The Nevada GOP's Ron Paul culture clash

The chaotic Nevada GOP convention that took place last weekend provoked very strong -- and disparate -- reactions from Nevada Republicans.

Some Ron Paul supporters were ecstatic over the outcome, which was the culmination of four years of hard work in a state where they had been trampled in 2008.

Here's how one convention delegate loyal to the Texas congressman described the experience Sunday on the Daily Paul blog:

This is an awesome against the odds victory as Romney captured a sizable majority of popular votes in the state caucus in February. I can tell you from personal experience as a delegate to this state convention that liberty is alive and well in Nevada, and represented by an amazing group of dedicated and committed patriots. I will write a more detailed article regarding the highs and lows when I return to Las Vegas, but couldn't wait to get the word out to all of you. LIBERTY LIVES IN NEVADA. RON PAUL 2012.

Yet Janet Little, a delegate from White Pine County attending her first state convention, was outraged by what went down. And she was angry enough to pen a letter Sunday to her friends and her county GOP chair.

From her letter:

In a strange air of non-professionalism, an ‘out-of-sort’ group of Republicans flowed into the Nugget Convention Hall. Dress Code was not adhered to. Their support for their candidate was un-doubted. Their attitudes -- rude, sour, over-bearing and condescending. Here I stood in a Convention hall, meant to bring together Gingrich, Santorum, Romney and Paul supporters -- united under one platform -- gathered for one purpose -- NOBAMA! Instead what I found was a radical group of people, young and old who want to change the face of the Republican Party. Ronald Regan, I miss you! They do not want ADD to our platform, or work with our ideals and centuries-old values of smaller government, support our Bill-of-Rights or family values. Instead these newcomers to our Respected Republican Stature have chosen to overrun our ideals and instill a new platform consisting of drug abuse, higher cost insurances and a debasing of family values. No longer will hard work and dedication be the stronghold of the Republican Party. Instead these children wish to bring self-entitlement and disregard for the rights-of-others to the forefront of the Republican Culture... I have lost all respect and compassion for Dr. Ron Paul. A man whose name graced my dinner table during many political conversations with reverence and respect has now been wiped from my lips.

There's no reason to think the rifts in the Nevada GOP won't be healed over time. But as the two notes show, the cultural divide within the party is stark and Paul's libertarian views don't necessarily sit well with the party rank-and-file.