There’s no fantasy there at all. IF Ron Paul got the nomination, that’s how it would go.
It’s not a poll on whether or not Ron Paul would win the nomination.
You could probably put Jim Gilmore (just to pull a name out of the hat) up there vs Obama and the numbers would probably come out pretty much the same. When Rasmussen has Obama with over 40% strongly disapprove, he’s not going to be getting big numbers against any Republican.
Obama would beat Paul. So would most Democrats.