Sorry, Ron, your chances don't even rise to that level (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)
Nominee for
worst spin of 2012:
“On the heels of his close third place finish at the Iowa Caucus, Ron Paul is polling a strong second place in New Hampshire. From here on out, it is a two-man race between Ron Paul and Mitt Romney given that one of the tickets out of Iowa was a dead-end due to Rick Santorum’s glaring lack of viability,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.
Okay, that pretty much speaks for itself ... when you're in third-place and you're dismissing the guy who was in second-place you probably shouldn't brag about polling that shows you in second. Even worse, when you link to that polling, you probably don't want the link to go to a headline that reads:
Santorum gets big poll bounce in New Hampshire
Granted, it's a Zogby poll, so you should ignore it, but even if it weren't, Ron Paul is the last guy in the world who should be building his campaign around a viability message. I mean, Bob Dole has a better chance of being the GOP nominee than Ron Paul. He's a lot of things, but viable ain't one of them.