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Rand Paul dropping out of White House race
The pack gets smaller.
Rand Paul dropping out of White House raceThe Kentucky senator now faces a race for reelection to the Senate.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: Rand Paul dropping out of White House race
Considering the growing feeling of the public dislike for organized politics, you would think his libertarian pitch would have had more of a following. Somehow he (as his father) failed to connect to the wider spectrum of the American voters who are looking for some real change. It points to perhaps what people really are interested in changing in America today vs what some are pitching.
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Re: Rand Paul dropping out of White House race
Jeez . . . It's hard to believe that Rant, with his back room, behind the scenes maneuvering, didn't appeal to a larger portion of the electorate. His public libertarian persona that urged for lessening government interference in our lives, was not able to overshadow his Washington D.C. backstabbing Frank Underwood personality.
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Re: Rand Paul dropping out of White House race
I was also surprised that Paul did not get more support.
Perhaps the rise of ISIS and the terrorist attacks in Paris and here made Paul's libertarian argument less appealing as people were much more concerned about security than privacy?
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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I think he knows there is a very small chance that he would be successful in his bid for the White House so it's time for him to concentrate on winning his reelection to the Senate.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: Rand Paul dropping out of White House race
Add Santorum to the list!
Santorum dropping out of GOP race: report
The former Pennsylvania senator is slated to make two announcements Wednesday night during an appearance on Fox News, according to host Greta Van Susteren. Santorum, who was the GOP presidential runner-up in 2012, took 11th place with just 1 percent support in the Iowa caucuses Monday after winning the state during his previous White House bid.
Santorum's campaign had announced he was postponing a 46-county tour in South Carolina that was supposed to start Wednesday.
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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