I understand your admiration for the guy, but he isn't "opening any eyes". Did Ross Perot really, and I mean REALLY, open any eyes? No. Ron Paul isn't half the candidate that Perot was, and that ain't saying too much. Ron Paul doesn't play well across the board for the simple fact that he wants too much change too quickly and the American people sense this. They understand that the problems we have can't handle quick fixes. We're in too deep. Really a point of no return on some areas of society...unfortunately. No one can fix immigration, it's out of control. You can't unilaterally drastically overhaul CIA and FBI...can't be done. His platform is for radical change and America is too stupid and uninvolved for drastic change at this point in history.