Well, if he was tailoring his speech to this audience, that would be why he needed to do so in this situation.
I listened to both Rand's and Ted's speeches, and the one area Ted did more of I thought was in referencing certain verses, and using them pretty consistently. One in particular. (That being said, after listening to their speeches, it once again confirmed why I don't attend these type of conventions. And I'm meaning political in general, not the Value Voters Summit.)
Rand could have done the same thing, and made a very good case for a constitutional government at the same time. Unfortunately, he is tiptoeing around the foreign policy issue and Israel issue, because he is afraid the truth might offend some Pharisees? He has REPEATEDLY failed to use a single point that would be a game changer (IMO) when speaking on foreign policy, and THIS event would have been a good place to use it. Considering the audience.
This was the perfect place to speak about a Christian, constitutional, foreign policy to Pharisees that may be seeking truth, but not understanding it because of propaganda they have heard it their entire lives.
