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.
The MSM is “talking up” Ron Paul because there is a concerted effort of late to paint him as a fringe loon (the label fits easily due to 9/11 truhthers who are many of his followers). The MSM has an interest in painting Paul as a loon because his Bill in the House demanding to audit the FED has passed and it is also out of committee. Only the House leadership (Pelosi and her minions) are standing in its way of it becoming law and being enforced.
From the Left’s perspective *those who own the MSM), the FED CANNOT be allowed to be audited because the gold reserves that are supposed to be there are no more. Thus, if they paint Paul as a loon, they discredit his Bill. And if they paint the CPAC conservatives as following Paul, they must be loons too. This serves to discredit Republicans in general and whoever the Repubs end up actually nominating for President is discredited (by association) in particular.