" people who can't get any public exposure can never hope to win."

true enough. It still seems to me he got quite a bit of public exposure....enough to convince most of the 'public' to turn elsewhere.

"...everything to do with censoring what the voters are allowed to see and hear."

aww, c'mon! The voters can see & hear practically anything, at any time. I can go listen to Pat Robertson and get HIS unique view on it all, but he is unlikely to be a viable candidate! It's a matter of sorting thru the different opinions...there MUST be a way to be fair without hearing everything every registered candidate says at every forum until the final vote.

(Rig..you think you were bored last night? Wanta listen to Mike Gravel's interesting homilies at each debate?)