Rand Paul announced he will be running for president, his speach was good and I liked his father but he is a politician and have to take what he says with a grain did salt.

Who should GOP candidate be?

not another bush, god help us, NOT ANOTHER BUSh!!!

not another bush, god help us, NOT ANOTHER BUSh!!!

Agreed.

Pizza, I just can't put my finger on it. I do not like Hillary. I just don't. I can't shake the feeling that she wants to be president to get back at Bill Clinton. Can't shake it. I think she's a man hater too.

There's not gonna be a GOP president because the population figures of the USA are artificially inflated and they simply don't have the numbers they need in the Republican party to take back the white house.

The only way they (Rs) can go national again, is to appeal to enough voters in the middle and the left, because many of the right wing states are actually empty of not only voters, but of people. That is just my opinion.

Since they have become so extreme lately, they can basically forget it. They've relegated themselves to gerrymandered Congressional districts and that's it.

My opinion is that this country needs a centrist Democrat that will be a tough enforcer of settled immigration law.

The problem, is that the Democrats actually are not the party of the working man. They are the party of the poor. The Republicans are the party of the well to do and rich ie the overtaxed. The middle class actually has no political party in this country (USA).

Because the national contest is between Democrat and Democrat, really the white house might be up for grabs to any Democrat that can tap into the overriding concern most people have at this moment, and that is illegal immigration.

I really hate Internet jargon. But +1000 .

This is a woman who traded a loveless marriage of convenience for a Senate seat. And I'm sorry, but that speaks volumes about her character (even for a politician).

And they had the balls to call Obama a community organizer. What the Hell did she ever do prior to exploiting the whole "stand by her man" thing?

I loathe Giuliani for exploiting 9/11 the way he did, but that Senate election was a year before the Towers were hit, and Rudy was pretty damned popular at the time. And if it wasn't for the fact that he dropped out of the race because of his prostate cancer, I seriously doubt she would have won. Rick Lazio was overmatched simply by virtue of her last name. He didn't stand a chance.

he won't get the nomination. But there will be some including the Democrates who will try to get him run as an independent because he will get more Republican votes away from the Republican nominee in the general election.

So they can get Hillary to win.

Bush has the money and he would be a good President. But they demonized his name so much I doubt if he ran. Rubio could be the Vice President for a lot of reasons. Him being a Latino would not hurt and being a senator in Florida would help the republicans.

Get this John McCain might run again. I might vote for him if he runs again.

if a republican gets elected its gonna take a guy who is liberal socially no way around it... too hard to pull in younger votes in urban areas

Pizza, I just can't put my finger on it. I do not like Hillary.

I don't think he will either, no libertarian leaning politician will ever get a main party endorsement. If he means what he says (a stretch) I think he would make a fine President.
In a perfect world Ron Paul would run again.

I can't see myself voting for McCain he says he is for a free America but wants to ban MMA in Arizona.

I actually would have voted for Clinton in 2008 but with everything that has happened since I won't vote for her

Neither could Bill. So he fingered the fat ugly intern instead.

Democrates are the party of the poor because they want the poor to stay poor. They want the middle class to be poor/ middle class.

They don't want the middle class to big upper middle class.

They want older people like myself to be scared sheep afraid of everything. Afraid of losing social security.

The only reason they want Mexicans to flood I to this country is because they think they will vote democrates.

We have different opinions, so I'll address each point of yours, point by point.

It's not the Democrats that are trying to keep anyone poor or middle class to stop them from reaching upper class. The Democrats are the pro education party. They believe that education should be subsidized either partly or wholly by the government, for those who can't afford to pay. They feel it's the government's responsibility to edify its citizens because the governments money is really the people's money (taxes). Therefore taxes ought to be used to uplift the people. The Republicans seem to believe that if you can't afford to pay for an education, that you don't have any business trying to go to school to better yourself....but they will still punish you for remaining a member of the lower classes.

Social Security. The Democrats want to shore up the Social Security trust fund and leave it as is. It is the Republicans who want to get rid of that and instead have everyone invested in private retirement investment accounts. This of course floods Wall Street with more dumb money and it makes the Republicans and their friends even richer. It also endangers the security of our elders and makes them vulnerable to the fickle swings of the stock markets.

I could actually support the idea of private investment accounts instead of social security if we pass a law that says that after x number of years as a publicly traded company, a company MUST pay cash dividends to all shareholders. And not a paltry dividend either. More like in the range of + or - 10%. Stocks that pay dividends are far stronger of a foundation to rely on as a safety net than a security that pays little to no dividends. During stock market crashes and corrections, stocks that pay dividends display great buoyancy, for the simple fact that no one will sell you their shares for free. Dividend paying stocks are actually worth real money.

Mexico.

The Democrats might be in favor of illegal immigration more so because they are afraid of losing the future Hispanic vote to the Republican party. What they are not farsighted enough to see, is that if they keep enabling illegal immigration, eventually, the Hispanics in their districts will replace then with Hispanic Congressmen and Senators. So it's counter intuitive. You think you are saving your job, but you are losing it by engaging in nonsense that you think will keep you in Washington DC longer.

Yes, because education is proving itself to be a can't miss when it comes to finding a job.

As far as telling companies they have to pay a large dividend, are you fucking nuts? Do you have any conception of how finance works? Companies with smaller dividends are better performers than high paying dividend companies. Companies that pay high dividends are typically trying to attract investment for a reason, usually to make up for operating or performance based deficiencies. A good company doesnt need to pay a huge dividend. See CHKR. 12% annual yield, the stock is down about 80% in 5 years.

It's unfortunate that people like you, that have no conception of economics, finance, or accounting make up the majority of elected office.

Face it Hillary will be the next potus.

if a republican gets elected its gonna take a guy who is liberal socially no way around it... too hard to pull in younger votes in urban areas