Ron Paul Out (Thus Ends the Revolution)

Well, it looks like Ron Paul is bowing out of the race for the GOP nomination (now that McCain is the nominee-apparent), and will instead focus on getting himself reelected to the House. And, if anyone was wondering about the chances of his making a third-party run—the answer is “no”.

From Ron Paul’s campaign blog:

With Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero. But that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get. But with so many primaries and caucuses now over, we do not now need so big a national campaign staff, and so I am making it leaner and tighter. Of course, I am committed to fighting for our ideas within the Republican party, so there will be no third party run. I do not denigrate third parties—just the opposite, and I have long worked to remove the ballot-access restrictions on them. But I am a Republican, and I will remain a Republican.

I also have another priority. I have constituents in my home district that I must serve. I cannot and will not let them down. And I have another battle I must face here as well. If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee, and pretend it was a rejection of our ideas. I cannot and will not let that happen.

Long live the duopoly, I guess.