The way the primaries are front loaded, and the kind of money that has to be raised, it’s pretty much constructed to elect a GOPe type candidate.
Cruz won’t have a prayer. It’s setup for a big name ‘establishment’ candidate to come in with a zillion dollars and blow everyone out early, and with OPEN primaries on top of that! Why in the hell do they still have open primaries??
I don’t belong to a party, and have never voted in a primary, but I think the best person CONSERVATIVE in position to win the general election is Walker.
(no....I’m am NOT a Walker shill.... I just call’em like I see them)
I do tend to like Rand Paul, but I don’t think he’ll be able to get the money and organization. He’s also been all over the place on issues. I couldn’t tell you exactly what he stands for.
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Here is a preliminary Primary Schedule which gives 13 states and 5 state caucuses
by the end of the first week in March.