If Mary Is My Homegirl, And Ron Paul Is My Homeboy, What Does That Make Jesus?

Well it's Sat night, and I'm actually a bit too tipsy to be writing, but what the hell.

“Ron Paul Is My Homeboy”

I mostly liked this article because I thought just about everyone forgot about those "Jesus Is My Homeboy" T-shirts that were unfortunately popular a decade ago (I blame it on Y2K).
Yet I find this article to be way too simplistic (yes even in my highly inebriated state of mind). The article does not really go into what the effect might be for Obama who previously was able to yield the youth vote and gain victory. Does Ron Paul have enough of the youth to make a major dent if he were to decide to run as an independent (a la Nader).
Also this article hasn't really gone into why Paul has so much of the youth in his corner. It alludes to some of it (his plan to legalize marijuana), but it doesn't really go into his conservatism and why it would appeal to the youth.
As a somewhat youth myself I would hazard a guess that most of his supporters don't really know where he stands on a lot of issues, due to his lack of media coverage until his recent surge.
The slate article has this quote from a political scientist (whatever that means): For Paul supporters, “it’s not really about political views, it’s about knowledge,” says Dan Cassino, a political scientist at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Supporters tend to talk about the congressman as a would-be educator-in-chief."

Not really something you'd expect to hear about someone who doesn't believe in evolution or global warming.  Libertarianism can often be found in between extreme conservatism and extreme liberalism, but Ron Paul, both an extreme conservative and extreme liberal has put himself in such a corner that not even the Republicans would do anything with him.
The question is why does this appeal to the youth vote? Well his foreign policy probably makes sense to kids who have seen this country at war for over ten years, and that's not even counting the war on drugs which has wasted way more money and has lasted far longer.
Perhaps the other candidates (Romney) should figure out what it is about Paul that appeals to the youth and try to copy it. It's not like he's never changed positions before and, personally I think it would be the only way the Republicans would beat Obama at this point.