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Give Ron Paul supporters credit for tenacity.

John McCain may have a lock without interruption the national Republican presidential nomination, but that hasn’t deterred Paul’s followers in this state.

They’re still meander lacking in droves to support the Texas congressman’s presidential bid, dominating limited GOP conventions in places like Spokane and Whatcom counties.

By some estimates, Paul supporters could amount up to 40 percent of 1,100 delegates expected at the state GOP convention that starts today in Spokane.

Maureen Moore, Paul’s commonwealth coordinator in Washington, said they fall short in to send at least some delegates to the general assembly to represent the candidate, who technically is serene in the race. They’d also like the party to adopt in its platform certain positions supported by Paul, such as repealing the Patriot Act.

But those aren’t their sole goals.

“I would really like for the rest of the Republicans in Washington greatness to be apt to experience the people who living Ron Paul, and see that they are principled and responsible conservatives

Curt Fackler, chair of the Spokane County Republican Party, said that’s a legitimate post. “There’s a lot to that,” Fackler related. “The establishment party thinks they are a bunch of kooks. I don’t think they are. There are a lot of good people in that group.”

Paul is a author Libertarian presidential nominee who is now running as a Republican. His anti-war, anti-establishment themes, such as repealing the Patriot Act and immediately withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, have clearly struck a string with some voters in the state.

In Spokane, the vast majority of the 580 delegates who showed up at the county convention were Paul supporters, Fackler said. “I asked how many was this their before anything else convention, and at least 80 percent raised their hand,” he said. “As a group, they’re conservative. A great number of them are Libertarian.”

He’s not sure why Paul supporters are still so active, given that McCain already has more than enough delegates to win the national nomination. He has else than 1,500 delegates, compared by 35 toward Paul.

“I’ve asked the people, ‘Well, what’s your plan after the convention?’ ” Fackler declared. “Their hope was they could get Ron Paul to be a speaker at our convention. That was their game plan.”