Ron Paul and the GOP Convention

"What [Ron Paul supporters] need to do is prove to the Republican Party that they are not just a radical fringe that can be completely ignored, like in 2008, but that they are the loyal opposition, the other big wing of the party," says Reason Senior Editor Brian Doherty, author of Ron Paul's Revolution.

Doherty says that even though Paul didn't win Nebraska and will not have a prime speaking slot at the GOP Convention, Paul and his supporters will still be there in full force.

"His fans are unstoppable...There will be hundreds of them on the convention floor."

Paul has influenced the GOP unequivocally in terms on monetary policy, "an issue that had no traction whatsoever until five years ago," says Doherty, "and now he can get every Republican in the House and plenty of Democrats to vote for 'Audit the Fed' bills."

ReasonTV's Nick Gillespie caught up with Doherty at FreedomFest to discuss what can be expected from Ron Paul and his supporters heading into the convention and the future of the GOP.

Shot by Tracy Oppenhiemer and Alex Manning. Edited by Oppenheimer. About 4 minutes.

Held each July in Las Vegas, FreedomFest is attended by over 2,000 limited-government enthusiasts and libertarians a year. ReasonTV spoke with over two dozen speakers and attendees and will be releasing interviews over the coming weeks.

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[toymation]

"I would support RP if only he wanted to murder thousands of innocent people overseas"

~Neocon logic

[LocustJeff]

Ron Paul has won at least 5 states. Iowa, Louisiana, Main, Minnesota and Nevada. Maybe Massachusetts, Colorado, and Virginia.

[Matthew Andrew]

RON PAUL 2012

[sfiorare]

notice how i didn't say romney owns your votes

and ron paul is a nut case, look at all his decades in congress and he couldn't even get one of his bill passed into law

[ElAsaltaCulos2]

It doesn't mean Romney owns our votes. And that "nutcase" has more sense in his stool than Romney and his followers have collectively.

[sfiorare]

good, write him in

you're the one that is brainwashed

[diamlake2009]

That is brainwashing in the 3rd degree...sorry if you really believe it...I am writing in Ron Paul

[sfiorare]

face it ron paul will never be president

this country doesn't want a nut case in that office

[ElAsaltaCulos2]

Who the fuck said they were Romney's votes to begin with? Presumptuous dipshit

[sfiorare]

sure it is, it subtracts from romney's votes

[ElAsaltaCulos2]

Rand's "strategic endorsement" backfired.  He has lost almost all the Ron Paul base, while he could have excused not endorsing Romney until later, since Ron Paul is still running