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I think Ron Paul has no chance.

I'm behind 99% of his views, so this is not a slam, but a realistic assessment.

Even assuming Ron Paul gets the Repub nomination, the Democratic nominee would kill him. Ron Paul is an idealogical purist, which I see as his greatest strength and greatest weakness. I assume whoever gets the Dem nomination will instead speak to public opinion. (What answer polls the highest?) Ron Paul is apt to say a lot of unpopular things--even though they may be correct. The Dem he would be running against would seize on those things and run him into the ground.