They are threatening. He was ignored because he didn't do anything surprising, writes Salon's Steve Kornacki :. The political world already knows that Paul has an army of unusually loyal and dedicated supporters who are willing to show up in large numbers at events like the straw poll and producing impressive-seeming vote totals for their candidate.
They've been doing this for years now. Or in ? His supporters are very good at this kind of thing The key question about Paul's campaign is one that the straw poll was never going to help answer: Can he build on his sizable but ultimately limited base of core supporters and develop mass appeal within the Republican Party? Ralph Nader, who is about as far as you can get from Paul politically, has the same problem whenever he runs for president.
And, no, media attention is not based solely on polls. The most recent polls, taken before Ames, showed Bachmann with T he mainstream media always hounds candidates during election season.
Mitt Romney. There was, however, a contender for the spot. His supporters were a large minority group determined to place him the ticket as a party candidate, as opposed to on the Independent ballot, which would split the conservative vote. In the primary elections, when Paul began campaigning, crowds of thousands would flock to hear him speak.
Now, he hardly makes front page. But why does the media fail to capitalize on this political underdog? Coverage on Paul has been limited, as media outlets highlight President Barack Obama and, in their eyes, his biggest threat. Mainstream media favored Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, in my opinion, as they watched a woman try to succeed in a male-dominated political industry. But Paul was ignored for the third year straight.
When the mainstream media got the results back from Iowa, they stated that Santorum won first, Romney second and Michele Bachmann sixth. Not many news outlets mentioned Paul, who actually won the most delegates from Iowa.
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