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Tuesday, August 16, 2011 — (KTRK-TV HOUSTON, TX) Texas Congressman Ron Paul came in second to Michelle Bachmann in Iowa; a strong finish that he says has largely been overlooked. And some point out he’s seemingly ignored by the mainstream media. “We got a big charge out of the headline that said, ‘Bachmann in first place, Pawlenty in third.’ They essentially forgot about us,” Paul told Eyewitness News reporter Tom Abrahams in an exclusive sit-down interview. Paul is not your typical presidential candidate, and that’s exactly what his supporters like about him. Some might call Texas Congressman Ron Paul the other Texan in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, especially after last weekend when he finished second in the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday afternoon. But then he decided to fly home to Lake Jackson that night because he says nobody from a television network was interested in interviewing him. This is not Ron Paul’s first rodeo. He’s run for president before. When we asked Paul why he wants to be president, he replied, “That’s a pretty darn good question. My main goal is that the views I express and the economists I follow have answers.” But even he was surprised at the lack of media attention he got after finishing a close second to Iowa Straw Poll winner Michelle Bachmann. “Yeah, I’m disappointed because most of us like to see that we get credit for some achievements and I personally believe that we did have an achievement and it reflected good …