What is a VIABLE Candidate

What is a VIABLE Candidate

Definition of VIABLE

1

: capable of living; especially: having attained such form and development as to be normally capable of surviving outside the mother's womb <a viable fetus>

2

: capable of growing or developing <viable seeds> <viable eggs>

3

a: capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately <viable alternatives> b: capable of existence and development as an independent unit <the colony is now a viable state> c (1): having a reasonable chance of succeeding <a viable candidate> (2): financially sustainable <a viable enterprise>

Now how do you know who is viable and who is not? According to the News anyone who has money and could pay for commercials are viable candidates. So what gives  the news media the authority and who in the News Media is in deciding whether a candidate is viable or not. Does this mean pay us money and we will endorse you?

Then you have the millionaire billionaire bazillion state and federal  Senators and Congressman Governors, Or your Donald Trumps who bullies their way into an office. They have the money and the power to be heard. Unfortunately these people only seek self-gratification and more power to build their empires bigger and bigger. Ever wonder how a Senator or a Congressman when first elected goes in average salary and resigns or dies overly wealthy. Where do they get the money on $147thousand a year. Nancy Pelosi demonstrated this with her brother in laws solar power plant by giving him federal grants he won't have to pay back with Harry Reid and Barack Hussein Obama's hands in it.

So can someone be "viable" and never heard of?