I’m behind Rand, even including his non-interventionalist foreign policy (not the same as isolationist, mind you)and some sort of amnesty program.
Non-interventionalism has more of an historical basis in the US than the present policy of long-term occupation / nation-building. We can’t afford it, it is not appreciated, it costs us lives and others the lives of innocents, and begats big government encroachments most of us despise like the anti-Constitutional provisions of the Patriot Act and the surveillance and electronic eavesdropping programs, the Kill List, and the whole Perpetual War Police State apparatus. A nation at war can never be fully free. And “War is the Health of the State.”
With regard to immigration, I object to illegal immigration mostly because it is so disrespectful to those who have gone through the legal process. But outside of that, I have no objection, and believe an amnesty process to be a practical solution. Remember this: when we all get riled up about illegals getting on welfare and the like, we are really railing against the welfare state. If you truly believe that no man has the right to the income of another, then you can concede that an illegal has no more or less right to your income than some dude born inside the US border in El Paso. In the abscence of our greatest enemy, in the context of a truly free Republic, there would be no need to define who is “legal” or “illegal.”
I think the US should help its allies. However I see no reason why we have a military base in practically every country while there is so much turmoil on our own soil!
We need to get out of the business of funding rebellions and manipulating other sovereign nations.
We also need to admit (as a party) that there IS such a thing as wasteful defense spending.
my early prognosis is that Christie/Bush would made a push in NH with Rubio perhaps fairing fairly fair. Walker/Cruz, others, skipping the state for Iowa. So Rand would be the only one with a legit chance to beat Christie/Bush.
conclusion: keep the Rand hype off FreeRepublic and the local NH conservatives are on their own to make their own decision. Frankly, Rand has enuf resources that he doesn’t need much help from movement conservatives in NH.
Romney and ronPaul were the only 2 serious organizations in NH in ‘12. Fortunately, I do not live near Iowa, so I can avoid the Hawkeye Cauci in good conscience.