“We know the state-controlled media chooses our candidate”
In 2008 the MSM(working with the Democrats) chose McCain as the Republican presidential candidate. It worked to help McCain and to undermine the other candidates. A small part of this is documented in the book Game Change.
It is clear the MSM and the Democrats want Huntsman as the Republican candidate in 2012. If it is not him, it appears they want Romney or Gingrich.
Whoever the candidate is, he will be attacked relentlessly by the MSM as soon as he gets the nomination.
The most important attribute a Republican candidate must have is the ability to bypass the liars in the MSM and deliver his message directly to the American people.
If a candidate can’t do that, nothing else matters.
Yay! And the willingness to do it.