Ron Paul's Last Hurrah

Mitt Romney just became the last man standing.
Ron Paul, the Libertarian-cum-Republican who vowed to go all the way to the GOP Convention, today announced that he is quitting his course toward the White House, one he never had a chance of winning in any case.
In his announcement, Congressman Paul said that he is not disposed to spend more money to try to win primaries against the well-oiled machine of Mitt Romney. “To continue to do that with any hope of winning would require tens of millions of dollars that we simply do not have,” Paul said.
Ron Paul is not leaving the GOP battleground, however. He intends to leave his name on the remaining primary ballots, to continue to collect delegates and to take his message to the floor of the GOP Convention in Tampa in August.
The libertarian message of personal liberty, low taxes, American isolation from world conflicts unrelated to American interests, and small government, will no doubt be heard positively by the GOP delegates, many of whom will be tea partiers who sympathize with Paul’s message. And, together, the tea partiers and Ron Paul will influence the GOP platform and the positions taken by Romney when the autumn campaign gets fully underway.
At 76, Ron Paul has surely now had his last hurrah. Paul, a gynecologist elected from Texas to the House of Representatives for many terms, will pass his Libertarian-Republican mantle on to his son, Rand Paul, the US Senator from Kentucky.
Ron Paul - just a personal note - don’t stop reminding Americans what is actually written in their Constitution. While most Americans love their founding document, they often misunderstand it, and American politicians usually just wish it would go away.