Rand Paul thinks so. If Rand Paul wants to be a serious libertarian candidate (rather than a grandstander or clown), I’m all for it. Even if I end up preferring another candidate in 2016, I want there to be a thoughtful, libertarian-minded candidate on stage at debates, keeping the other candidates honest and pulling off at least a couple of victories. Ron Paul was not that candidate—instead, he was the crank that everybody picked on (for good reason) back in 2008 and most people simply ignored in 2012. I had hoped that Gary Johnson would have done better, but that campaign didn’t work out so well, either…
Going back to the question in the subject of this post, I think the answer is “Maybe, if there aren’t any foreign policy crises.” That’s usually when libertarian-minded candidates start putting their feet in their mouths in the eyes of the Republican base.
Random conspiracy theory of the day: Ron Paul has gone to cloud cuckoo land on purpose, in order to make his son seem more reasonable in comparison.
