Comment: Because it is convenient

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Because it is convenient

To have a scapegoat - someone to blame when one doesn't get what one wants - Ron Paul didn't win the nomination because he didn't win enough delegates. It is my understanding that the delegate strategy employed in the conventions that were so successful was the brainchild of Benton but Ron Paul didn't win enough votes in primaries and caucases to go with the delegate grabbing strategy to make it possible for him to win. Now he doesn't want a ridiculous and hopeless display put on in his name in Tampa so he sent out Benton to tell everyone. Benton is not the bad guy.