Reply #39: There is a libertarian fault line in the GOP that deserves a sledge hammer.

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The Cato Institute determined that libertarians usually do not support their own party, and instead vote for either the Republican or Democratic party at a ratio of 3:1. The 2008 election was the only election where they split 50:50, and you saw what happened when they failed to support the GOP in their usual numbers.

The attitude towards Israel and the American Empire is an obvious fault line in the Republican party, as this video demonstrates.

How it plays out in 2010 is obvious. Republicans, as usual, will pretend to be libertarians when they're talking to a libertarian audience, and "conservatives" when they're talking to a conservative audience, and win big on it as usual. What happens in 2012, however, is a different story. There are two possible scenarios:

1. Paul runs for the GOP nomination and the usual Republican machine will work against him. Fox New excludes him from the debates again, angry Ron Robots chase Hannity down the street with signs again, and the Republican party is split again, like it was in 2008.

2. Paul takes a backroom deal to stay away from the Republican leadership contest in exchange for the winning candidate giving him the VP slot, and the Republicans get to have it both ways.