Editing Ron Paul (section)

=== Republican National convention ===
Paul declined to speak at the Republican National Convention as a matter of principle, saying that the convention planners had demanded that his remarks be vetted by the Romney campaign and that he make an unqualified endorsement of Romney.<ref name=nytspeech>{{cite news |last=Harwood |first=John |title=Libertarian legion stands ready to accept torch from Paul |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/us/politics/ron-paul-passing-torch-to-a-libertarian-legion.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 25, 2012 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Paul had felt that "It wouldn't be my speech... That would undo everything I've done in the last 30 years. I don't fully endorse him for president."<ref name=nytspeech/> Many of Paul's supporters and delegates walked out of the convention in protest over rules adopted by the convention that reduced their delegate count and that would make it harder for non-establishment candidates to win the party's nomination in future elections.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mehta |first=Seema |title=Ron Paul supporters walk out of GOP convention |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-aug-28-la-pn-ron-paul-supporters-walk-out-of-gop-convention-20120828-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 28, 2012 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Supporters and media commentators had noted that the delegations from states where Paul had had the most support were given the worst seats in the convention hall, while delegations from regions with no electoral votes, such as the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico, were given prime seats at the front.<ref>{{cite news |last=Friess |first=Steve |title=Ron Paul delegates get nosebleed seats |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80168.html |newspaper=Politico |date=August 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dunham |first=Richard |title=Ron Paul delegates get worse seats than Republicans from Guam, Samoa |url=http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/08/ron-paul-delegates-get-worse-seats-than-republicans-from-guam-samoa/ |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=August 27, 2012}}</ref>