Contrary to my counterintuitive hype of a possible Ron Paul third party presidential candidacy, he has apparently ruled out an independent bid: "I am committed to fighting for our ideas within the Republican Party, so there will be no third party run" (via Michael Crowley).
However, I do feel validated by the poll (via Douthat) showing Paul doubling Michael Bloomberg's support if they both ran as third party candidates. As I've written before, Bloomberg has no constituency and no rationale for a candidacy. But that hasn't stopped the folks at the Draft Bloomberg movement from making this silly video calling on him to save us:
Total signatures on their petition to date: 11,605. Total signatures on the petition to save "Friday Night Lights" (a far more worthy cause, though probably just as quixotic): 11,530. Go FNL!
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