Ted Cruz Making A Big Announcement on Monday

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by GABESTA535

He's announcing it at Liberty University, no hotbed of political and religious moderation. If he does win the nomination I don't see how he could ever win over independent swing voters.

I was thinking the same thing! There goes the moderate, non right wing, non conservative Christian vote. Say good by to most North Eastern old line fiscal Republicans and social moderates.

That would rule out my entire Republican extended family, who are hoping that he does not get the nomination.

Liberty University? Please.

[Mr. Mon]

Originally Posted by mkpunk

I may not believe with all the Ayn Rand ness in Rand Paul but he is in better shape than other "true" conservatives. This is because unlike Cruz, Paul is a peaceful libertarian (rather than Cruz's war-hawk stance) and because of this, Paul is much more accessible to the youth vote. If they vote, their votes could possibly be a difference maker.

Personally, I don't think Rand Paul has the gravitas or brains to be President. His embrace of Randian Objectivism and flip flopping on nearly every single thing he's ever opined on are enough to keep me away. But that said I think he's got great ideas on preserving the Fourth Amendment, and I'd take him any day over a conniving ideologue like Cruz.