Posted on 11/26/2014 6:38:43 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
Much has been said this month, both by and about the junior Republican senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul. During last week’s appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, the late-night talk show host broached the possibility of supporting Paul in a 2016 presidential run. Maher said:
“I know you’re thinking of running for President and in some states I know you can get Independents like me. I’ve said that. I am available to the Rand Paul campaign…”
As part of a strategy to reach outside of typical Republican circles, Paul did another interview with Salon.com’s Joel Keller, which was published Thursday.
In the interview, Paul shared what he believed to be the “biggest obstacle” to reaching out to voters outside of the traditional Republican base – the partisan primary.
Open primary idea has been rejected by the voters.
http://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Open_Primary_Initiative,_Measure_90_%282014%29
Defeated No 905,570 68.2%
http://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Top-Two_Primary_Initiative,_Proposition_121_%282012%29
Defeated No 1,340,286 67%
Paul is on another planet.
Paultards being Paultards.
Translation: he wants Democrats to help nominate a RINO.
Rand Paul has no idea how a political party actually works.
Yeah. That’s just what we need. We need more open “nonpartisan” primaries so Democrats can pick our candidates, too.
I agree. Rand Paul is only slightly better than his dad. They are not conservative. We can ally with them on some issues, but have no doubt they oppose us on issues very near and dear to conservatives. In my opinion, they put libertarian ideology ahead of reality.
so Paul - the younger - is looking for a “Republican” POTUS candidacy secured by victories weighted, he thinks, in his favor by non-Republicans voting in “non-partisan” primaries
the branch does not fall far from the tree
I like SOME of Paul’s ideas. This is NOT one of them.
Rand if anything is nuttier than his father.
I had so much hope for him, but letting Dems into Republican primaries has been a disaster for the party.
Uniparty doctrine
Is this the best Libertarians have to offer the GOP??? Wow.
Another Republican not interested in reaching out to Conservative voters who stayed home 2008/2012 because the GOP didn’t reach out to them.
Open primaries is stupid. I do believe in runoff style primaries where top 2 candidates run off if none get more than 50%. I believe those type of primaries help unite the party behind the candidate that finally wins. Open primaries on the other hand let marginal voters who don’t really give a damn about a party choose party candidates which is counterproductive.
“Abolish political parties!”
Is this clown unaware that it was democrats that won the republican primary in Mississippi?
It’s liberals that put GOPe clowns like Lindsey Graham in office.
Rand is a 1st rate clown.
If Rand cannot win the Republican nomination, he’s more than welcome to start his own party. He’ll likely peel off more Democrats (particularly the young, techie types that Obama swept) than Republicans.
The BIGGEST PROBLEM with Republican Primaries is that they are WAY TOO OPEN. If people who have NO INTEREST in voting for the winner are allowed to participate in a Primary, there is a HUGE PROBLEM, as we saw in Mississippi. Unfortunately, that mess works in favor of The Establishment, so nothing is likely to change.
Open primaries is also how we end up with assclowns like Lamar! and Corker here in TN.
Open primaries is also how we end up with assclowns like Lamar! and Corker here in TN.
McCain would have never won the republican nomination without open primaries. The campaign was wrapped up by time he had gotten to South Carolina. He had never won a majority of REPUBLICAN VOTERS before he got there. He had pretty much wrapped up the nomination without republican voters.
Open primaries are horrible for republicans. The media tells demos who to vote for. They select losers for the republicans.
He is just smoother and hides his true beliefs better.
And Willard was yet another loser. Ringer for Zero.
Rand is the Rinos’ best friend. His father got votes mostly from libertarian sorts who probably wouldn’t have voted for a conservative anyway in a primary. Rand will get some of those votes, but he will also siphon some percentage of conservatives votes away from any real conservatives.
Rand is getting lots of good exposure from the MSM and some voters who aren’t paying close attention will consider him to be a conservative. He’ll make it harder for any real conservative to win primaries.
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