Focusing on Nomination, Ron Paul Plots a Backup Plan

The New York Times reports:

“The odds are right now that Romney, he pulls it off,” Mr. Paul, a Texas congressman, said in an interview here. “But he doesn’t even have a guarantee in a week. That whole thing can shift rather quickly.”

So even as his aides plot a strategy to pick up delegates, they are beginning to plan how to use the leverage they are gaining to try to force the party to take his and his supporters’ views into account, signaling what Mr. Paul would want to party officials and rival candidates who are eager for the backing of his fervent following but nervous that he might undertake a third-party bid.