[quote=livinincali]Rand Paul just did the smart thing and dropped out. No point in burning up more money on a fruitless campaign. I don’t know how anybody donates anymore money to the Republican non-top 4 but maybe Jeb’s cash furnace will run long enough to get him back into a the mix a bit. The best thing for the establishment, that doesn’t want Trump, is to get these not going anywhere campaigns out of the way quickly.[/quote]
Rand Paul is also up for Senate re-election in 2016, and he probably wanted to shore up his position there, and not spend too much time looking like a loser on the national stage.
Paul’s supporters may split up in more interesting ways than some other candidates. I imagine there’s a few “Paul or Bust!” younger Republicans. I also imagine a few may side with Trump.
Small as their support was, the Huckabee and Santorum voters almost certainly won’t like Trump; although he panders to the religious right, for a true Social Conservative his positions are going to look muddled. Cruz or Rubio could both gobble up their support, but even Carson could.
