Ron Paul = No Love

   It is abundantly clear that the mainstream media is afraid of Ron Paul because he is not spouting what Republicans are supposed to be saying in February, 2008.

   I watched nearly 5 hours of ABC's coverage of Super Tuesday last night and heard not a single mention of the Texas congressman's name, even while he was showing up third in the returns from places like Montana.

   Additionally, today I received this week's Newsweek issue with John McCain on the cover. This is the fifth in their series of covering the Democratic and Republican candidates in detail. Yes, you guessed it, they've previously covered Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee. I am expecting to see Ron Paul on the cover next week.

   OK, I lied - I will be very pleasantly surprised if this is the case. I generally like Newsweek a lot. I think their coverage of world events is relatively balanced. I am thoroughly disappointed that Fareed Zakaria was born in India and therefore can never be President. I relish the opposing viewpoints that Anna Quindlen and George Will present on alternate weeks. I even enjoy reading Karl Rove's musings. But I will frankly be shocked if they give Ron Paul anything more than the one page conspiracy blurbs they've thus far limited coverage of him to.

   The guy is a Constitutionalist in the purest sense and the lack of attention he's been granted by the media, coupled with the clear disdain from his fellow GOP competitors, is mind-boggling to me. For a party that continuously harps about the need to appoint Supreme Court justices that are strict Constitutionalists, I find it absurd that they would consider any of Paul's views wacky. While I do not agree with 100% of his positions, I think it is great that he is trying to get people to bust out of their traditional mindsets and hear his message of radical change.

   Unfortunately, he has not gained much ground and I am afraid it is only a matter of time before he drops out and we are left with just McCain and his running mate, Huckabee (just the man to shore up the evangelicals that feel the old warrior is a closet liberal).