I brought up Ron Paul because he has, for decades, been considered a Republican outlier and disruptive, hence his moniker "Doctor No"...and also erstwhile founder of the original Tea Party before the crazies took over, and there's no love lost between establishment Republican leaders and the Tea Party as it now exists.
Ron Paul's primary strategy of co-opting delegates is also considered disruptive by the Republican Party.
And while Republicans are making much of Joe Biden, they're going to let Paul slip in under the radar with his planned calamities. Or are they? The Republican Party has already swept Dubya and Akin under their Big Rug (forget the Big Tent), so I guess Ron Paul can be shoved under there too, huh.