Ron Paul doesnt have a chance in hell. To think otherwise is sheer folly.
He's at 1-2% in the national polls (yeah yeah, I know that polls arent a true measure of his support because his supporters dont have landlines....but 98% of the tens of millions with landlines who will vote Repub dont support him).
And lines like this of his from the Iowa straw poll:
"The terrorist attack on Sept 11 could have been prevented if we had had a lot more respect for the Second Amendment."
are just plain nutty.