I think Ron Paul was a great candidate. And so good that the pubes had to buy him off going into the republican primary so he wouldnt run as a third party. Not that it mattered. Obama slaughtered Romney.
There are plenty of people who hear what he is saying, but overall Americans want the Housewives of New York and not CSPAN. People get caught up in all of the emotional drama like kids getting separated from their parents, Russia buying facebook ads, Hillarys emails, fake news, twitter wars, etc...