Yes, they offered joint fundraising to all the campaigns (at the time, Santorum and Gingrich were still in the race.)The RNC is not declaring Romney their nominee with joint fundraising. Not officially, anyway. And there's nothing "illegitimate" about it... campaigns work to raise funds with their party during the general election.The Paul campaign, along with Gingrich and Santorum's camps, turned down the offer because the money raised with the party can only be used, and not for primary activities. At the time, it looked unlikely that those three would be able to raise funds for the general election since it looked unlikely they would be the GOP nominee.Again, the RNC is not officially declaring Romney the nominee and the money cannot be used until the general election begins. This is standard practice and was offered to each campaign, including Ron Paul. It's important that we have the facts when discussing this type of stuff.More info: http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-...ng-119430.html