Ron Paul To Quit Campaigning

Ron Paul , Mitt Romney ’s lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, announced Monday that he would stop spending money on the party’s 11 remaining primaries, in effect suspending his campaign. The libertarian Texas congressman told supporters in an email that he would continue to accumulate delegates to the Republican National Convention in August in Tampa , Fla. “Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in states that have not yet voted,” he wrote. “Doing so with any hope of success would take many tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have.” Apart from President Obama and Romney, Paul has raised more money than any other White House contender this year – more than $36 million/ Los Angeles Time . More here.

Question: What did Ron Paul’s long-shot run for the presidency accomplish, if anything?