Ron Paul won virtually every televised debate, had the best overall record in all the straw polls, and had huge internet support but he was totally trivialized by the mainstream media.
When he polled over twice what was predicted and gained huge exposure due to setting a one day fundraising record, what happened next? He went into New Hampshire on a roll with a ton of publicity, full page ad in USA today and a huge network of volunteers, as well as a message that should resonate with the voters there as much as any state. Yet the diebold voting machine results gave him only a fraction of what was expected and when families in precincts that showed no votes for Ron Paul came forth to say they voted for him and something was fishy, the ballot boxes were found to have been tampered with to make verification impossible.
End of the Ron Paul campaign, mission accomplished.
Who knows if he could have won the nomination or the race? He was the only non-controlled candidate and he never had a chance.