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I like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz both. I assume a few other Freepers do as well. I was probably leaning towards Paul a year ago, but Ted has stepped up his game quite a bit, and Rand has stumbled. At this point I'm leaning towards Ted, but I still think Rand is an asset to the GOP.

I don't always agree with his positions, and I think the criticism of him changing with the wind has some validity to it.

Still he will, on occassion, go places that Cruz will not. His infamous interview with Rachel Maddow where he was closely questioned on his support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 saw him articulating a position that few will support these days, that it went to far in limiting the rights of people to associate as they please.

I've not heard Cruz opine on this issue, but I doubt he would go where Rand did. (And, in fairness to Cruz, Rand got beaten with it by the LibTard press.)

It's that "public accomodations" law that is now being used to take bakeries aways from owners who won't make cakes celebrating sodomy.

The rabid anti-Rand crap that is endlessly spewed by a few people here is tiresome. In the end it doesn't help Cruz. Like it or not a huge percent of young Republicans are attracted by Paul's (both) message.

I saw this at our local (Vancouver, WA) caucus in both 2008 and 2012 - almost all the attendees under 30 were Paul supporters. (And this was a wide spread trend in Washington, as we've discussed on the State board and elsewhere on Free Republic at length.)

We don't have to give in to their views, but ridiculing and marginalizing them is uncalled for.