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Rand Paul vs. Ted Cruz: Why one of them is winning over the press <\/p>\n
The two freshmen senators are media magnets, brash brand-builders often at odds with their party as they eye a White House run. <\/p>\n
But Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are starting to draw very different treatment from the press. Paul is getting positive coverage, sometimes grudgingly, while Cruz is increasingly being portrayed as a difficult loner. <\/p>\n
Its not about their ideology both Republicans are staunch conservatives as much as their style. And style counts a great deal with the Beltway pundits. <\/p>\n
Take, for instance, this National Journal piece declaring Paul the GOPs early front-runner. However ephemeral the designation, this is remarkable, given that the Kentucky senator was originally viewed as an extension of his father, perennial candidate Ron Paul, whose hard-line libertarianism was often dismissed by the media as part of a fringe movement. <\/p>\n
But Rand Paul is not his dad. The story begins with a slap that practically casts Paul as unelectable, but gives him his due: <\/p>\n
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