always been good at: using political appeals to get people to send money. I don’t feel freer.

But other than that, he did a super job. Revolution!

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About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.

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    Ron Paul didn’t win, but he did expose why the GOP is losing. All anyone has to do is read this five year old article to know why the GOP is losing

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