Ron Paul campaign

As you will see from the RT item that follows this article is misleading to say the VERY least.
Ron Paul suspends US presidential campaigning

United States Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has announced he is ending active campaigning, and will not campaign in states yet to hold primaries.

ABC,

15 May, 2012

Mr Paul, who led a stubbornly persistent presidential bid against presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney and other rivals, says he will "no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries".

But the Texas congressman will continue to try and win delegates awarded at upcoming state conventions, even though his chances of winning the nomination are virtually nil.

A Republican candidate needs 1,144 delegates in order to be declared the nominee. So far Mr Paul has 104 delegates, behind Mr Romney's 966.

Mr Romney is expected to wrap up the nomination on May 29 by winning the Texas primary.

Mr Romney's two main challengers, religious conservative Rick Santorum and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, dropped out in April and May respectively, leaving Mr Paul as Mr Romney's lone Republican opponent for the past two weeks.

"This campaign fought hard and won electoral success that the talking heads and pundits never thought possible," Mr Paul said in a statement.

"But, this campaign is also about more than just the 2012 election.

"It is about the campaign for liberty, which has taken a tremendous leap forward in this election and will continue to grow stronger in the future until we finally win."

After coming third in Iowa and second in New Hampshire - the first votes to choose the Republican who will challenge president Barack Obama in November - the unorthodox 76-year-old shot unexpectedly into the mainstream.

Few believed that Mr Paul could parlay his support into enough delegates to win the nomination, but party elders have been careful not to trample his ideas in case he bolts altogether and launches a third-party presidential bid.

This article gives a different impression

Ron Paul ends active campaigning but will continue to run for GOP nod

Congressman Ron Paul has announced that he will no longer be using resources to campaign in primary states, instead focusing all of his efforts on delegate-selection events as he vows to continue to vie for GOP nomination for presidential candidate.

RT,

14 May, 2012

Rep. Paul (R-Texas) issued a statement on his official website on Monday announcing that he will immediately begin to concentrate on collecting delegates at state conventions in lieu of traditional campaigning in states where he will have to compete in GOP presidential primaries.

"Our campaign will continue to work in the state convention process. We will continue to take leadership positions, win delegates, and carry a strong message to the Republican National Convention that liberty is the way of the future," reads the statement.

"Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in states that have not yet voted. Doing so with any hope of success would take many tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have.”

Following the bowing out of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich in recent weeks, Rep. Paul has become the most likely opponent to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in terms of taking the GOP nomination. Both men are vying for the Republican Party’s nod so that they can challenge incumbent President Barack Obama during this November’s election.

In Monday’s statement, Paul suggests that by continuing to accumulate delegates, he stands to give Romney a run for his money come the RNC later this summer in Tampa, Florida.

Paul says he will continue to try to accumulate delegates, a strategy that has been considered unorthodox by many but has so far proved to be mostly successful.

“I hope all supporters of Liberty will remain deeply involved – become delegates, win office, and take leadership positions.I will be right there with you.In the coming days, my campaign leadership will lay out to you our delegate strategy and what you can do to help, so please stay tuned,” says the congressman.

CNN reports that, as of April 1, the Ron Paul for President campaign has roughly $1.8 million in the bank—quite an accomplishing statistic given that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich suspended his campaign while $4.5 million in debt.

Last month Paul’s campaign manager, Jesse Benton, told reporters, "I am not going to try to deceive you, and say that Romney doesn't have some advantages…But until he has 1,144 delegates, we are going to press on with our campaign."