Rep. Peter King Would Run in 2016 Just to Prevent President Paul

[anaconda]

With this in mind, shall we expect the RINO establishment GOP primary candidates to play to the "left" or to the "right" of Billary on "national security?" My guess is that they will play slightly to the "left" of Billary (to cash in on anti-interventionist sentiment). But this could backfire if Billary tries to go further "left" of the RINOS on the issue. Which could cause some form of competition for the most "leftist" position, which could push them dangerously close to the Rand Paul position...

 

[anaconda]

He'll do as well as Rudy did.

Rudy had a big lead in the polls in 2007.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/26803/giuliani-solidifies-lead-republican-nomination-poll.aspx

 

[angelatc]

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I think Paul and Cruz are probably totally on board with this.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

He'll do as well as Rudy did.

He's way less formidable than Rudy, and the public support has shifted greatly since 2007-2008. King running would be great news because he's a caricature. With him and Santorum up there, it'd be like shooting fish in a barrel for Rand

 

[Christian Liberty]

Hold on... is Peter King calling Ted Cruz an isolationist? Wow.... I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. I probably need to do both simultaneously. I thought it was bad when they did it to Rand (or even Ron, for that matter) but Ted Cruz? Wow... Calling Ted Cruz an isolationist is kind of like calling Sola_Fide an Arminian...

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

Hold on... is Peter King calling Ted Cruz an isolationist? Wow.... I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. I probably need to do both simultaneously. I thought it was bad when they did it to Rand (or even Ron, for that matter) but Ted Cruz? Wow... Calling Ted Cruz an isolationist is kind of like calling Sola_Fide an Arminian...

It's absurd. IMO, if you believe any of this nonsense, I think Cruz and maybe Scott Walker are the guys who Rand needs to be afraid of. They could steal away a lot of the hard-line conservative voters from him.

 

[Tywysog Cymru]

Hold on... is Peter King calling Ted Cruz an isolationist? Wow.... I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. I probably need to do both simultaneously. I thought it was bad when they did it to Rand (or even Ron, for that matter) but Ted Cruz? Wow... Calling Ted Cruz an isolationist is kind of like calling Sola_Fide an Arminian...

Remember that according to the Weekly Standard, Obama is an isolationist.

 

[TomtheTinker]

RUN PETE RUN!!!

 

[acptulsa]

Moneybomb for King?

Don't give him a penny until he signs an ironclad contract to run for president.

Nobody wants to give the fool money for nothing.

 

[69360]

Peter King announces run, general public responds with "who?".

Congressmen don't win the presidency, didn't we all learn that lesson?

 

[roho76]

I would love to watch him and Santorum freak out on stage over Rand foreign policy. I can't think of a better recruiting tool. Rand better have some witty, STFU, style backhands ready.

 

[boat6868]

I think he would quickly find out that it seems that Fox News is the only one who seems to value his opinion and how irrelevant he is on the national stage. What a clown.

 

[asurfaholic]

Hold on... is Peter King calling Ted Cruz an isolationist? Wow.... I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. I probably need to do both simultaneously. I thought it was bad when they did it to Rand (or even Ron, for that matter) but Ted Cruz? Wow... Calling Ted Cruz an isolationist is kind of like calling Sola_Fide an Arminian...

Its all mind games. They (the establishment) know that certain words or terms have a broad negative connection to a general population.

Like the term "conspiracy theorist" causes some people to start foaming at the mouth to call those people paranoid crazy lunatics, they probably learned during 2008/12 that calling someone isolationist was effective enough to sway public opinion a couple degrees.

Strongly worded letters should put an end to this travesty.

 

[JK/SEA]

gotta admit, he has a very marketable name....just rolls off the tongue like a turd.

 

[Matt Collins]

rolls off the tongue like a turd.

uhhh... I've never had that happen before

 

[fr33]

Another Gingrich/Adelson zombie campaign. He'll enjoy having Adelson, et al fill his bank account but past that he'll have nothing but hyperbole and fear to campaign on. People are war weary and growing increasingly aware of the Israel connection to our foreign policy. Go for it Peter. You'll make a great contrast to a non-interventionist message and also help lump Cruz and Rubio into the war party wing when they are put on the spot about their war for Israel views.

I kind of doubt that Adelson would give money to an IRA supporter. King would be more like Perry last election. Quick to fizzle out.