Unfortunately, he's right. As an avid R.P. supporter, it's hard saying this, but the two-party system is so heavily entreanched in America. It's a shame that all the parties promising actual change are shafted through the political process. Ralph Nader, on the Daily Show mentioned that one needs 5,000 signatures of Texans who did NOT vote in the primary to be put on the ballot.

Let's see: He was against the Civil War, Against WWII, about time to drop! Good riddance!

Paul Supporters, you should be congratulated for your passion and your spirit. Let's not give up the fight for restoring core constitutional values in America.All of the superdelegates that are currently pledged to Hillary Rodham Clinton are doing so out of gratitude for the political favors that they received from Bill Clinton's Administration some 16 years ago. This is not what an election is supposed to be. Notice that Hillary has lost dozens of superdelegates in recent months while Obama has gained dozens. Why? Because Barack Obama has built his name from scratch; and that is a very honorable thing.
In the minds of many Hillary supporters, they feel as if they are voting for a third term of William Jefferson Clinton, which is unconstitutional. They are translating their perceptions of Bill’s Administration into what they feel will happen with Hillary as President. However, the differences between the early 90’s and 2008 alone are enormous.

Thank the lord! he is 72 turning 73 in August. He will be freakin 73 when he enters office. Same with Mccain. That is why i am being smart and want OBAMA 08!!!!!!! YEAH!!!! THATS THE WAY TO DO IT NOW!!!! WE NEED A SMART, YOUNG PRESIDENT LIKE OBAMA!! THANK YOU EVERYONE.

After Hilliary, Barack or Insane McCain get us into World War III by invading Iran... I will see all of you in the place that will ultimately send us. Then perhaps finally we will be "eternally safe." Enjoy your vote. And remember the role you played in your demise. Let it not be said that you were not warned. Blame not the politicians, for the fault lies with yourselves. Nothing more can be said.

Who on earth wrote this?

Obviously not somebody who understands the rules, or the campaign.

I'll just add this to the long list of reports of the campaign's death.

Byron Wolf..."Ron Paul is more like a liberal Democrat".....HA HA HA! That is a public display of ignorance.

This really should be filed under "bad reporting". All the crap about Ron Paul sounding like a "liberal democrat" or "member of the ACLU" just because he believes in the constitution. Also I call B.S. on the premise of the whole article. So far Ron Paul has never leaked what he was about to do to the MSM. Why on earth would he start now?

And for the idiot that claimed Ron Paul was "against the civil war" so was LINCOLN! Lincoln didn't want to go to war and his letters revealed that he wanted to try the same "compensated emancipation" plan Dr. Paul talked about on Meet The Press.

Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate that could possibly save this country from imminent economic meltdown. Barack is freaking clueless and the media sucks for fawning over him when he blows his nose or when some lovesick college tramp faints at one of his rallies.

America thought he dropped out months ago!!? He was still in the race? Seriously? LOL That is HILARIOUS!!! I GUESS HE CAN NOW GO BACK TO BEING THE NOBODY HE ALWAYS WAS!! LMAO!! ...and his legions of political stalkers can go back to their video games full time now....

The military/industrial/complex owns the mainstraem media and they were ordered by the 'Establishment Elite' to not let the second tier candidates like Paul, Gravel etc. have a voice in their publications. This was very evident during the debates. It's no wonder they have to bow out. The 'EE's main candidate, 'Closet Republican' Hillary Clinton is still in the running and splitting the Democrat Party as she was ordered to do, so the Military/Industrial/Complex can continue on their goal of right-wing world domination.

Ron Paul - some of his policy ideas were batty, but any time I hear a republican talk about the Constitution with reverence, earns respect.

I'm also hoping that since so many new fresh voters have come on the scene, that the chances of at least a third party developing are good. The two party system is broken.

I hate to tell you Cheesetoppings, but you really need to keep yourself informed. Oh, by the way John McCain is the Republican nominee, in case you didn't know!

I'm still going to write in Ron Paul on my ballot for the general election. I can't in good conscience vote for anyone else.
GO RON PAUL!!!!

