[Lnc-business] Rand Paul - best showing of GOP candidates against Hillary Clinton

[Scott L.]

Whenever some of us mention that if Rand Paul gets the GOP pres. nomination
next year it will suck all of the libertarian oxygen out of the room, we
often hear Libertarians reply "But Rand Paul will never get the GOP
nomination."

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/clintons-negatives-rise-in-wsj-poll-but-democrat
s-stay-the-course-1430778624

"[In the poll] taken between April 26-30, 2015.In those matchups against
four potential rivals, Mrs. Clinton topped Messrs. Bush and Rubio by 49% to
43%, and she topped Mr. Walker by 50% to 40%. The GOP candidate who came
closest to Mrs. Clinton was Sen. Rand Paul, who trailed by 47%-44%.

Unlike the other GOP candidates, Mr. Paul significantly outpolled Mrs.
Clinton among independent voters, by 45%-37%, reinforcing his campaign's
argument that his libertarian conservatism helps him reach beyond the
party's traditional base."

 

As we all know, a major consideration for many GOP Primary voters will be
electability.  Those primaries are still 9 months away, but at least right
now, based on the above poll, I would not want to dismiss Senator Paul from
consideration as possibly ending up as the GOP Presidential Nominee.

I am not shilling for Senator Paul.  I am just passing along poll results.

     Scott Lieberman

 

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