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HOLLYWOOD
07-14-2014, 08:34 AM
More news coverage... so they're tagging Rand as the Tea Party candidate, fine. Let's watch those charlatans in media and politics that advocate for the TP and see what they will do or don't; esp. Mike "THE HUCKSTER" Huckabee, Palin, Beck, Savage, Levine, Limbaugh, Hannity, etc...

BTW: HuffPo carrying the same article, but didn't link to them


http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rand-paul-surge-gop-alternative/2014/07/14/id/582395/Rand Paul Surge Sparks GOP Rush to Find 2016 Alternative

Monday, 14 Jul 2014 06:53 AM

Republican jockeying in the 2016 U.S. presidential primary is becoming a contest over who will become the alternative to the Tea Party’s candidate.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is the favorite of the small- government movement, and Republican rivals are starting to gang up on him to argue that he could dim the party’s chances against a Democratic Party unified behind Hillary Clinton.

“It feels good to be the anti-establishment figure until the entire establishment comes raining down on you, and that’s what they’re going to do to him,” radio talk show host Laura Ingraham said of Paul in an interview. “I’m a little surprised it’s happening so early.”

Texas Governor Rick Perry delivered a rebuke of Paul in the Washington Post, casting him as an isolationist who would let terrorism fester beyond U.S. borders.
Paul is “curiously blind” to the threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and “drawing his own red line along the water’s edge, creating a giant moat where superpowers can retire from the world,” Perry wrote in a July 11 opinion piece.

“I’m with Perry on that,” former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, a failed candidate in 2012 Republican primary, said yesterday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Ohio Senator Rob Portman told Bloomberg News last week that he may run for president if he doesn’t see a viable Republican candidate with the experience and temperament to manipulate the levers of power in Washington -- an implicit criticism of Paul.

‘Disturbing’ Views
Paul has argued for a less interventionist foreign policy by the U.S. than many Republicans support, pushing for more scrutiny in distinguishing between the country’s vital and peripheral interests. He has also angered some Republicans by saying he doesn’t blame President Barack Obama for the current turmoil in Iraq, pointing the finger partly at those who originally supported the war.

“Various figures in the GOP establishment will, bit by bit, try to tear apart Rand Paul,” Ingraham said. His views on foreign policy are “disturbing” to Republican House and Senate leaders, she said, adding that “they probably see that he tracks more closely with the public at large.”
As much as other Republicans are maneuvering to develop the anti-Paul brand, he is working to expand his party base, an effort punctuated by his trip this weekend to Sun Valley, Idaho, to participate in the annual Allen & Co. conference, a gathering of top business executives.

‘Spring Training’
For most Republican presidential aspirants, the primary challenge is finding the space between Democrat Clinton and Tea- Party-aligned Paul.
“It’s kind of spring training,” said former Representative Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican. “They’re auditioning to the various constituencies within the party.”

Paul fashioned a reputation as a populist crusader in 2010, winning his Senate seat with tough talk about Wall Street and American over-extension abroad against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis and the U.S. invasion Of Iraq.

continue: http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rand-paul-surge-gop-alternative/2014/07/14/id/582395/

angelatc
07-14-2014, 08:37 AM
For most Republican presidential aspirants, the primary challenge is finding the space between Democrat Clinton and Tea- Party-aligned Paul.

So they're trying to find someone to the left of Paul?

thoughtomator
07-14-2014, 08:43 AM
This is the point where the establishment realizes that its quiver is completely empty, and they start blaming each other for the situation.

Suzanimal
07-14-2014, 08:50 AM
So the theme of the Republican primaries this year is going to be same as it was the last two election cycles....

Anyone but Paul

And boy do they mean ANYONE, did you catch that piece about Rinos voting for Clinton if Paul wins the nomination.

RonPaulFanInGA
07-14-2014, 08:52 AM
One would think the Republican establishment might pause for a moment to reconsider what would work in a national general election, considering the shellacking their candidates, McCain and Romney, received.

