In prep for 2020, we need to start banking money for Rand

[Warlord]

Rand is not going to run again, forget presidential politics. We will never see the likes of Ron Paul again. He is a once in a generation candidate

 

[69360]

I doubt he will run again after this. If he had intentions for 2020 , he would have stayed in the race longer and built up a network for next time. That's how it is usually done.

Honestly I don't think $20 million dollars could get Rand Paul elected potus. The ideas just aren't popular. People are stupid.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

I doubt he will run again after this. If he had intentions for 2020 , he would have stayed in the race longer and built up a network for next time. That's how it is usually done.

Honestly I don't think $20 million dollars could get Rand Paul elected potus. The ideas just aren't popular. People are stupid.

The dumbest ideas are popular when you present them right.

Trump is able to sell single-payer healthcare to a Republican audience.

 

[randbot16]

I sunk 700 into Rands campaign and he dropped out after one caucus. I probably gave Ron closer to 2K and he at least stayed in until the convention. Don't know if I will be able to sink $ into another Rand run.

 

[waxtats]

Look at it this way. If we win the presidency this year, we get 8 years to prepare instead of 4!

 

[Jackie Moon]

I doubt he will run again after this. If he had intentions for 2020 , he would have stayed in the race longer and built up a network for next time. That's how it is usually done.

He couldn't have stayed in longer because they weren't going to include him in the debates.

If they hadn't changed criteria to exclude him again he would still be in the race to win.

But if you're not in the debates you really have no chance of getting a bump and getting votes. And if you're not in the debates you're not going to be able to build a network either.

He will have all of the supporter info that he's built up so far though - donors, email addresses of supporters, confirmed supporters in Iowa/NH/Nevada - and he isn't sharing it with the RNC.

He has a few million on his Facebook/Twitter accounts. And he will continue to grow all of that over the next few years. He's still going to be in the national spotlight in the Senate, and will work to grow the email lists like he did before. "Add your name to pledge to #StandWithRand against the Fed"... stuff like that.

 

[Erazer]

While admirable, we all should be spending $70/month on guns and ammo first to prepare for when they finally collapse this entire joint.

It is statistically next to impossible that the United States will collapse by 2020, but since I own shares in Smith & Wesson, I concur.

 

[CPUd]

We will know sooner rather than later if he is going to run again. For the next year, he will say no or refuse to answer. If he starts organizing for straw polls, he's definitely leaving the option open.

 

[FSP-Rebel]

Seems to me that Rand didn't use the JC Watts relationship or the Rep. Mulvaney endorsement very well over the course of the campaign by getting out this early. Both were sought after strategic luminaries in their own right. Watts was used early on and that was it. Mick was used sparingly and almost didn't matter when anything mattered for the campaign. I could be wrong but someone dropped the ball here in a big way and we've just seen the outcome of that or something similar. No doubt, something major sucked about this campaign and now we have to chose between Trump or the sandbagger - Cruz. I know plenty of Sanders people and they don't like Hillary, so I keep trying to drive the negs up against her so they won't settle up upon her in the event that Bernie goes down. They all like Rand of course in their own way. Maybe we won't get Bush 2.0 and relief is potentially possible afterall yet I'm not holding my breath.

 

[CPUd]

Not to mention, Grassley came out for him like 2 hours before caucus time.

 

[groverblue]

Can we start a super pac?

Problem with a super pac is that I don't think we can give the money to the campaign, can it?

 

[CPUd]

cross posted from the KY thread:

BTW, Carson's totals are going to come mostly from small donors. It's like $1M for each sentence spoken in the debates, whether they make sense or not.