Aug 17, 2011

Jon Stewart: Why is Everyone Still Ignoring Ron Paul?

Ron Paul came in second in last weekend's Iowa straw poll, finishing less than 200 votes behind Michele Bachmann. Why is the longtime Texas congressman, an early champion of many of the ideas that are so popular with Tea Partiers at the moment, not considered a serious contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination? That was the question on Jon Stewart's mind tonight on The Daily Show. A clip of the segment is below.
Even when the media does remember Ron Paul, it's only to reassure themselves that there's no need to remember Ron Paul.