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Entry: Ron Paul Update Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_update#17753 Post contents: Not sure a re-entry after having withdrawn the possibility of running as an independent is all that positive, actually. It reinforces the idea that Paul is a kind of schlemeil, eccentric, wierd and very definitely flakey. Ross Perot pulled a similar stunt - entering, withdrawing, and entering again - in 1992 and it cost him dearly on election day. He might easily have placed first or second had he not proven himself so unpredictable. Paul hurt himself putting the kebosh on an independent candidacy a week or so ago. I would have voted for him as an independent prior to that announcement but would hestitate to do so now. But for him to continue to toy with the idea of getting anywhere as a Republican is just out-and-out lunacy. The chief beneficary of any McCain scandal will be Huckabee and Paul's supporters, as thoroughly and unbelievably credulous as they are, would be simply reinforced in their fantasies with such developments. Paul has meaning only as an independent, but right now, if he backpedaled and ran as an independent he'd look like an idiot. I won't vote for an idiot. Sent at: 2008 09 07