Ron Paul winning will be BAD for freedom. The writing is on the wall and a major shit storm is coming no matter what policies are implemented. It's way past that point. The economy will vaporize and they'll blame the current captain of the titanic even if it were the previous ones who thought they could sail through rocks.
Best case scenario IMO is Paul wins the GOP nomination and Obama rigs the Presidential election so that people will realize that "democracy" never really existed and blame goes where it is due.
I somewhat agree. If Ron Paul cannot remove the chains from the market in time and without massive opposition then they may very well blame him.
I don't know enough about the American legislation machine and how long it takes to implement change or in this case remove legislation. If he can simply get rid of what he wants to get rid of and implement the "opt-out" options he is suggesting within his first year, the economy will both crash and recover incredibly within 4 years.