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GOP hopeful for what? I think, if you are talking Pres in 2016 or 20, it is a little early for him or us to even think about that. Now, let's see who he ends up supporting when his dad doesn't get the nomination. He can't play the Tea Party game and support Romney either. I am not sure what he will do or how much difference it is going to make.
Nita
I think Rand tends to be a little more establishment than his father does. He knows that to have a future in the GOP you have to be to some extent, but you are right that he will have a difficulty being both Tea Party and establishment. Rubio and several others have the same problem. They have boxed themselves into a corner with their Tea Party affiliation.
The Constitutional Tea People that made up the majority of rallies in 2010, are informed enough to see that both Newt and Romney, are not Constitutional representatives. They are both Keynesian's. They are big spending, global corporatist. No word of getting a handle on the Fed, much less putting an end to the Keynesian fuel.
The media knows this very well.
It is the media that has painted the Tea People, that have proved to be the silent majority, as something they are not.
Because the media has never understood what 2010 was. They have been looking for a leader for the past 3 years.
There is no leader. We are all individuals and we lead ourselves.
Spot. On.
What people here on CD commonly refer to as the "Tea Party" is not the real Tea Party. The real Tea Party would never support a neo-con.
I think Rand tends to be a little more establishment than his father does. He knows that to have a future in the GOP you have to be to some extent, but you are right that he will have a difficulty being both Tea Party and establishment. Rubio and several others have the same problem. They have boxed themselves into a corner with their Tea Party affiliation.
you could be right, but time will tell. He has said a couple of pretty far out things. Of course most politicians and even most of us average people have as well I guess.
you could be right, but time will tell. He has said a couple of pretty far out things. Of course most politicians and even most of us average people have as well I guess.
Nita
What is "pretty far out" about freedom and liberty? I'd like to know which policy of Rands is "pretty far out"?
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