How do you define popular? Do a bunch of people who don’t really care about their bad choices but vote anyway count as “popular”?
Paul is significantly more popular than all of the rest of the candidates. Delegates = Votes. Just because Romney got Millions of Dollars from a bunch of banks and got a bunch more apathetic voters out, it doesn’t mean he is popular. He is the best of the worst. Note the very low voter turnout even with an extremely unpopular president.
The Romney and Santorum Delegates won’t stand a shot with a majority of Paul supports in the state Caucus votes. Think about it…[/quote]
In this context, I would define popular as people actually voting. You’re attribute importance to Paul votes, but you’re totally dismissive of votes for others. You don’t see that disconnect? There isn’t a single nationwide poll that indicates Paul’s popularity exceeds the other remaining candidates. In national polls, on average, he’s still around 15%, and in 3rd place. And he’s at the highest he’s ever been. I understand national polling isn’t terribly important in either the primaries or the general, but I’m pretty sure that no candidate has ever won either with 15% support. A lot of time for things to change, but they’re not trending Paul’s direction. He appears to have hit a ceiling.
