Rep. Ron Paul was supposed to take his last stand in rural Nevada. What really happened? Not much.

Mitt Romney won the urban and the rural vote, but he lost in Florida's exurbs. The former Massachusetts governor continues to do best in the cities.

The White House will have all sorts of people holding "office hours" later this week, there to talk about "the issue that matter to you and your community." There's no mention of rural.

The Obama administration brought in a team in the Departments of Agriculture and Justice that promised to take on the big companies that control the food market. They held hearings across the country and collected tens of thousands of comments. But nothing ever happened and now the last of those who promised action has left.