The only revolutionary thing about Ron Paul is that his ideas were all of the pre-industrial revolution era. Such a joke.

And all that granddaddy talk about the Constitution. In compqrison, Obama taught constitutional law for 10 years or so, but he's at least aware that we're living amidst 21st century problems and possibilities.

John McCain won't miss this silly flea, I guess.

I am an registered Independant from Arizona and a Vietnam vet. John McCain
scares the bejesus out of me. I can see him squatting on the Iraq war for four more long,costly years. If that happens we will be back in the sixties again. With nobody to blame but ourselves, again.

This is a rumor. He is not dropping out.

What's this? Another media report of Ron Paul dropping out of the race before any official mention from his headquarters. Seems like this has happens a dozen times already. Isn't the MSM supposed to report the news not make it. ABC didn't you say Al Gore was elected president once, or didn't you learn something from that? It's official when it's official.

Ron Paul seems to me to be one the the very last representatives of the TRUE GOP (pre-Nixon era) left in this country. It is sad that the only thing that remains of the GOP are those who embrace a hard military mindset and divisive pro-corporate eco-unfriendly policies that see income and prosperity as paramount to even the protection of that which sustains life on earth.

To the people who criticize Ron Paul supporters by sarcastically commenting how writing him in "will be one powerful vote" just don't get how the Democratic system works. Are responsibility as Americans when it comes to voting is to vote for the candidate we think would be best in office, not whoever we think is going to win. That's foolish and immature.

Ron Paul should be commended for making at least part of the electorate think about what is really going on, i.e. what are the root causes of our most serious problems. There are very few honest politicians in our government, but Paul is certainly one of them.

Look people, ABC has to report the news the Pentagon tells them to report! Nothing more, nothing less!

Yawn. 98.5 per cent of Americans could care less about this story. The guy raised a lot of money one day, now all wasted. His candidacy never stood a chance, he should never run again, and he was less interesting than Ross Perot. He makes Ralph Nader look exciting. Let's move on.

ABC News LIES. Flat out LIES. I have seen the video and he does NOT say that he is dropping out of the race. Please do not believe this garbage.

Mr Byron Wolf,
Please post the video link or some other credible source for your story otherwise retract your unsubstantiated comments on Dr. Paul's campaign.

Ron Paul supporters should unite in demanding the FCC investigate ABC for mis information, censorship and leading this election instead of reporting the news.

I will be very disappointed in Ron Paul if he drops out. but more disappointed that it came from ABC first.

Im not sure how you got that he was quitting out of that video ABC but he clearly never mentioned quitting at all. Please dont lie

Um, he didn't say he was dropping out...

This is the clumsiest rush to judgment that ABC has had since the DC Madam case. Two names? You wonder how they can stand on a rug that has had so many things swept under it.

Wrong! Ron Paul is not dropping out. ABC is just trying to get a jump on a what they think is a "big story" but what will turn out to be a dud. Ron Paul is in this for the long haul, no matter what thought the so-called reporters wish to impose upon everyone. Believe their article if you wish. But you'll be believing a lie. The truth will be known soon enough, though ABC won't be brave enough to let you know it.

Harvardian, Obama voted for the Patriot act after he ran on a platform vowing to vote against it. Now who is it again that sees the Constitution is a mere memory?

He said he was gonna fight for as many delegates as possible at the convention. What is up with the spin from ABC? My god... and people think the media just reports...

He never said he was dropping out!!! He is simply continuing a fight for freedom. He did not accept the endorsements of the white supremesists. He was endorsed as one of the last true conservatives by our own glorious Ronald Reagan before he died. And if the Constitution is SO outdated than lets destroy it and put something else in its place. Not claim to follow it and not.

