The AP reports that Ron Paul, who stands at 2 percent in polls of likely Republican primary voters and who has recently tripled his campaign staff to 27 , is “one of the longest of long shots for the GOP nomination.” The reason for this mystery has yet to be uncovered but speculation in the piece centers on the party’s desire to find a candidate who “might have a prayer of winning in a Democratic year” and that his views on a wide variety of issues put him well outside the mainstream.








