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Rand Paul has no way to win. He's a rogue Republican.

If the (inevitable) court case goes his way ("natural born citizen" - he was born in Canada) I suspect Ted Cruz may win. Rand Paul had the longer free market economic record (although they are both pro Ludwig Von Mises, the person NOT the institute, people) - but his campaign is already being undermined by his own father (who keeps appearing on "Russia Today" and so on, reading the anti American lines written for him). Unless he can control his father (get him away from certain people) I fear Rand Paul's campaign is doomed.

Chris Christie? No chance at all - he stabbed the Republicans in the back in the last election, and his State (New Jersey) is a mess, one of the most highly taxed and unionised in the nation. It is better than New York State - but not by much.

Still not all that long to wait - the early contests will be key. If Rand Paul wins both Iowa and New Hampshire he would have enough "mo" to carry him into South Carolina and Florida. However, if Ted Cruz beats Rand Paul in either Iowa (a lot of Baptists there - and they will favour Cruz over Paul, which will shock the ignorant media who do not check which church each person is a member of) or New Hampshire - then it is all over. Rand Paul has to win BOTH - to carry him on.

UNLESS.....

If the court case goes against Ted Cruz (if he is ruled not a "natural born citizen") then Rand Paul wins. The various State Governors and so on, do not really excite people. Even though some of them (such as Mike Pence) have actually achieved things (which neither Ted Cruz or Rand Paul have - they have never been in a position to cut taxes, or fight the unions, only TALK about such things).

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If the Republicans are smart they'll nominate Christie. Bridgegate aside, he's a moderate and not a complete partisan hack. I think he has the potential to bring both sides together while remaining moderate on social issues without appearing as a homophobic racist. He probably has the best chance of defeating Hillary (if she decides to run). I still think he'd have a difficult time at it.

Kaputer wrote:

He's a citizen due to the simple fact that both of his parents were and notified the government of the birth in enough time. That was the funny thing about the birther bs, even if Obama was born in Kenya he would still have been eligible to be president by his mother.

That birther thing is a load of crap anyway. I assure you Obama's pedigree was vetted with a microscope by several parties and a couple of government agencies one the question was raised. If his citizenship were a problem, we would not be having this conversation.

Flanderosa wrote:

If the Republicans are smart they'll nominate Christie.

Christie cannot stand the debating test. Way too many skeletons in the closet. Way too many people that know where bodies are buried.

Aside from that, everything Go Away Progressives said plus he comes from a state with an atrocious record on gun rights.

I'm wondering the exact same thing...

As director of Regional Emergency Management I will be putting out a guide soon there is no need to fear.

Defense budget plays a role, right?

Czeckolutania wrote:

Defense budget plays a role, right?

no it doesn't.. well not during the zombie invasion atleast

Mortem inferre wrote:

I thought defense spending helped with killing zombies and education helped with curing them. The biggest help was Affy's script and ejecting zombie nations.

The script really helped stabilize a bad situation last year. Not locking our region decimated us the first eight to twelve hours. I believe that scripting being illegalized and an immediate locking the region, we will probably end in the state as last year. We are going to need all hands on deck if we are to beat the zombie infestation this year.

Acario wrote:

The script really helped stabilize a bad situation last year. Not locking our region decimated us the first eight to twelve hours. I believe that scripting being illegalized and an immediate locking the region, we will probably end in the state as last year. We are going to need all hands on deck if we are to beat the zombie infestation this year.

So we will become isolationist killing any zombies in our border, living off of Instant Ramen and just being sociopaths. Sounds good to me. Anyone not looking foward to the our impending doom.