<p dir="ltr">I also do not think it is safe to count Rand out, speaking as one who thought McCain had not a chance in 2008. However, those numbers remind me a comment from Jeb Bush that aRepublican can only win by losing the primary. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I still say it's safer for us to plan on trying to appeal to those who stand with Rand after he loses the primary than later.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 5, 2015 11:36 AM, "Scott L." <<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net">scott73@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">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.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/clintons-negatives-rise-in-wsj-poll-but-democrats-stay-the-course-1430778624" target="_blank">http://www.wsj.com/articles/clintons-negatives-rise-in-wsj-poll-but-democrats-stay-the-course-1430778624</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“[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%.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">I
am not shilling for Senator Paul. I am just passing along poll results.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">
Scott Lieberman<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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