Is the reason for the question

[MsDoodahs]

"will you back the nominee if you aren't it" because they know we are a force to be reckoned with and that without us, they don't stand a chance of defeating the dem?

[TechnoGuyRob]

Unfortunately, I honestly think they're too blind for that, and that that was just a softball.

Oh, well. Come February, "We told you so!" :p

[NewEnd]

Hannity: will you kneel to our neocon overlords?

Paul: No, and you will lose because my followers and I won't. Welcome to HIllary America, where all your powers you gave to cheney have just switched hands to your arch enemy. we'll enjoy watching you all rot in jail, held as enemy combatants.

[Kregener]

I would answer "No".

[LibertyEagle]

I KNOW that I will not and I am a Republican.

[mesler]

I think so Ms Doodahs. Most everyone who interviews him asks if he is going to run as a 3rd party.

[ClockwiseSpark]

Hannity: Will you back the Republican Nominee?

Paul: Will you back me if I'm the Republican Nominee?

[SwordOfShannarah]

I think they like to eat up his response time with it and they like to suggest to the audience that he won't win. It's an attack tactic.

[Mr. White]

It's a marginalizing question meant to make him look bad in front of straight party voters. If he doesn't back the party, he's not one of them.