Our two-party system is a joke. Ron Paul is the only candidate who embodies my own conservative, constitutionalist views, but you are right that he has no chance of becoming the Republican nominee.
The Republicans clearly didn't want the presidency in 2008; McCain wasn't even eligible based upon his birthplace and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. The fix is more than likely already in for 2012, and it probably doesn't really matter who presides over the collapse of the dollar and the beginning of WWIII.
