You’ve got to give it to Ron Paul supporters - they never back down.

Despite the Texas Representative’s poor showing in the primaries, his supporters, determined to keep Paul’s agenda in the forefront, bum rushed the Republican county caucuses last weekend. The Kansas City Star is reporting that Paul supporters elected hundreds of delegates for congressional district and state conventions. And The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said pro-Paul Republicans may have finagled about a third of the 2,137 state Republican delegates.

These Paulites along with other Missouri delegates will set the state GOP agenda this spring and pick the presidential delegates to attend the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis in September.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the Paul rush a “political guerrilla attack.” Paul supporters swamped the St. Peters City Hall caucus and hijacked caucuses in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Kansas City and Springfield.

The Paulies caused a ruckus, sparking shouting matches and walk outs by frustrated caucus goers unable to deal with the zeal of the pro-Paul supporters.

Paul came in fourth place with only 5 percent of the GOP vote in the Missouri primary and state party leaders said the caucus results shouldn’t change the votes at the Republican National Convention. They are still likely to go John McCain.

Despite this there is still some cause for concern.

According to the Kansas City Star:

(T)hey’re a complication for McCain, the presumptive nominee, and an embarrassment for party regulars across Missouri. There are Internet rumors that Paul supporters have or will attempt similar actions in other states, though national GOP leaders say it does not appear to be an issue nationally.

Here, one Republican — the chairman of the Jackson County Republican committee — was so upset at the behavior of some Paul sympathizers that he led a walkout from his party’s caucus Saturday.

Independence attorney Bunk Farrington said he was angry that Paul supporters reneged on an agreement to divide the county’s 187 caucus delegates between those sympathetic to the Texas congressman and supporters of other candidates.

“We had a compromise,” Farrington said. “They broke the deal.”

The group is now pushing for a repeal of the Missouri Republican Party requirement that all of the states GOP presidential delegates, 58 in total, must back McCain. But Paul supporters say their en masse attack wasn’t about some quixotic bid for the White House.

According to the Post-Dispatch:

Carlson and other Paul supporters say their aim is to force the Missouri Republican Party to embrace Paul’s principles.

“We’re not holding out an illusion that Ron is going to win the nomination,” said Debbie Hopper, Paul’s national field director. “This is about calling the Republican Party back to its roots.”