Anyone who believed this is a retard. Paul is in the race to make small government a point of debate, and has done a damned good job of it.
Might be worth talking about once the grave-dancing and self-congratulation settles down.
Anybody who believes that is simply fooling themselves.
Ron Paul was in this for Ron Paul. He enjoys the attention and loves spending other peoples money to get the attention.
What's sad is, he will always have a cadre of sycophants who will fund his ego trips.