This is SO MUCH like 2012 it’s scary.
In 2012 you had a precession of kooks that popped up, made fools of themselves, and then went away, until only one person was standing - Romney - who then figured he could COAST TO VICTORY on the basis of his first debate with Obama.
It sucked. I LOVED Cain, but it was obvious to me that he not only did he not follow the necessary issues to become presidential material, he didn’t even following current events. Sorry, but you don’t win by doing that.
Then Perry, who figured he could say “Texas Miracle” until he was blue in the face, and then coast into office. I hated him (being here in Texas) because he sabotaged just about every conservative goal (with help from suck-ups in our legislature), including Voter ID, securing the border, etc. Eventually he couldn’t hide it either - national politics was of NO INTEREST to him for his entire life up til then, and one doesn’t learn national politics from scratch in 6 months. Cannot be done - as once you scratch the surface, it was clear that he was clueless.
So now Rand pops up, TOTALLY CONNECTS with “the youth” on drones and privacy, manages to vote against Amnesty in the Senate (but he did waiver, big time), and looked more sane than his father. All that was left was to pull in the Republican base and he had a CLEAR SHOT right into the oval office.
...BUT NO, not good enough for him. He has to TRANSFORM the Republican Party first. Get us off of our pedestal of thinking that sex with animals is NOT ok, or that abortion is something other than a beautiful event, or that a STONED society is a productive one ready to take on China and Russia. No, we have to come around to his SICK libertarian views these issues.
So we’ll end up with Jeb or some other loser - he will get the usual business money, and he will, again, lose “the good fight”. And if we’re lucky, we’ll still have some power in Congress so that Hillary can kick us around like a battered wife.
Rand sounds more like an Obama spokesman...
“So now Rand pops up, TOTALLY CONNECTS with “the youth” on drones and privacy, manages to vote against Amnesty in the Senate (but he did waiver, big time), and looked more sane than his father. All that was left was to pull in the Republican base and he had a CLEAR SHOT right into the oval office.”
Why doesn’t Ted Cruz take up that mantle? Today, minorities need to be in the tent. A candidate can no longer win as a “white bread” candidate.