re: Chris Matthews: Democrats' Dilemma If Rand Faces Hillary In 2016

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I doubt Rand can win as the R nominee, but if he does Hillary will beat him. A more moderate R would give her a tighter race.

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Moderate R's have been nominated since 1988 and have largely failed. I think Rand is a very important player if the republican party is to move forward and "modernize". He is to the left of Hillary on drugs, foreign policy, police, and civil liberties. Sorry wfel, but I think you are absolutely wrong when you say the republicans need to trust the moderate establishment. Moderation does not win elections, bold ideas do. The democrats are much bolder than republicans when it comes to ideas, and it sells to the voters.

Rand has a clear ideology that people can trust, unlike Romney and McCain who were not even genuine conservatives.

Like I said, people that voted for Kerry because they did not like the patriotic act and the iraq war, but then decide to vote for Clinton in 2016 against Rand, are huge hypocrites. Rand is addressing issues that are important right now- surveillance, drug laws, police. Hillary represents the status quo on all of those issues.

Hillary will do well with hardcore democrats who are old (like yourself, wfel), but she offers nothing for young folks, people worried about militarization, and folks concerned about the drug war.



And she has a tin ear. She has made some pretty bad mistakes the past few months.