Previous to CPAC the MSM very successfully branded Ron paul a 9/11 truther (on video) and in a TWELVE-page article published in today’s NYT they are tying him in with the dangerous “fringe” political movement known as the “Tea Party”.
The MSM WANTS conservatives at CPAC to pick Ron Paul. They think that if he continues to run for Pres., he will split the conservative vote which is needed in order for the Democrat candidate to win.
I doubt that Ron Paul is running for President again. He's just too old.
Once Rand Paul has won the US Senate seat in Kentucky, I expect he'll become the de facto leader of the Paul faction.
If so, that probably works in Sarah Palin's favor, since she and Rand Paul are pretty much arm-in-arm, politically.
I would’ve said that the MSM did not like either Ron Paul or Sarah Palin, and did not want either Paul or Palin to win. The MSM has always seemed to like Romney.
Pauls ideas are really very unpopular with the MSM. If I was to guess, I would say that the MSM has concluded that Paul has 0% chance of winning in 2012. He would be, what 77 years old then? So, if he can’t win, why not talk about him?
At this point, I’d guess that Palin scares the MSM more than Paul does, due to her electability.
Not here on FR, but elsewhere across the country, Palin and Paul can appeal to the same types of people. The MSM seems to be wanting to push those people to Paul instead of Palin at least in the short term.
But that’s just a guess. It’s still a surprise that the MSM is talking up Ron Paul when they can ignore him.