Why does ron paul get ignored

Carney in The Washington Examiner. The "bipartisan establishment" doesn't like him because he has been prescient on a number of issues from the economy to the national debt, from the housing bubble to Afghanistan. It's highly unlikely that Paul will win the Republican presidential nomination, but the frontrunners would be wise to embrace some of his ideas. Skip to header Skip to main content Skip to footer Opinion Brief. Biden owes his core voters student loan forgiveness. Michael Arceneaux.

Joel Mathis. Rick Santorum look on during a Republican presidential debateon Oct. October 18, By Peter Grier Staff writer petergrier.

Second, Paul is actually winning in another measure of news coverage, as Pew itself notes. You've read of free articles. Subscribe to continue. Mark Sappenfield. Our work isn't possible without your support. Digital subscription includes: Unlimited access to CSMonitor. The Monitor Daily email. No advertising. Cancel anytime. Copy link Link copied. Renew subscription Return to the free version of the site.

We logged you out. Log in again Return to the free version of the site. When it was all over, Ron Paul had won votes — nearly double what the next candidate earned. And yet Ron Paul is treated like a second-class candidate by the media, who happen to control the debates. Jon Huntsman, who is allegedly a Republican but worked for the Obama Administration, came in second. Michele Bachmann came in third, just one spot ahead of Herman Cain.

Fifth place went to Mitt Romney, and yet, the media declares Romney the front-runner. Romney was also declared the winner of the CNN debate last week, despite saying absolutely nothing of substance.

He has been declared the front-runner despite not actually winning any sort of poll, debate, or wrestling match against any of the other candidates. He is coasting on the name recognition that comes from being a second-generation, wealthy white male who also looks a bit like Captain America had a love child with Peter Griffin. Ron Paul, meanwhile, remains the favorite of actual Republicans, Tea Party folks, and obviously Libertarians. Some of the latter may defect to former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who has been a strong voice for liberty for 20 years, but this talk of them turning to Bachmann, Sarah Palin what?

Since analyzing politics is both my career and my hobby, I spend a lot of free time checking out what people are saying about the political candidates and their stances on issues.

Ron Paul's supporters have their own forums, folks. They have their own websites where they debate issues, point out media inaccuracies involving coverage of their favored candidate and the other GOP candidates and organize themselves.