Is Ron Paul Dropping out? Will he Run as an Independent?

 As can be read here, Ron Paul left a video message on his campaign website that appears to say that he is dropping out of the race. Although he never did come out and say that he was, he hinted at it. There is one part of the story that I linked to above that I find interesting, and it is the last sentence in the article.

Paul said their job now was to plan for the next phase of their effort.

 What does he mean by this? Could it just mean that he wants to continue to get his message out there? Possibly, and actually, probably. But could it mean that he is thinking about running as a third party candidate? Or should I say fourth party candidate, Ralph Nader is already running of course. I know that he has said repeatedly that he will not run if he doesn’t get the Republican nomination, but he has a huge internet following and I believe he could be persuaded to mount a campaign. We have already seen how effective he is at raising money on the internet.

 This would really make things interesting, as if they aren’t already interesting enough. You would then have Nader probably taking votes from Democrats with Paul taking votes from Republicans, and then there is the very real possibility that Michael Bloomberg could still enter the race.

 I say come one and come all. With this many candidates to chose from I may actually be able to find someone to vote for.