Are the Republicans screwed if Ron Paul runs as a 3rd party candidate?

Probably not. The Libertarians have their own convention and their own candidates, and many resent Ron Paul declaring himself a Republican. It's possible he could run as an "independent," but he probably will not.

I think his idea is to get people thinking and talking about topics they would otherwise ignore.

Ron Paul said he has no intention to run as a 3rd candidate. It is very expensive and time consuming to do and a 3rd candidate never wins. If he doesn't get the nominee all bets are off.

Honestly it doesn't matter if Obama or a different GOP canidate wins, because it will mean the same thing - more lieing, more corportaism, more corruption.

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