The Rand Paul Moment

[CatoMinor]

Politico has a pretty interesting opinion piece on Rand. Good read.

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[bballrox4717]

I don't think the country will vote in Rand Paul, but if he's nominated, he surely can start the beginnings of a new winning Republican coalition. The GOP has been relying on the same Nixon-Reagan coalition of voters for the past 40 years. It's not going to work anymore, and even if the GOP wins in 2016, it's delaying the inevitable. They need fresh ideas and Rand does a pretty good job of providing them.

[NHI]

I don't think the country will vote in Rand Paul, but if he's nominated, he surely can start the beginnings of a new winning Republican coalition. The GOP has been relying on the same Nixon-Reagan coalition of voters for the past 40 years. It's not going to work anymore, and even if the GOP wins in 2016, it's delaying the inevitable. They need fresh ideas and Rand does a pretty good job of providing them.

[CatoMinor]

The Washington Post has a good article too.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/06/18/rand-paul-is-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-political-world/

[Bull Moose Base]

I think 2 things are inevitable: Paul will be one of the "finalists" for the GOP nomination, and that Rove-backed elements of the GOP will be determined that he not be nominated. There will be another more establishment-friendly sub-primary, the field of which is still very unclear because probably the 2 strongest candidates of it, Rubio and Walker, are both reportedly deferring to the decisions of their friends and statemates (and Walker has a re-election). In addition to that, I'd call Cruz one of the likeliest candidates, and he has the potential to pull voters from both of the other wings.

[NHI]

I think 2 things are inevitable: Paul will be one of the "finalists" for the GOP nomination, and that Rove-backed elements of the GOP will be determined that he not be nominated. There will be another more establishment-friendly sub-primary, the field of which is still very unclear because probably the 2 strongest candidates of it, Rubio and Walker, are both reportedly deferring to the decisions of their friends and statemates (and Walker has a re-election). In addition to that, I'd call Cruz one of the likeliest candidates, and he has the potential to pull voters from both of the other wings.