Quote:I don't think Ron would be doing any better. His platform is even more extreme than Rand's, and I think the underlying issue with Rand is that the only thing keeping him from being just the typical Republican candidate for this cycle is his disdain for government infringement into civil liberties. The central element of his platform isn't resonating with the farther and farther right base that wants Uncle Sam watching over your shoulder on a daily basis, a multi-billion dollar doomed-to-fail wall between us and Mexico and to bomb the crap out of Iran because everyone living there is a terrorist in training or something.

 

   One thing that can't escape me though is how enthusiastic Ron Paul's supporters were in the previous 2 election cycles.   Ron Paul didn't have the most support in the Republican Party.   But he had far more passionate support than any of the Republican candidates  that ran in 2008 and/ or 2012.    Rand Paul had that type of support when he ran for the U.S. Senate spot in 2010.   Yet,  it doesn't seem like that's carried over to this year's Presidential Election campaign.

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