By: E&P Staff Love him or hate him, it's hard to deny that the media has paid little attention to Rep. Ron Paul and his quest for the Republication nomination for president. The libertarian-oriented congressman from Texas -- who is anti-war, anti-immigration and anti-abortion -- got his "Colbert bump" and has been part of most of the GOP debates but has drawn little notice overall, partly because of his standing in the polls and longshot chance at winning the nod.
On the other hand, he has drawn an enthusiastic following and raised a surprising amount of money.
That may change after he raised a record amount of money for any candidate in a single day on the Web yesterday. The New York Times covered it today, though many other mainstream outlets did not.
Glenn Greenwald, the popular Salon.com blogger, has a lengthy posting on the phenomenon today, not as an endorsement of Paul but as a critique of the media's handling of his candidacy to date. He notes the views of Paul he dislikes (among other things, Greenwald notes, he "favors a drastically reduced role for the federal government in everything from education to health care"), but also recalls Jon Stewart's statement to the candidate: "You appear to have consistent principled integrity. Americans don't usually go for that."
It is at: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
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