Erick Erickson goes nuclear against Rand (nasty attack piece!)

[georgiaboy]

Just some quick thoughts to some of the BS Erick wrote. My thoughts are in blue

Interesting non-mention of the recent RLC straw poll result in NH by dear Erick, huh?

 

[jmdrake]

No offense taken.

I'm not following your teaocon and McConnell line of reasoning. Rand, Cruz, and Lee have all three staked out their own paths, mostly agreeing, a few times disagreeing. Over time, I recall Cruz especially voting for more spending where Rand didn't.
I also seem to recall Cruz and Lee going scorched earth regarding Obamacare, and Rand played it more strategically within the realm of the possible in the senate - maybe this caused a ripple.
Most recently, Cruz got zero support trying to enact legislation in the senate - something that has never happened, and Rand let everyone know Cruz was done for there. Seems like a good reason to distance oneself.

All that said, I don't think it's as complex as this with voters right now. If you look at Cruz and Rand in the polls, there within each others margin of error. Other factors are at play, mostly newness, ear tickling, and lack of depth, affecting the polls right now.

FTR it's not my line of reasoning. I honestly don't know what's going on. I know Rand has dropped in the polls. I assumed it was simply because he got outflanked by Trump on immigration. This Erick Erickson article is the first I've heard about any rift, real or imagined, between Rand Paul and Mike Lee. I knew about the rift between Rand and Cruz but I chalked that up to them both running for president. Erick isn't totally wrong by saying Rand doesn't have the full support of his father's base. So that makes me curious as to the rest of what he said that I quoted. That's it.

Edit: And Rand not going along with "scorched earth" on Obamacare could be the problem. Republicans retook the senate and made gains in the house in part on the promise of repealing Obamacare no matter what.

 

[specsaregood]

Interesting non-mention of the recent RLC straw poll result in NH by dear Erick, huh?

I was just thinking that's what caused this new round of butthurt. Not just that Randal won, despite Cruz trying hard to win it; but how Randal spiked the ball in their face. He had to have expected some type of reaction.

 

[georgiaboy]

FTR it's not my line of reasoning. I honestly don't know what's going on. I know Rand has dropped in the polls. I assumed it was simply because he got outflanked by Trump on immigration. This Erick Erickson article is the first I've heard about any rift, real or imagined, between Rand Paul and Mike Lee. I knew about the rift between Rand and Cruz but I chalked that up to them both running for president. Erick isn't totally wrong by saying Rand doesn't have the full support of his father's base. So that makes me curious as to the rest of what he said that I quoted. That's it.

Edit: And Rand not going along with "scorched earth" on Obamacare could be the problem. Republicans retook the senate and made gains in the house in part on the promise of repealing Obamacare no matter what.

Good enough. I think Erick with his "throwing Cruz and Lee under the bus" was mostly just building his straw man. I agree with libertyplz' points about Cruz throwing just as many and likely the first, and more punches than Rand, and nasty ones, especially with Cruz' big no-support from his fellow senators.

 

[rg17]

Must be Stannis.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

If the sort of politicians which Erick favors continue to reign, I can only hope he lives an extremely long life: maximum time to savor the results of their policies.