Republicans scared of Ron Paul???

The New York Daily News scoops a state GOP chairman wanting to censor Texas Rep. Ron Paul. The guy wants Paul excluded from all future presidential debates. The only thing I can surmise is that they want to silence Rep. Paul out of fear. Of what...actually winning the primaries? Or is it fear that he'll expose too many of the party's dirtiest secrets? If they could just STFU, Paul would just likely hang himself. Instead they're making a free-speech debate out of him, and as you and I know, bad press is usually better than no press at all.