Was Ron Paul's presidential campaign a success?

[Bo]

no

[Vepres]

No. He had the cash of a first tier candidate and performed like a second tier one, so in that sense, no it was not successful.

[Free Trade is managed by the invisible hand.]

Define success?

I think that this question should be more defined but also his campaign should be compared to other ones in the past that were similar. In my opinion his campaign has shown me that a right-wing social conservative with a racist history can gain support from conservatives.

if Ron Paul supported liberals policies and was a democrat I am pretty sure the newsletter issue would have demolished his political career.

[tmthforu94]

Given the fact that I honestly don't think he was expecting to win, yes. He gained name recognition, and is now considered the leader of the libertarian movement. While I doubt he will run in 2012, if he can endorse Johnson, and get his supporters as crazy for Johnson as they were for him, Johnson could win some states.