No way. I don't think you've been paying attention. Bill may have been popular, but Hillary is VERY disliked and distrusted, so when you put her against Paul, the difference is like night and day. It is clear, even to many Democrats, that she is a typical, dishonest, hot-air politician and even many Democrats know she is backed by big corporate money and that she is aligned with the CFR.
Paul is the opposite in so many ways, he is not a typical politician, he is honest and has firm principles, and he can't be bought. Unlike Hillary, he is not a NWO globalist and he will protect our freedom and constitution. So, he WILL bring in a wide range of people, including (as I said) the disgruntled Republicans, independents, libertarians and cross-over Democrats. I have no doubt that between him and Hillary, he will win. (unless it's riggged) ;-) I will grant you that if Obama is the nominee, he would be harder to beat than Hillary. BUt I still have faith that if it ever came to that, Paul wins. People are starting to wake up and realize that this election is less about Dem vs Republican, and more about the CFR candidates vs Ron Paul.
None of the status-quo RINOs can bring in the wide range of people needed to beat the Dem candidate. So I think your anaylysis is WAY off.
However, the entire DemocRAT machine would be behind her and she carries extremely well with women in the middle of the spectrum. Polling numbers say she's very hard to beat. Head to head, she skewers Ron Paul in polling data.
Every single poll of Ron Paul shows him far far away from ever being the nominee, let alone even in the running. He's won nothing, despite the almost slavish support by some.
Let's get serious.
Ron Paul wants to dismantel social security and medicare. What will that do to the senior's vote in a state like Florida?
Ron Paul wants to do away with welfare and other government entitlement programs, how will that play out in states that have severe unemployment like Michigan and Ohio?
If he were to get the nomination- which he won't, Ron Paul loses big against either Hillary or Obama. AND, if he were to run against Obama, they will bring up all the money he gets from Neo Nazis and White supremecists as well as his rants on black crime. Geez.
No. In the end, he not only does not get the nomination, but he proves to be a true distraction so that some true electable conservative somewhere cannot succeed. All of this proves how mightily screwed up the conservative movement is and the mess that the Bush family has left it in.
Oh for Ronald Reagan!