~~one star turns zaps three stars~~~
Does anyone think that perhaps our political genius and otherwise very smart man has reasons for being somewhat ambiguous? Just a thought...
The thing is - there never was any ambiguity.
The key phrase: "Though victory in the conventional political sense is not available..."
Keyword 1: conventional -> stating the obvious.
Keyword 2: available -> someone or something controls and will not allow for it.
Keyword 3: Though -> signaling an unconventional conclusion.
Only the establishment 'team', both in and out of TheCampaign jumped on tha preposterous inferrence that he is giving up.
Preposterous, because Ron Paul will be the last one giving up - if ever.
After all, he's been at it for much longer than most of us, and without us - so...
It always pays to listen to his precise words in precise context, and screw the spin and the spinners, wherever they may come from.