What is funny in the extreme is that all the derogatory comments are purely ad homeniem attacks - none of these brilliant fools have even attempted a decent refuatation. They are driven mainly by emotion. And I won't engage in any flattery that either we or Dr. Paul are brilliant (we're not...)but rather that we are thoughtful, and these critics are thoughtless. They're the kind of mocking fools - see Proverbs chapter 1 - who see those who approach life in a humble, thoughtful manner, with a moral basis & expectation that we all must obey and honor a cultural & trancendent standard - Constitutional Law rooted in Biblical norms . Yet these emotionally driven mocking fools love only their appetite; hearing a humble, yet thougthful and moral man ask searching questions, exposes their sinful shallowness; and it enrages them. Not having the stomach, humility or moral courage to even begin to think things through - they just savagely attack using false logic, and expletive driven emotional rhetoric. Dr. Paul is not magic, he's simply a Christian Statesman - so few of which have been seen of late, that they stand out starkly - Ronald Reagan being the last prominent one, too. Funny thing is, both these great men would have been another face in the crowded room that drafted the Declaration in 1775 - which is why they birthed such great & inspired Principles found in our Declaration of Independence & Constitution. Here's a challenge, take a look at this course on learning & teaching the Constitution to others: www.IOTConline.com . I've done so and it's awesome - you'll never regret becoming more Constitutionally literate. God bless Dr. Paul & America !

"Samuel Adams" / David Alan

HEY ABC -

WAY TO NOT REPORT THE FACTS>

He's not dropping out OR suspending.

Thanks for your stellar reporting once again.

I looked all over and havent found anything regarding RP dropping out??? Anybody else? I dont buy anything ABC says...

The US National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.67 billion per day since September 29, 2006.

Ron Paul: "YEAH! NO TAXES!"

This is complete BS. Paul is NOT dropping out. More lies and disinformation from the "old media". Mr. Wolf you should be ashamed of yourself.

Why would he drop out?

I don't get it.

He already won 14 delegates!

If Obama knows the constitution so well why does he not follow it?

Paul > Obama anydebate, anywhere, anytime ....

Sometimes the dragon wins, it does not belittle the effort of the knight. The most you can do is try. Ron Paul has been fighting for 30 years, his message is now out and substantiated more and more each day. His supporters are taking charge everywhere.

Harvardian, anyone who has studied the Constitution, knows that it serves two functions: 1) establishes how the federal government is to be constructed and 2) the rights of the people. These "rights" are either positive (enumeration of personal liberty - free speech, assembly, etc.) or negative (individual protections from government intrusion - search and seizure, self-incrimination, etc.)

Constitutional scholars are either Originalists (the text as written) or Evolutionists (the text as a living, changing document). Obama believes the Constitution is a living document, something not founded in any pre-Constitution writings by the Founders. If, indeed, he knew the Constitution, then he wouldn't be promoting policies that run contrary to it.

READ THE DOCUMENT. It is quite clear. I assure you that Antonin Scalia would make Obama look like the amateur, flavor-of-the-moment punk that he is...

How can you call yourselfs the AMERICAN Broadcasting Co.? This is pure and simple propaganda.Something like Russian Broadcasting sounds more inline I just hate the fact that this is happening to our country. I'll NEVER watch your B.S. programs!

Ron Paul isn't dropping out.

Who knew that ABC printed blatant lies?

If this reporter comes from the "government public school system" we are in serious trouble. How can anyone view the video and come to think that Ron Paul is dropping out?

What a bunch of trash. He didn't drop out, and is still in the race until the convention. Stop spewing the lies, or hire another editor.

Isn't this a bucket load of disinformation! The video simply says that the Revolution will be a long process. He doesn't specifically say anything about dropping out or suspending the campaign. The closest thing he says to this is that the presidential campaign will be winding down soon. ABC's Z. Byron Wolf is simply jumping the gun with what sounds to be an overly eager attempt to discredit Ron Paul with comments like "Paul sounds more like a liberal Democrat or a member of the ACLU".

Shenanigans!
www.ronpaul2008.com

Rickman... let me just give you one Ron Paul quote:

"Well, amending the Constitution is constitutional. What's the contradiction there?"

And Paul is right on this. The so called 'originalists' normally fail to see this and remind us of fundamentalists in religion.

Btw, LAW is about interpretation in the first place.

i am still going to write ron paul in on the presidential ticket.

The names of the posters are UNDER the comment they leave!

it's sort of confusing i suppose

It's so fun to read the useless article put out by ABC and to see how many freaking clueless Americans there really are.

