Howard Dean had not gone far when the Media pulled his plug. Jimmy Carter had been campaigning for YEARS and he was NOT obscure but a celebrated example of the "New South" you may not be old enough to remember his campaign but I am.
Ears will also get pulled. And in any case he was not made by the media in three weeks. He was the keynote speaker at the last Convention and won the Senate seat in Illinois after the media destroyed his GOP opponent forcing his withdrawal at the last minute.
The game is still money, and name recognition.
Dean self destructed. Carter WAS unknown in the NW. Maybe if you lived in the South you may heave known him. Ditto slick willie. Sorry, the game has changed. Fight for Trudy all you want, I'm sticking with the conservative.