Ron Paul Wears Invisibility Cloak In News Media's Eyes

[Commentary] Busted. That's what we in the news media are in the matter of the presidential campaign of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).

Famous and not so famous critics have pointed out in the past day that journalists for the most part have ignored Rep Paul even when he succeeds at a level other Republican presidential candidates haven't. As far as many political reporters have been concerned, the congressman might as well be wearing one of those Harry Potter invisibility cloaks. He's there but we apparently can't see him. For instance, despite putting in a strong second place showing in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa and polling consistently well in polls of voters nationally or in caucus and primary states, the 74-year old Libertarian was mostly ignored. The leading reason has to be because most journalists accept the conventional wisdom that Paul can't get Republican nomination. A number of his views just don't line up well with GOP orthodoxy. And that's true despite how some of his fiscal views anticipated the arrival of the Tea Party.