Your country is in meltdown mode. Negative household savings. Washington Beltway insiders.

The Bushes endorsing McCain who fought hard again the Bush regime years back. The Bush Jr. saying Clinton is cool but doesn't know what Obama is about. Nice - good CFR membership talk there.

What a joke -- the world is watching. America could just implode...the empire is coming to an end and the ONLY PERSON who was prepared to turn it around - Ron Paul.

Hahah - Russia and China are gonna pull the wool over your eyes. This is great entertainment. Better than the corn-fed reality junk your entire society has been fed to BLIND YOU and ENSLAVE YOU. Man, the Matrix was one educational tour de force and slap in your face.

BOOH YAH!

LAGUY- You care enough to read all these comments and post on them.
I wouldn't mind buying you a mirror so you can see the loser behind the keyboard.

No ABC, it is only the beginning!!
Ron Paul for President!!

Let's see. There are only a few states left to have their primaries. Does one try to ramp up their campaign or wind it down? Come on, ABC. If Paul was going to drop out, he would have been quite clear about it. He's still in the race to give the remaining states their say.

1st, I doubt the validity of this article, as Ron Paul has not once announced something to the MSM before directly announcing on his web site. Let alone to a ABC Blog....

As for all of the people who have posted here praising Obama. You all will not have change. Obama, Clinton, and McCain all represent more spending, more illegal immigration, more welfare to big business, more foreign arrogance, more devaluing of the dollar….
To the NeoCons who posted negative comments about Paul…. How much of your money will you have to pay in taxes before you realize that the GOP has lost its way, with their little cuts here and there that are just a joke and are meaningless when we still pay in nearly 1/3. How broke will our country have to be before you realize you are scared of some pansy central asian countries that have no real military and are no real threat. You are scared of some people in a cave who can do nothing truly damaging to the long term existence of the USA. At least during the Cold War we were up against a real threat and many Americans showed some guts. You weak kneed Neo Con wimps! Get some guts! Stop being scared into flushing the Constitution down the toilet and start realizing the only way this country is going down is if we crumble economically. If G. Bush is such a great protector explain the southern boarder to yourself along with the fact that over 90% of the cargo that comes into the country is still not inspected 7 years after 911. WAKE UP!

When will America, WAKE UP! I hope it is before it is no longer called America and we are spending the Amero.

Lie! Lie! Lie! Just like McNut having the nomination wrapped up. Please. Our County Convention will be filled with RP delegates. And Ron Paul a "liberal democrat", that's the funniest thing I've heard today. I think you meant to say McCain, not Ron Paul.

This is BOGUS people. Thank you MAINSTREAM Media for trying to manipulate the Ron Paul supporters.

Ron Paul is a constitutionalist.

Ron has never voted to raise taxes.
Ron has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
Ron has never voted for the Iraq War.
Ron has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
Ron has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
Ron has never voted to raise congressional pay.
Ron has never taken a government-paid junket.

Ron voted against the Patriot Act.
Ron votes against regulating the Internet.
Ron voted against NAFTA and CAFTA.
Ron votes against the United Nations.
Ron votes against the welfare state.
Ron votes against reinstating a military draft.

Ron votes to preserve the constitution.
Ron votes to cut government spending.
Ron votes to lower healthcare costs.
Ron votes to end the war on drugs.
Ron votes to protect civil liberties.
Ron votes to secure our borders with real immigration reform

He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.

Listen To Ron Paul Speeches: http://www.ronpaulaudio.com
Review over 100 Articles Ron Paul Authored by Subject:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul-arch.html

How can you not love this guy listen to him he is truly a man who
tells the truth "We The People" are taking our country back and
restoring the original Constitutional Republic and returning Amerika
back to America not the "United States of Surveillance"

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot
survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable,
for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor
moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling
through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself.
For the traitor appears not a traitor---he speaks in the accents
familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and
he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He
rots the soul of a nation---he works secretly and unknown in the night
to undermine the pillars of a city---he infects the body politic so
that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared.

--- Cicero: orator, statesman, political theorist, lawyer and
philosopher of Ancient Rome.

