I’m not sure the world would be a better place if Ron Paul won Virginia. Image what his win would seem to say about the republican party. Not what you mean it to say, but what others would interpret it to say.
That being said, I don’t live in Virginia anyway and won’t be voting for either Paul or Romney when the Texas primary finally arrives (whenever that finally comes).
Ron Paul would be better for the Republican party than Mitt Romney. At least Ron Paul is half-conservative.
I think what it would say is that if party hacks try to rig primaries to force people to “choose” their annointed candidates, they may end up looking like fools. A Paul victory would be such an anomaly that nobody could seriously believe that he won on his merits. IMHO most Republican officholders and staffers care about nothing at this point but keeping their jobs, and view conservatives as the enemy. That’s an even bigger problem than just a Romney win.