Does the news media follow something other than ratings/money?

Ron paul is a little looney but he is not sound bite looney.

 

Ron Paul is still not very high when it comes to national polls

 

Paul's problem is that he's run three or four times already and pretty much established himself as a fringe candidate. He's entered Jessie Jackson territory. The media will pay attention to two types of candidates; those who almost won last time around, and those who are new, unestablished and novel.

Paul is dead as a brand and his supporters are in danger of entering the Lyndon Larouche denial zone. Truthfully, as a short, ugly, unphotogenic man he never really had much chance, but he shouldn't have thrown his name in the ring so often when he was very clearly not viable, like when he ran on the Libertarian ticket. This is why you see fringe guys like Tim Pawlenty drop out so early. Paul has established a track record as a loser. It's better to not play the game than play and get beaten like a rented mule. He used up his novelty factor without establishing gravitas. I know his supporters don't like that, but if you really believe in his message, you need to find a new face to put in front of it.

 

ron paul is perfect for things like "straw polls". he has a very dedicated network, we've seen this act.

howeva, it was funny that rachel maddow did a segment on how fringe candidates who do well in the republican primary parlay their success into book deals/tv shows etc. she was talking about alan keyes, huckabee last year, of course palin and now bachmann.

 

ron paul was a decent story in 08. they're not doing it again

 

If you don't see it, you don't see it. The only thing I'd say is go talk to the Lyndon Laruche people harrassing people in front of post offices. They'll pretty much say what you did, and they blame it all on a massive conspiracy to silence Laruche, rather than the fact that the guy is just a played out never-was. But they can't understand that essentially nobody else sees whatever it is thst they see when they look at the guy.

I thin that if Paul had kept his powder dry up until now this might have been a good opportunity for him to sneak in, but he didn't so he won't.

 

yep, that's funny, he totally missed on his timing. this was the perfect year to introduce himself

howeva, his lack of popularity also demonstrates that the tea party is also about the social issues.

 

Some follow money, some follow politics, some are big and popular enough that they can do both.

Even more radical, I bet there are some politically conservative publishers who knowingly print a liberal paper, or vice versa; not because it's more profitable, but maybe just for some kind of vicarious social commentary, or because they separate their political views from their still equally biased editorial views. At least I'd like to think people are that complex.