It takes some real gall to lose that bad over the past eight years (when it's 2016), and still lecture everyone that they know who's electable and who is not, and this time only Jeb Bush or Chris Christie can win.

Matt Collins
07-14-2014, 08:58 AM
This is the point where the establishment realizes that its quiver is completely empty, and they start blaming each other for the situation.
Jeb Bush will be entering the stage soon

LibertyEsq
07-14-2014, 09:00 AM
One would think the Republican establishment might pause for a moment to reconsider what would work in a national general election, considering the shellacking their candidates, McCain and Romney, received.

It takes some real gall to lose that bad over the past eight years (when it's 2016), and still lecture everyone that they know who's electable and who is not, and this time only Jeb Bush or Chris Christie can win.

This is why we keep pounding away at the "electability" theme (see the poll from last week that had us running better than Bush v. Clinton in Florida) to make it clear that Rand is the most electable. We also need to respond with RIGHTEOUS FURY whenever Rand is attacked to make it clear to the establishment that we want Rand, and only Rand as the nominee if they want to keep the party together come November 2016.

RonPaulFanInGA
07-14-2014, 09:01 AM
Jeb Bush will be entering the stage soon

To whom does Jeb Bush have any appeal? Conservatives don't seem to like him, moderates don't, liberals don't. I really cannot fathom the GOP electorate nominating Bush as their presidential candidate, not unless every other candidate completely falls apart.

William R
07-14-2014, 09:08 AM
Rand will not get the nomination. His 180 on immigration is going to comeback and bite him on the azzz.

Then right in the middle of the border meltdown what does he do?? Meet with amnesty hack Mark Zuckerberg. Read the comments on this Breitbart article. No one is defending him. It's like this all over the internet.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/13/Rand-Paul-Huddles-Privately-with-Mark-Zuckerberg

William Tell
07-14-2014, 09:08 AM
Jeb Bush will be entering the stage soon

He would be the obvious one, Portman's statement makes one wonder if Jeb will run though.

RonPaulFanInGA
07-14-2014, 09:13 AM
Rand will not get the nomination. His 180 on immigration is going to comeback and bite him on the azzz.

He would be the obvious one, Portman's statement makes one wonder if Jeb will run though.

So Rand Paul is doomed because of his support for some sort of immigration reform, but amnesty shill Jeb Bush is not? Yeah, okay. Also don't forget the last two GOP presidential nominees, McCain and Romney, were not exactly Tancredo on immigration. McCain at the time of his successful primary run was probably the #1 Republican amnesty supporter in the United States Senate.

Plus, there was a poll recently (http://hotair.com/archives/2014/07/11/poll-republican-voters-back-immigration-reform/) that showed even Republicans want immigration reform, so excuse me if I am skeptical of it hurting him one iota when looking at the facts, rather than Free Republic messageboard comments.

William R
07-14-2014, 09:15 AM
Bush won't get the nomination either. The current meltdown will make it impossible for anyone that supports amnesty to get the GOP nomination. Hillary is now to the right on Rand Paul on immigration.

Peace&Freedom
07-14-2014, 09:20 AM
So Rand Paul is doomed because of his support for some sort of immigration reform, but amnesty shill Jeb Bush is not? Yeah, okay. Also don't forget the last two GOP presidential nominees, McCain and Romney, were not exactly Tancredo on immigration. McCain at the time of his successful primary run was probably the #1 Republican amnesty supporter in the United States Senate.

Plus, there was a poll recently (http://hotair.com/archives/2014/07/11/poll-republican-voters-back-immigration-reform/) that showed even Republicans want immigration reform, so excuse me if I am skeptical of it hurting him one iota when looking at the facts, rather than Free Republic messageboard comments.

They don't support reform if it's cover for defacto amnesty. Plus, in prior election cycles Obarry wasn't busing or flying in aliens from Mexico and southward into the US, to literally force illegal immigration on us, Brat hadn't upset Cantor, etc. The tide is changing, and illegal immigration will make or break many upcoming elections.