This is how you draw support out from under Democrats
You might notice that he's done fairly well in Republican straw polls also.I doubt that any candidate can appeal to both the hard left voters represented in the San Francisco straw poll and the mainstream conservatives that you'd find in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Head-to head_________W-L-T
Ron Paul v. Rudy Giuliani 38-7-0
Ron Paul v. Mitt Romney 30-15-0
Ron Paul v. Fred Thompson 29-15-0
Ron Paul v. John McCain 39-5-0
Ron Paul v. Mike Huckabee 37-6-1
Ron Paul v. Tom Tancredo 42-1-0
Ron Paul v. Duncan Hunter 41-2-0
If you would be the type that would be "hung in effigy" in SF, I suppose that's cool and all.... but it would be impossible for you to win a general election this cycle.
he is doing well with San Francisco Democrats
You don't really think that democrats (especially liberal demos) would actually vote for Ron Paul (or any other Republican) rather than voting for the demo nominee, do you?!? Because the democrats/liberal democrats will vote for Hillbama regardless of who the repub nominee is.
The two nuts are popular in San Fransisco. How surprising.