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he's an offbeat guy that seems to stick to his guns instead of evolving (lying) his views.
and if he pisses off leftist, which he does, he's alright in my book
As was expected O'Reilly started to ridicule Paul. It was subtle but the tone and phrasing indicated what was coming from this "unbiased and fair" commentator. He said: "Rand Paul wants to be president" with a tone of sarcasm. Watch when he will announce his more favorable candidates. I expect him to say: "So and so announced that s/he is running for president."
Political world scenery changes and stances on issues have to be fluid to deal with them. He was originally for the Monroe Doctrine. Now, hypothetically: if we kept to the Monroe Doctrine, do you think Muslim countries would still hate the USA?
The establishment GOP had a brief fling with the sort of paleo-conservatism that the Pauls were in the forefront of;
that's gone. The neocons are back in all their idiotic splendor and Rand Paul is desperately compromising his principles to avoid becoming the permanent ten percenter his father was.
The establishment GOP had a brief fling with the sort of paleo-conservatism that the Pauls were in the forefront of;
that's gone. The neocons are back in all their idiotic splendor and Rand Paul is desperately compromising his principles to avoid becoming the permanent ten percenter his father was.
I am pretty sure he will be way above that 10% mark, but also have my doubts as to whether Sen. Paul can build a coalition big enough to get to the magic number of delegates needed. I suspect that extreme Right Christians are going to be upset that he never mentioned G-d in his speech, which is almost downright heresy in the GOP these days.
I stick by my argument from the Rand Paul speech thread that what he definitely can do, alongside Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and likely either Mike Huckabee and or Chris Christie, will be to amass enough delegates so as to ensure that NO candidate goes into the convention with a majority, resulting in a convention that will be decided sometime AFTER the 1st ballot.
he's an offbeat guy that seems to stick to his guns instead of evolving (lying) his views.
and if he pisses off leftist, which he does, he's alright in my book
Oh, I find it refreshing that he sticks to his views and have no problem with that in the world. Whether on not he pisses off "leftists" is, however, irrelevant. He won't need votes from "leftists" to win the GOP nomination. He will need votes from within your party to win the nomination.
See how that works?
The establishment GOP had a brief fling with the sort of paleo-conservatism that the Pauls were in the forefront of;
that's gone. The neocons are back in all their idiotic splendor and Rand Paul is desperately compromising his principles to avoid becoming the permanent ten percenter his father was.
I am pretty sure he will be way above that 10% mark, but also have my doubts as to whether Sen. Paul can build a coalition big enough to get to the magic number of delegates needed. I suspect that extreme Right Christians are going to be upset that he never mentioned G-d in his speech, which is almost downright heresy in the GOP these days.
I stick by my argument from the Rand Paul speech thread that what he definitely can do, alongside Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and likely either Mike Huckabee and or Chris Christie, will be to amass enough delegates so as to ensure that NO candidate goes into the convention with a majority, resulting in a convention that will be decided sometime AFTER the 1st ballot.
They drop out when they run out of money.
I am quite sure he will not have the coalition necessary for the nomination. For the primaries we can expect what, maybe 9 or so candidates?I am pretty sure he will be way above that 10% mark, but also have my doubts as to whether Sen. Paul can build a coalition big enough to get to the magic number of delegates needed. I suspect that extreme Right Christians are going to be upset that he never mentioned G-d in his speech, which is almost downright heresy in the GOP these days.
I suspect that Ohio would be Kasich-land.could bleed over some into Ohio as well.
The establishment GOP had a brief fling with the sort of paleo-conservatism that the Pauls were in the forefront of;
that's gone. The neocons are back in all their idiotic splendor and Rand Paul is desperately compromising his principles to avoid becoming the permanent ten percenter his father was.
I am pretty sure he will be way above that 10% mark, but also have my doubts as to whether Sen. Paul can build a coalition big enough to get to the magic number of delegates needed. I suspect that extreme Right Christians are going to be upset that he never mentioned G-d in his speech, which is almost downright heresy in the GOP these days.
I stick by my argument from the Rand Paul speech thread that what he definitely can do, alongside Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and likely either Mike Huckabee and or Chris Christie, will be to amass enough delegates so as to ensure that NO candidate goes into the convention with a majority, resulting in a convention that will be decided sometime AFTER the 1st ballot.
They drop out when they run out of money.
I have no doubt that Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Ted Cruz will be able to find enough money to stay in the running until the Convention. And since more and more GOP states are moving away from WTA in many of the primaries and toward proportional delegation, Rand or Ted don't even have to place first in a number of contests in order to stay heavily in the running. This means that the states that ARE going to be WTA contests are going to be heavily fought for. Plus, I expect that Rand Paul will do well in a number of caucus states, including MT and the Dakotas. It's pretty sure that he will do very well in Kentucky and that could bleed over some into Ohio as well. The three New England states (ME, NH and VT) all have a more Libertarian tilt on the Republican side of things. Where I expect him to suffer will be in deep, deep, deep bible belt states aside from Kentucky, where a Ted Cruz or a Mike Huckabee will have the upper hand. Missouri has been a WTA contest and I bet it will stay that way.
My political gut, which sometimes can be wrong, but more often than not, is dead-on, tells me that Rand Paul has better chances than the establishment wants to admit and at the very least, he can lead to a hung convention.
One thing he didn't point out in the section concerning Paul trying to run as an outsider is the irony inherent in the fact he is the son of a career politician seeking to extend a political dynasty.
That strikes me much as it would were Miley Cyrus to complain about the music industry star-making machine.
I do not think his reason is to seek establishing a political dynasty. He seems more sincere than that.One thing he didn't point out in the section concerning Paul trying to run as an outsider is the irony inherent in the fact he is the son of a career politician seeking to extend a political dynasty.
I suspect that Ohio would be Kasich-land.could bleed over some into Ohio as well.
I do not think his reason is to seek establishing a political dynasty. He seems more sincere than that.One thing he didn't point out in the section concerning Paul trying to run as an outsider is the irony inherent in the fact he is the son of a career politician seeking to extend a political dynasty.
I do agree with you about that. Rand is definitely different that his father.
His father looked like a mumbling fool on previous presidential debates even if he has made a few valid arguments. Definitely not something what puts one on the radar unless we use a fool-detecting-radar.I do agree with you about that. Rand is definitely different that his father.
.......yet he wouldn't even register on the political radar were it not for him.
Ron Paul is an extreme antisemite. Since Rand grew up steeped in such hatred, I can only hope that he is truly different than his father, but I suspect he is simply more adept at polishing his image.
