Daily Caller "Why Rand Paul should skip the 2016 presidential race"

[Brian4Liberty]

The left is falsely smearing anyone that is fiscally conservative as a racist. It's that simple.

[itshappening]

Rubio showed he was not up to the job.

Rand Paul is the de facto leader of the opposition to Obama-Boehner in Washington.

Expect more attacks, its only just started.

Ron Johnson also did a good job today but he's likely to lose his seat unless he's on the ticket with Rand Paul and Walker.

Turn Wisconsin red and the White House is the GOP's!

[AuH20]

Not an action, exactly, but I was following the Hillary hearing mainly on twitter and the conservative columnists/talking heads pretty much said Rubio was soft on Hillary and asking terrible/irrelevant questions. They lit up when it was Rand's turn and many of them said he was the best, along with Ron Johnson from Wisconsin.

Ron Johnson has so much money that he could care less that it was Hillary Clinton. It was refreshing to see.

[July]

So the alternative is to just continue in a passive role, don't stand for anything, keep playing defensive, and let the media and Dems set the debate on their terms? That sounds like a good way to keep making sure Republicans lose and become irrelevant, IMO..... When the media hits Rand again for the Maddow interview it will be brutal I'm sure (and I really don't want to see Rand put through that either), but...every Republican candidate will be attacked for "being racist". They all were in 2012 and they all will be again in 2016.

[supermario21]

Paul/Walker 2016. Like you said above I don't know if Johnson can hold his seat without this ticket. I mean Tammy Baldwin just won.

[klamath]

The 2016 elections are a long way off, but it’s not too early to ask this question: Is Rand Paul really the best messenger for 21st century conservatism — in this political environment — with so much at stake?

This says a lot. The guy is pulling for someone else, and he wrote an article trying to divert Rand supporters without pissing them off. So who is the best messenger.......?

[compromise]

Paul/Walker 2016. Like you said above I don't know if Johnson can hold his seat without this ticket. I mean Tammy Baldwin just won.

http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo...ob-approval-wi
He's still got higher approval than disapproval.

[July]

I don't agree with the premise of the article. We might as well not run anyone. One could equally offer that the economy and general discontent of the nation under Obama would lead us to believe that George W. Bush could run again and win. Neither paint the whole picture and both are nothing but bunk and nonsense.

I agree. Romney, as moderate as he was, was still smeared as a racist... why the author thinks going with another moderate will somehow eliminate this particular attack from the left is beyond me.

[Matt Collins]

Let's do some research on the author, who has he donated to? Who does he work for?

[Mr.NoSmile]

I agree. Romney, as moderate as he was, was still smeared as a racist... why the author thinks going with another moderate will somehow eliminate this particular attack from the left is beyond me.

Romney making comments about the whole birth certificate thing didn't exactly help him. No, that's not directly racist, but he didn't do himself any favors, either.