ABC News has learned that Ron Paul has, at last, decided to officially drop out of the race for the Republican nomination.
In a web video to be posted on Paul's website he will tell supporters he is winding down his campaign, which had already taken a back seat in recent weeks to his simultaneous bid for reelection to his Congressional seat.
Ah well. The man who sat atop the AOL Straw Poll all those weeks--but who couldn't consistently earn a percentage of the votes above the single digits in non-internet contests--certainly gave us an interesting ride. Here are a few of the YouTube moments gave rise to an unlikely movement.
In an effort to encourage the same level of civil dialogue among Politics Daily’s readers that we expect of our writers – a “civilogue,” to use the term coined by PD’s Jeffrey Weiss – we are requiring commenters to use their AOL or AIM screen names to submit a comment, and we are reading all comments before publishing them. Personal attacks (on writers, other readers, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, or anyone at all) and comments that are not productive additions to the conversation will not be published, period, to make room for a discussion among those with ideas to kick around. Please read our Help and Feedback section for more info.