Yeah Hoser, here's where you're thoughts are flawed.  Perot did split the Rep ticket. Paul, polling at 1 - 3% with the Rep base, does not draw many voters from the Rep base, he draws them from EVERYWHERE else.  The people who like Paul will never, ever vote for Rudy McRompson. With that and the polls in mind, if anything, with his anti-war stance, he splits the Dems. Paul is the candidate they DON'T want, because he can make them look bad on the war.