Oh what to do about Ron Paul?

If you have been paying even the remotest bit of attention to American politics, you would know by now that Obama’s Republican challenger is Mitt Romney. Romney has won enough delegates to secure his nomination at the Republican Party Convention in Tampa, Florida. Both Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have already suspended their campaigns and endorsed Mitt Romney for President. The establishment of the party has well and truly lined up behind Romney, with one major exception: Ron Paul.

Ron Paul has not endorsed Mitt Romney, nor has he dropped out of the race either. Although Paul is not going to beat Romney to win the nomination, it is still an embarrassment to the Republican Party. Ron Paul has always been on the fringes of the Republican Party, Libertarians have never been truly Republican but nonetheless every election Ron Paul runs in the primary season.

This year Ron Paul may actual go to the convention, if Ron Paul wins the majority of delegates in the Nebraska State Convention, he will be eligible to be nominated for the Republican choice for President! He needs a plurality of delegates in at least five states, he already has the majority in Maine, Iowa and Minnesota. It is looking likely that he will also do so in Louisiana.

What this will result in would be Ron Paul would have a 15 minute speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida! There would also have to be voting in which Ron Paul would take a sizeable proportion of the votes. Although nobody anywhere can deny that Mitt Romney will be the eventual Republican nomination for president, it is still embarrassing for him to face opposition within in his own party at this late stage. No doubt the Obama campaign will use this against Mitt Romney in the television debates and other such occasions.

Watch carefully for the results of the Nebraska primary tonight or tomorrow (depending on how long it takes and where in the world you are), it could be a victory for Paul!