Newsweek sits down with Ron Paul to find out why, exactly, he’s still running. Apparently it’s so he can get “a little time at the convention—what would it hurt to let me talk about monetary policy?” as he says in the piece.

All this for “a little time”? How is that less pointless than a Code Pink protest?

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You’ve angered the Southern Avenger! I think he’s the guy in stars-and-bars tights who leaps from the parapets of single houses, armed only with a sweetgrass basket and a geechee accent, to fight elitist attitudes. When, oh when, will we learn that mocking Ron Paul doesn’t pay?

Slate still remembers Ron Paul: Apparently, Ron Paul is sort of dropping out. Slate writes: “In a strange seven-and-a-half minute address to supporters worldwide, Ron Paul said it was time to scale back the campaign. He’s not quite quitting, but he’s not quite optimistic, either. He admitted that he can’t achieve ‘victory in the conventional political sense.’ President Bush may want to steal that line for his next speech on Iraq.”

You can watch his speech (we warn you: it is dull as hell and just plain weird. Mr. Paul also did not get the memo from City Paper’s webguys as the video is way over the standard two minute time limit):

We will miss Mr. Paul as well as Mr. Huckabee. And of course, Mr. Romney. All provided plenty of yuks, crackpot theories, flip flops, and straight-to-youtube moments.