The press will try to kill him any way they can. What counts is he gaining points or loosing points by making them the enemy? Next, is he real or a stalking horse to kill their credibility? Not much ever happens by accident.
LOL Hes killing himself
Candidates have been successful at outing the liberal press. Usually it is done with humor but sometimes with confrontation. Laughing and saying to Guthrie “that was a great DNC editorial” before jumping in addressing all her charges, would have been more effective than the snippiness Rand walked into. Rand’s personality is snippy and without great wit. He’s not much of a showman.
Remember when Reagan laughed and said “There ya go again” to a liberal during the debate and he made the whole audience laugh? I saw a clip of it on youtube. It was great.