I realize that it has no chance of winning the Presidency. However, there are plenty of lower offices that could be won by a sufficiently energetic campaign. Having gone door to door myself, I know the value of "pressing the flesh."
The CP, to the best of my knowledge, has never won a local election. Which tells me it isn't trying.
These people--the CP and other paleo groups--aren't dummies. They know that the cash came rolling in, every day of every year of Clinton's nightmare regime, from all the dupes who bought into their line. Since Bush was elected in 2000, there isn't such desperation out there on the Right, and their coffers are depleted. Is it any wonder they're doing everything they can to ensure a Democrat victory?