Isaac Bickerstaff
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Kokesh is out. There are a million reasons why he will never fly even if he is the liberty messiah that we have all been praying for.
At this point, Rand is the logical choice. He kept his powder dry by gracefully exiting before becoming a punchline. Both Santorum and Huckabee as well as all the other flavors of the month we have seen the last two election cycles show that after a candidate has surged and peaked, he's done. Used up. Romney understood this and stepped aside in 2008 and went on to become the nominee in 2012. The media BS kind of had the unintended consequence of not using Rand up since less informed voters haven't heard/heard of him yet, and Rand was still many people's second or third choice.
So. . .
If Rand has decided not to run again and we want him to, we basically will have to draft him. We need to respect the hard work and emotional toll a campaign can take on a human being, and the grassroots will need to organize and energize beyond what we saw for Ron in 2008 and even 2012--and not just in 2019. The effort will need to start much sooner.
I propose that--if Rand 2020 is the goal--we continue fundraising. Quietly and steadily. Contribute $5 a month to his committee as long as they accept donations. Get more people to do the same. Show that committed support is growing. If Rand is not the one moving forward for 2020, he will then have the say in where the money goes. That would avoid all the butthurt, waste and confusion that C4L caused.
Getting beat down, betrayed and abandoned can make a candidate feel pretty uncertain about running for anything. Solid, deep support can help him overcome that.
At this point, Rand is the logical choice. He kept his powder dry by gracefully exiting before becoming a punchline. Both Santorum and Huckabee as well as all the other flavors of the month we have seen the last two election cycles show that after a candidate has surged and peaked, he's done. Used up. Romney understood this and stepped aside in 2008 and went on to become the nominee in 2012. The media BS kind of had the unintended consequence of not using Rand up since less informed voters haven't heard/heard of him yet, and Rand was still many people's second or third choice.
So. . .
If Rand has decided not to run again and we want him to, we basically will have to draft him. We need to respect the hard work and emotional toll a campaign can take on a human being, and the grassroots will need to organize and energize beyond what we saw for Ron in 2008 and even 2012--and not just in 2019. The effort will need to start much sooner.
I propose that--if Rand 2020 is the goal--we continue fundraising. Quietly and steadily. Contribute $5 a month to his committee as long as they accept donations. Get more people to do the same. Show that committed support is growing. If Rand is not the one moving forward for 2020, he will then have the say in where the money goes. That would avoid all the butthurt, waste and confusion that C4L caused.
Getting beat down, betrayed and abandoned can make a candidate feel pretty uncertain about running for anything. Solid, deep support can help him overcome that.