09-25-2011, 07:49 PM
(09-25-2011, 07:13 PM)Maggot Wrote: Ron paul wins straw polls all over, but thats not media worthy.
He truly got shafted by Fox News in the very early straw polls, according to what I researched/read when you first brought this up last month. They either downplayed his victories or they used non-standard poll results instead of the standard measurements and claimed someone else as the victor.
If Paul wins a poll now that it's closer to election and now that there are broadcast debates, I think he will get credit. But, some voters rely on recognition factor (based on media exposure) to consider whether a candidate is viable or not in getting to this juncture. Paul may have been negatively affected by the slant of some media. Not cool, imo.