"In the time of universal deceit, telling the truth
is a revolutionary act" GEORGE ORWELL

"None are more enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
-- Goethe

The people will get the government they deserve to get, not the government that is best. Enjoy getting what we deserve.

Hello!

Well, you can call us Paulbots, but those of you who want to have no financial future, stay in war & keep on giving the government all of your money, be my guest! You are blind sheep giving your money away! I am not a rich white person, because the government is taking all of our money away & going out to dinner on our taxes.
You go right ahead & vote McCain, or whoever, because they are ALL the same. In the end we will fall like Rome & when everyone is standing in line at the unemployment office fighting for handouts because no one can afford the gas, the government or should I say dictators of this country will be the only ones with a bank account.
What is wrong with you people, geez, wake the freak up! Geez, people you all are insane if you think any of them are going to improve the economy. You laugh at Ron Paul, & what for, he is much smarter than you are & he tells you the truth. You are unwise to trust the government. Funny, Ronald Reagan went through the same ridicule, & he went on to be one of the best presidents in History. I do not think anyone was laughing at him then.

MSM stops at nothing in spreading lies, do they.
RON PAUL IS NOT DROPPING OUT

This is a lie.

Havardian, I agree with you. Amending the Constitution is constitutional because the document allows such. That is fact. I also agree with you that the FORMATION OF LAW is the interpretation and application of constitutional principles. For example, whether or not the establishment clause allows for nativity displays on public property. That is a valid discussion.

Obama/Clinton, however, are tying to insert powers into the Constitution where none exist. Such as with centralized health care. No enumerated power exists authorizing the federal government to create and/or regulate such. If they want to include centralized health care, for example, as a "right", then the Constitution needs to be amended.

You simply cannot interpret a constitutional principle if it doesn't exist to begin with...

This wont end with Ron Paul...Dr.Paul brought light to the situation...woke alot of america up...its only the beggining for his supporters. We will have our revolution. DOWN WITH THE New World Order...DOWN with open borders and NAU..and DOWN with the fake 2 party system. We will prevail.Goodness always prevails. But not w/o a fight..a revolution. God Bless Dr.Paul..he cured my apathy. WE FIGHT ON! VIVA The Republic of LAKOTAH! IF U dont know...U'd better ask somebody!!! its all over foreign press...

WHAT THE is goin on here!!! i know-is somebody out there intimidated of ron pauls support? i think so...do not worry he is going to save our country!!!!! well sorry abc but it is only a dream you will wake up to reality soon.. we can only hope right ha ha ron paul and all his supporters are not going anywhere we are here to stay like it or not so do us a favor and report real news

To everyone who keeps calling RP a loser... which candidate did YOU support before there were only two men standing? Looks to me like Ron Paul has done quite well. Who would have suspected he'd make it this far? Doesn't sound like much of a loser to me.

I must say I am a bit disturbed at all of the malicious racial slander against Ron Paul in many of the comments. I think it is a sign of the times in regards to the rude callous populous of this country. I appreciate Paul's contributions to the issues debate during this campaign. I didn't expect him to win the republican nomination, but I will still write him in. I don't trust the others to do what is right for the people. Of course I don't even think the people of this country have a clue of what is best for them either so who gives a ****.

ABC changed their announcement.

Paul should be grateful for all the attention he never deserved.

Now let's return to the political race.

plainsm,

He did oppose the Civil War, so did many other people. A lot of people died during that war and instead of states' rights to leave the union Lincoln created a powerful central government, contrary to what the founders wanted (at least the Jeffersonian founders).

He did not oppose WW2. He opposed WW1 which led to WW2.

Caroline,

Obama is a good speaker, writer, and good natured, but if you look at his policies, he's a global socialist who believes in wars (just not the Iraq war). Oh, and age shouldn't have much to do with it if a man is as healthy as he.

Saint Paul,

He believed evolution isn't 100%, nor creationism. He doesn't believe in exacts. No one mentions the second part.

Paulites,

He's not going to win the Republican nomination. Blame it on his own campaign.

