No, seriously, you’re letting your distaste for Ron Paul color your assessment of how the media, logically, should slot candidates into tiers.
You might not like Ron Paul, but he is the one who is winning these straw polls. After candidates announce they’re running for President, the media, traditionally, starts calling candidates “top-tier” “second-tier” and “third-tier” Sometimes there are 2 tiers. You should know this.
What the media should do is look at evidence, and use that evidence to make their determination. If Ron Paul keeps winning these straw polls or coming in 2nd, that’s enough real evidence to indicate that he should be considered in the top tier. Now, I’m not talking about the preferences of the media. The media hates Ron Paul more than they hate Sarah Palin. I do not believe that the media will put Ron Paul in the top tier. Ron Paul will raise a lot of money, right away. That’s conjecture at this point, but Ron Paul
wasn’t well known in 2007, and it look a long time to get well known enough to raise over $5 a day in the good money bombs. This time around he’d quickly raise that kind of money right after announcing. So, when putting together tiers, the media would have to consider important victories in straw polls and impressive fundraising results. Those are objective, and can be measured. If I was to guess right now, Paul would have the straw poll numbers and the money to rank him in top tier and his poll numbers would be less strong.
“If Ron Paul keeps winning these straw polls or coming in 2nd, that’s enough real evidence to indicate that he should be considered in the top tier.”
Your ignorance is astounding.
Ron Paul supporters truely need to be studies.