Ron Paul says his campaign is more than "a few spammers"

As for the question of what effect this story has, that depends on what the editors think. Probably they'd be split on it. This is arguably an Internet story as much as a political one.

For the record I think the ron paul movement on reddit has in no way been consciously controlled. I think its a classic case of internet mob syndrome. Its like the way people follow the righteous indignation of someone whose camera has been stolen, people band together to right the wrongs against ron paul. Its still a failing of the voting system of reddit though, because ron paul articles just aren't interesting to those not caught up in the mob.

the funny thing is, i might even vote for ron paul, i just think ron paul supporters need to analyze their own behavior a little more carefully