Anti-Paulites,

Calm the hell down. I believe Goldwater lost to, but 16 years later we saw Reagan.

Well, at least the news article has more facts in it this time.

Typical of the lamestream media to post lies about the RP campaign. RON IS NOT DROPPING OUT!! Is that plain enough?? Get it through your socialist neo-cons heads! He has no intention of running on a 3rd party ticket, of quitting, or letting petty little posts like these discourage him. RP people in Texas are more fired up than ever. If you folks actually believe this drivel, go to his website. NO DELEGATES?? Hmm...I guess I just THOUGHT I was a precinct chairman in Wise County along with 4 other RP getting elected in their precincts. Tarrant County had over 100, and Denton County had over 60!
We know the truth because we spoke with his wife Carol earlier. This is just another pathetic try to get RP supporters discouraged. But, what would one expect from the media that ALWAYS either treated RP as a leper at best or just plain blacked him out altogether?

I'm very disappointed in Dr. Paul.

He sould have run as a Libertarian, not as a Republican. He's a coward doing. In many respects he's closer to liberals than to Republicans; Bush is much more about state control than Obama will ever be.

He has NOT dropped out. MSM gets it WRONG yet again.

Sad really.

Are you going to change the title again? Just wondering?

This 'revised' ABC news report is jaded, if not flat out incorrect.

The first report stated Dr. Paul dropped out of the race....which is blantly false.

This 'revised' one is written to suggest the same.

Ron Paul is still in the presidential race.

Be honest! How many of you have read the Constitution. None? I thought not. Ron Paul is correct.

Gerald, I partly agree. What I like in Obama is that he will be looking across the aisle when building his government (like Sarkozy did in France). He should be interested in having Dr. Paul on board. Obama's economic advisors are not those traditional leftist heralds of spending. And I do think they both sincerely care about the Constitution; it is Obama's 'holy secular text' after all.

Non-intervention btw can never be a principle of a powerful country with a conscience and a plight. We don't simply care about our OWN freedom, or do we? The world we live is in many respects the opposite of the 18th century, if we like it or not. Isolationism would be the end of the USA.

I would not support any other candidate other then Ron Paul for each of the candidates have violated their Oath of Office by allowing the states they represent to violate Article I, Section 10 of the US Constitution and except something other then Gold or Silver which the US Constitution which is the Supreme Law of the Land Mandates shall be the only tender in the payment of debts..

Obama, Clinton and McCain has each violated their Oath of Offices none of them are calling for an amendment to change from what the Constitution say "Shall" be such..

We the People will not stand for our so-called elected public servant to violate their Oaths and the US Constitution...

xrazorwirex, there's little use in claiming that Republican politics are in fact not what they are today. Republicanism is an evolving set of ideas, policies and politicians; what it means today is defined by what is today: the Bush/Cheney government. There is no fixed definition of a Republican; our most prominent Republicans in today's politics tell us more however than any Republican ideal or ideology. Ron Paul should have jumped from the Republican now that it has steered away so far from what HE thinks being a Republican is about.

Peter Z - Non-intervention does not equate to isolationism. Non-intervention means that we respect other nations to conduct their own affairs while remaining in constant contact with them. None of our so called interventions have been good for us, i.e. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and so on. As far as other folk's freedom goes, how about freedom in this country, We have been moving in the opposite direction. It is also important to note that no matter how noble you think spreading democracy is, we are flat out broke. Also keep in mind that we execute 1.5 million babies every year, so fighting for other people's freedoms in other countries who probably don't want to emulate our whoreish ways is ludicrous. In my opinion Paul is correct on foreign policy.

LAGuy - I am glad you are amused. I wouldn't take too lightly the situation that we find ourselves in. America on this path will ultimately fail economically. How long - good question. Maybe we can become America II and beg other countries to forgive our debt much like many of the impoverished African nations do. Our whole system is now run on borrowed money from overseas. Does that sound like a joke to you? I know you like to bait so maybe my response is fruitless.

Ron Paul is NOT quitting the presidential campaign! He states in the video he will continue to campaign and continues to encourage voters to vote for him in the primaries left. Ron Paul 2008!!!!