Is anyone else nervous about Ron Paul supporters?

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10. Probably not, but...

But in the case of getting a party nomination (Republican in this case), having "extremely vocal and true believers" could lead somebody to the nomination with good enough organization, even without broad support. This is because the Republican nominee is chosen based on the results of a vote by a small group of delegates (2,286 delegates). If a candidate, say candidate A, could get enough of these delegates to support them, and either vote for them, if they are bound to candidate A, or abstain from voting (if they are bound to anyone else) until they are unbound, then they could stage an "upset", even though they did not necessarily have broader support other than these delegates.

The bottom line is, if one candidate could get more than half of the 2,286 delegates at the convention to support them, they will win the nomination.