No, you typed (abridged): “a Romney/Rand Paul ticket, with a cabinet appointment to Ron, would be far less attractive to Ron Paul supporters than Ron as the GOP presidential nominee.”
Well no kidding. People who are supporting Ron Paul for President would actually prefer him being the GOP nominee for President over him being appointed to a Cabinet and Mitt Romney being the nominee for President. I think we can place that safely in the “no shit” category.
I think that’s a gross mischaracterization of Obama.
Not just because of Levin, but yeah. Levin served as two different examples…one as the radio host that a lot of Republicans listen to and respect and will be influenced by…but two as an embodiment of a typical rank-and-file Republican. As in, he’s verbalizing what a lot of regular voting Republicans are/would be thinking, even without Levin trying to influence them.
“The truth of that assumption is not obvious to me.” Gary North doesn’t seem to think so. And he’s been around the political block a few times.