The More the Merrier

[Krugminator2]

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This is a rather amusing direct dig at Rand by being indirect. Bill Kristol lists like 48 different Republicans who would be acceptable choices for the Republican nomination. He includes people like Joni Ernst, Peter King, Allen West, and Joe Scarborough.

He goes out of his way to name drop libertarian/free market people like FA Hayek, Adam Smith, Schumpeter, and Peter Thiel.

Take a stab at the one name not listed. I am guessing this will be a strategy to counter Rand. Rand is the most free market person running. The neocons are going to isolate him like Ron Paul and make the case that you can get all the good economic stuff you like with Rand with other candidates but without all the icky libertarianess.

 

[Warlord]

They can't ignore the Randslide!

 

[philipped]

They can't ignore the Randslide!

IT'S COMING THEIR WAY
THEY GOT JEB CHRISTIE AND MITT
TRYING TO STOP THE TIDAL WAVE
FROM HITTING THEM TOO HARD

 

[r3volution 3.0]

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This is a rather amusing direct dig at Rand by being indirect. Bill Kristol lists like 48 different Republicans who would be acceptable choices for the Republican nomination. He includes people like Joni Ernst, Peter King, Allen West, and Joe Scarborough.

He goes out of his way to name drop libertarian/free market people like FA Hayek, Adam Smith, Schumpeter, and Peter Thiel.

Take a stab at the one name not listed. I am guessing this will be a strategy to counter Rand. Rand is the most free market person running. The neocons are going to isolate him like Ron Paul and make the case that you can get all the good economic stuff you like with Rand with other candidates but without all the icky libertarianess.

If I were them, that's what I'd do.

But, since I'm me, I'll repeat my suggestion that Rand should focus on economic issues and become *the* fiscal conservative (which he is).

The only risk is going too far and being labelled "extreme."

What you have to do is be very conscious of your opponents' public image and stay slightly to the right of them - just slightly.

They move right, you move with them.

If Republican voters viewed Rand as the most fiscally conservative candidate, that would take the sting off those jabs about him being a "liberal" on social issues or foreign policy.