What a bunch of bullshit! Success means a lot in my world, if you think a more conservative southern white male is going to win an election then you are out of your mind. You don't get that? Right or wrong this is how it is. You forgot to mention the woman vote as well, that win that company got about birth control just cost more votes.
What a bunch of bullshit! Success means a lot in my world, if you think a more conservative southern white male is going to win an election then you are out of your mind. You don't get that? Right or wrong this is how it is. You forgot to mention the woman vote as well, that win that company got about birth control just cost more votes.
Rand is the only candidate(on either side) that is where the majority of Americans are in Foreign Policy. He also seems to be the only Republican that even tries to go beyond the current R base of Old, hateful White Men. His teaming up with Booker is brilliant. http://marketsanity.com/rand-paul-and-cory-booker-justice/. Ted Cruz is the Dems dream candidate. Assures a Dem Rout in 2016, and probably assures all 3 branches go heavily Democratic.
Rand has played it perfectly the past 2 years. Does not get involved in the joker Republicans attacks on Obama. He's definitely learned from his dad that you can not win if you are crazy. Kind of scares me, don't know if he's really this moderate type guy or of he's going to become some crazy Libertarian if elected. Dudes been saying all the right stuff and staying out of the cesspool.
Can you believe these libtards?
Doing cartwheels that the moocher class and Washington's gilded class outnumber the productive class.
So of course by libtard logic, a Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, or for that matter, George Washington, are totally "fringe nutbars" and completely "unelectable"
Obamanomics: America morphs into Welfare Nation! Now that's something to celebrate!
dbanana0-9
Rand Paul is one of the good ones.
I think libertarians make good executives. A good libertarian executive wouldn't think he has, or should have the power to make all the drastic changes he wants. He would though be able to stop lib/con from doing new things that hurt the country, and let pass things that are good, just look what Gary Johnson did in New Mexico. Rand is a lot like his dad he's just smarter in how goes about it.
I think libertarians make good executives. A good libertarian executive wouldn't think he has, or should have the power to make all the drastic changes he wants. He would though be able to stop lib/con from doing new things that hurt the country, and let pass things that are good, just look what Gary Johnson did in New Mexico. Rand is a lot like his dad he's just smarter in how goes about it.
DON'T RUN
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/
The rumors are growing that Romney intends to make a comeback. It's not too hard to imagine him sitting in a hotel room somewhere being talked into taking another shot at it until he feels "called".
Please don't.
We've seen this show before. It doesn't play.
Mitt Romney failed last time because he couldn't connect to working class and middle class whites as well as Obama connected to his base of black women. Unless Romney has transformed his image from slick corporate salesman, another "Staples Campaign" will be a disaster. Except this time he'll have to convince white women not to vote for Hillary.
I'm not saying that Romney is a bad man. He may be a good man. And maybe in the 1950s, he would have won. But his persona is wrong for modern politics. It's really wrong for an economic crisis. There were times when he seemed to break out of it and show a more human side, but I have no confidence that a campaign won't mean the same plastic Romney who takes no risks.
No thanks.
It's not that the 2016 playing field is filled with great candidates. It isn't. Nearly every likely candidate supports amnesty. The one principled candidate is not ready for prime time. After the Christie meltdown, I understand why the establishment would turn to Romney.
It's still not going to work.
In an economic crisis you need someone who can speak to people who are insecure about their future and make them feel as if he cares about their problems. That's the poll section of "Shares my values/Cares about my problems" which Republicans invariably lose and Obama wins.
Romney is not the guy to change that. I'm not sure if the GOP will be able to find someone who can, but the election will likely be lost or won on "I feel your pain".
On the empathy gap.
The good news is that Hillary Clinton is a cold fish. The bad news is that Bill Clinton, the master of I Feel Your Painness, will be on the campaign trail every day reminding voters how good the economy used to be.
Hillary Clinton's two big assets are gender and her husband's rosy recollections of a better economy.
You're not going to beat that with Mitt Romney.
For anyone who thinks I'm being unfair, watch this video, especially in light of the VA scandal.
Don't make excuses for Romney. Imagine how Bill Clinton would have dealt with that question. Now imagine a Republican who could turn a moment like this into a signature moment in his campaign and you have the 2016 candidate who can beat Hillary.
Just about every prospective 2016 candidate would have done a better job here.
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/
The rumors are growing that Romney intends to make a comeback. It's not too hard to imagine him sitting in a hotel room somewhere being talked into taking another shot at it until he feels "called".
Please don't.
We've seen this show before. It doesn't play.
Mitt Romney failed last time because he couldn't connect to working class and middle class whites as well as Obama connected to his base of black women. Unless Romney has transformed his image from slick corporate salesman, another "Staples Campaign" will be a disaster. Except this time he'll have to convince white women not to vote for Hillary.
I'm not saying that Romney is a bad man. He may be a good man. And maybe in the 1950s, he would have won. But his persona is wrong for modern politics. It's really wrong for an economic crisis. There were times when he seemed to break out of it and show a more human side, but I have no confidence that a campaign won't mean the same plastic Romney who takes no risks.
No thanks.
It's not that the 2016 playing field is filled with great candidates. It isn't. Nearly every likely candidate supports amnesty. The one principled candidate is not ready for prime time. After the Christie meltdown, I understand why the establishment would turn to Romney.
It's still not going to work.
In an economic crisis you need someone who can speak to people who are insecure about their future and make them feel as if he cares about their problems. That's the poll section of "Shares my values/Cares about my problems" which Republicans invariably lose and Obama wins.
Romney is not the guy to change that. I'm not sure if the GOP will be able to find someone who can, but the election will likely be lost or won on "I feel your pain".
On the empathy gap.
The good news is that Hillary Clinton is a cold fish. The bad news is that Bill Clinton, the master of I Feel Your Painness, will be on the campaign trail every day reminding voters how good the economy used to be.
Hillary Clinton's two big assets are gender and her husband's rosy recollections of a better economy.
You're not going to beat that with Mitt Romney.
For anyone who thinks I'm being unfair, watch this video, especially in light of the VA scandal.
Don't make excuses for Romney. Imagine how Bill Clinton would have dealt with that question. Now imagine a Republican who could turn a moment like this into a signature moment in his campaign and you have the 2016 candidate who can beat Hillary.
Just about every prospective 2016 candidate would have done a better job here.
