re: #350 moderatelyradicalliberal

The only reason Paul won’t make an independent run after the convention is that it would hurt his son’s standing in the party.

That I agree with. Rand Paul is to Ron Paul as mitt Romney is to his own (since deceased) father. In both cases the son is not the original that the father is/was and is much more of a careerist within the party. Rand Paul could not survive as a Senator without a party and the GOP would force him to politically disown his father if Ron ran as a 3rd party candidate and would cast him out if he refused.