Are we supposed to take this seriously? You have to mention Ron Paul, even if you hate him. Palin Romney Gingrich Paul Bachmann are well known enough to win the nomination. The Republicans never pick unknowns, that’s the Democrats.
Only as a punchline to a joke. I can think of few other reasons to speak of him. Ron Paul has as much chance of winning the nomination as Harold Stassen used to. If it were ever slightly possible that Paul was competitive for the nomination, for every pro-voter who turned out, there would probably be four Republican voters who would turn out to vote against Paul who otherwise wouldn't have voted.