Rand Paulistas and Christie RINO trolls are certainly possibilities I’ve considered. Just like the Paul machine to ignore the Democrats and run against Republicans and other conservatives. I was hoping Rand was above that.....
if Paul and Cruz both run, expect a nasty dogfight in the grassroots. Previous examples of intramural viciousness ...
PatRobertson vs. Jack Kemp in ‘88
Huckabee vs. Brownback in ‘08 Iowa
and Bachmann Iowa ‘12 got a bit crude.
Rand-Paul not necessarily involved himself ... see his recent comments about Cruz citizenship ... but the paulistas like to freelance.
The Paulistas are strong enough in western NH to successfully undermine Cruz there. It would be best if Paul were to not run and, instead, endorse Cruz.