Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te rongonui me te ngakau nui o tana tono perehitini 2008, i kii a Paora i te Hurae 2011 ka mutu tana tono mo tetahi atu wa i te Kaunihera kia arotahi ai ia ki tana tono mo te perehitini 2012. I te mutunga i roto i te tihi e wha ki ngā karere i roto i te rua iwi (i te wikitoria e wha nga kawanatanga i roto i te 2012 primaries), kihai ia i whakaae ki te tautoko i te Republican nominations o John McCain ko Mitt Romney i roto i to ratou 2008 me 2012 kaupapa, a i runga i Mei 14, 2012, ka korerotia e Paora e kore ia e whakataetae i roto i tetahi atu primaries peresideniraa engari e ia tonu whakataetae mo te karere i roto i ngā kawanatanga i reira i puritia nga pōtitanga tuatahi. I te rua o
I te 2008 me te 2012 Republican National Conventions, i riro i a Paul te tuarua o nga kaitono i muri i a McCain me Romney.