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51. No. Ron Paul appeals to low-information liberal and Democratic voters, especially

young people of the sort that made such a difference for Obama in 2008. He would have a better time in the general election than either Romney or Santorum, and he also has a Dean-like ground-up organization.

He isn't doing well in the Republican primaries because (1) the powers that be, including the media, deliberately exclude him from coverage precisely because he could threaten the Chosen One, and (2) he rejects a lot of the red meat sogans, especially the culture war and foreign war stuff, that the front-runners throw to the base.

One reason Romney and Santorum would struggle in the general is that they have to throw red meat to the base to win the nomination, and that makes them unpalatable to other voters in the general election. But Ron Paul refuses to offer up the stuff for the base that would alienate independent voters or wobbly liberals and Democrats who are frustrated with Obama. A lot of them don't know enough about Paul, so they are attracted to some of his libertarian stances without realizing how extreme and bizarre many of his positions are.