Ron Paul at the RNC

By Eric Pfeiffer | September 2, 2008 2:22 PM | | Comments (0)

Ron Paul is in negotiations with the McCain campaign for an agreement that would allow Paul to travel through the convention perimeter in exchange for access to Paul's supporter list. Technically, Paul is already allowed to travel to the convention floor as part of the Texas congressional delegation, but the agreement would allow him to bring some staff, including a bodyguard. Personally, I thought it would only be a distraction to have Paul participate in any formal capacity. But reading Ralph Hallow's story today, and the accompanying video interview with Mr. Paul, is definitely giving me second thoughts.

Is there any way having Ron Paul on the convention floor could turn out to be a smart move by McCain? Doug Mataconis says he'd be shocked if any such agreement was reached:

Ron Paul barely made a dent in the Republican primaries and he's openly attacked the Republican nominee and suggested that it would be best if his supporters voted for a third-party candidate such as Bob Barr or the Constitution Party's Chuck Baldwin,

Of course, Sarah Palin herself once had some nice things to say about Ron Paul in an interview with MTV:

Governor Sarah Palin: He's cool. He's a good guy. He's a good guy. He's so independent. He's independent of like the party machine, I'm like, right on, so am I. The party machinery, on both sides of the party, ya know, Americans are tiring of the incessant partisanship that gets in the way of just doing the right thing for this country.

Tags: Republican National Convention, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin

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