Jane at FDL reminds me of a revealing moment for John McCain in the Saturday debate:
The reason the kewl kidz on the bus love him so much is because he is a nasty, high school locker room smart ass. Always has been.
He's also hiding behind the ample skirts of Roger Ailes. Ron Paul has a legitimate constituency in the GOP, which is both popular and bizarre, and which St John McCain the maverick war hero and the rest refuse to confront head-on. What a big bunch of babies these great GOP warriors are when the chips are down.