TribStar.Com: Underground legion insists GOP has options: McCain or Paul

By Mark Bennett
The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Never mind the math.

The frontrunner for the party’s presidential nomination may hold an insurmountable lead in delegates won. But the second-place candidate sees no value in quitting the race.

Thanks to that tenacity, Indiana voters have a choice in Tuesday’s primary — John McCain or Ron Paul.

Yes, the duel between Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton dominates almost every aspect of Hoosiers’ lives right now. But the Republicans actually have two active candidates, with far more distinct differences than the Obama-Clinton selection. That option is worth making, Paul’s avid supporters insist, even if McCain already has enough delegates to secure the Republican nomination.

McCain, with 1,331 delegates, is labeled “the presumptive nominee.” Paul, with 21 delegates, is labeled “the longshot,” if he’s labeled at all. Usually, the remaining list consists of Obama, McCain and Clinton.

“In Indiana, [the media] still says, ‘Three candidates,’” said Melissa Lineberry, Indiana field director for the Paul campaign, “but there are actually four, and people should be told that.”

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