No.
We should all take him very seriously on economics. He's the best-informed Congressman and the only informed candidate. I would like very much to see him as Sec'y. of the Treasury or Fed Chairman. That, to paraphrase Steve Martin, is his special purpose.
You can't have as part of your base the Alex Jones truther crowd and ever be appointed to anything serious. Paul claims the reason he is not searching for the "truth" of 9-11 is because he's too busy with other stuff, but he does not in any way dismiss or refute the crazy 9-11 tin foil hat truther nuts. By doing this, he's basically disqualified himself from being appointed to any serious position no matter how much some people may think he may be qualified.