Official: Rand Paul in!

[Dianne]

Huck Graham Santorum Pataki in the undercard

Huck will probably be the next to drop out. That demotion will be hard to swallow. I look for Graham to stay in, just to annoy people.

 

[SilentBull]

That's twice that a Fox News poll has saved Rand at the last minute. Last time, it was a 4% national Fox poll that saved him the night before the cutoff. Put him at 2.5% which was exactly what he needed.

 

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

It's kept him in the race so far, even after a dramatic shift in the political climate over the summer. His is the only campaign in the race that won't need to run a different platform in the general versus what they're running in the primary. Rand has always said he is going to continue running the same campaign as always. If he does change it up, I might agree with it or I might not. I could even make a post about why I don't agree with it, but after that I'm gonna get over it and continue to support the campaign, because they've always delivered when they needed to. Continually posting about how Rand can't win does nothing but undermine the whole reason for having the Rand forum.

I've never once said Rand can't win, I've said his strategy so far won't win, and I say that because I want him to be the President. Refusing to criticize every electoral strategy a campaign trots out isn't being a supporter, it's being a blind follower. It's precisely because I want him to win that I've been so critical of his strategy. I'd make a great campaign manager; I have a real sense of what works and what doesn't. What Rand is doing hasn't worked so far. What he is saying is good (mostly), how he's been saying it is not.

 

[TheNewYorker]

That's twice that a Fox News poll has saved Rand at the last minute. Last time, it was a 4% national Fox poll that saved him the night before the cutoff. Put him at 2.5% which was exactly what he needed.

Hooray for.. Fox?

 

[carlton]

Hooray for.. Fox?

Truly 'Fair and Balanced.'

 

[limequat]

Ok, who is now happy Rand made it to the main debate?

 

[CPUd]

I think Rand made the most of it. Going in it was fairly clear it would be all about Trump Cruz Rubio, but Rand did what he needed to do.