Have to agree with you on Ron Paul. But remember in these early primaries and cauki, a lot of dems are voting along with his little core of crazed supporters.
The only thing I fear is that his early success will convince him he has a chance to the extent that he will go third party.
That would cinch it for Obama in a close election.
But maybe he will care enough about his son to decide not to do that.
Ron Paul has the most fanboys, people who are enthusiastically with him from the beginning, so they tend to dominate the early rounds. But they quickly fade as the mainstream begins to pay attention.
I believe that Ron Paul cares about his son and would not run third party if Rand were on the G.O.P. ticket.