Paul setting up infrastructure for future campaigns?

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Risky strategy betting on the future; if Jeb wins In 2016, whomever is the Vice President, will have first dibs on 2024; Jeb is going to go with someone he can groom to continue his legacy. So Rand Paul as much as he recognizes that he will not be the nominee in 2016, he can't imagine that Hillary is a slam dunk. Her vulnerabilities are becoming more evident with each passing day. Democrats are also not likely to hold the White House for a third term either. I know a lot of Democrats on this site don't want to acknowledge or accept this likelihood, but Obama is hardly a Eisenhower, Reagan or Clinton kind of figure, with the kind of popularity which could help a Democrat.  By 2016, while he will be popular with those hard-core liberals, not so hot with the rest of the electorate.  Democrats ignore recent history, 2000 & 2008, were change elections,  and 2016 will likely be a carbon copy in terms of the results. Hillary hardly represents change. Rand Paul or others wouldn't be running if they believed Hillary would easily win. Unfortunately for Paul or Rubio, they are one of 16 presidential wannabee's. Jeb Bush is employing a Reaganesque strategy, avoiding controversies or blow-ups, at the end of the day, despite the handicap of the Bush brand name, or his positions on common core and immigration,  he will prevail.  The question is when and it is only a question of time, before others in the field figure this out. I have noticed that Jeb Bush is being treated with kid gloves by his opponents,  because the Vice Presidency will become very attractive soon enough. Donald Trump has been the only one who disses the rest of the field, everyone else knows,  maybe even Trump too realizes this, hence the scorched earth strategy.  In fact Rand Paul is a visionary and he could wait until 2032, he would be 69 then, the same age as Reagan was in 1980.