The race for the Republican nomination narrowed to a sharp-edged duel between Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Wednesday, cresting in an often acerbic debate that included sustained attacks on each candidate’s record, credibility and even integrity…

…”We should be debating foreign policy,” Paul said, “whether we should have interventionism or non-interventionism, whether we should be defending this country or whether we should be the policemen of the world, whether we should be running our empire or not, and how are we going to have guns and butter … The dollar is crashing, and you’re talking about these technicalities about who said what when?”

Chicago Tribune

You would think that - the issues in this country would be what the people want to hear.  Apparently the republican party thinks otherwise, well all but Ron Paul that is.