Study: GOP’s 2016 Contenders Have Gotten Plenty Of Media Coverage

FILE - In this July 16, 2013 file photo Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Ted Cruz of Texas take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. About two months ago Republican Sen. John McCain of ... FILE - In this July 16, 2013 file photo Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Ted Cruz of Texas take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. About two months ago Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona likened Cruz and Paul, and others to "wacko birds" for their style of confrontational politics. Paul responded to the party's 2008 presidential candidate and 5th term senator by saying, "The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered. I don't think we need to name any names, do we?" (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) MORE LESS
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A study released Tuesday found that media interest in a Chris Christie 2016 run has matched speculation surrounding Hillary Clinton’s own White House ambitions. But the New Jersey governor’s potential Republican rivals have attracted plenty of coverage, too.

The findings from Pew showed that Christie and Clinton have each been the subject of 82 newspaper stories this year that connected them to a presidential run in 2016. And while no other potential Democratic candidate generated more than 22 stories, several GOP contenders were within shouting distance of Christie’s total.

Bolstered by renewed speculation that he’ll make yet another White House run, Mitt Romney has been the subject of 74 stories. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have been the subject of 68 and 67 stories, respectively.

The study serves as a fitting parallel to the 2016 landscape for each party. While Clinton appears to be the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination if she decides to run, polls show decidedly more parity among Republicans.

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  1. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    So it’s HRC and the clown car, huh? Doesn’t all the cheap mockery of the Vice President count as ‘coverage’ and get a number count? Or the smattering of Warren and Sanders mentions?

  2. Duh. The MSM is fucking DESPERATE to find a GOP/Teatroll puppet who is capable of being propped up long enough to provide a horse race narrative. You can expect the litany of Benghazi this Benghazi that to continue unabated as well because, to the extent they can’t prop some Teatroll plutocrat up to manufacture their false equivalence narrative, they will have to also tear Clinton down as well. More articles like “do we really know what happened?” or “Clinton, Ukraine and the Russian reset” will make their way into your face…have no doubt.

  3. Let the circus begin. Cue the clowns!

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