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I think I've aired my grievances with your negatives for the most part.  Its interesting that what isn't factored in these podcasts the fact that there is a literal blackout of Rand as there was of Ron.  The point is that his campaign has been effectively choked off unlike many of the other candidates, some of which consistently poll below Rand.  So it is no wonder that he took a dip after being talked up before he announced as the golden boy.  It is the classic pump and dump.  The media bolstered his support early to take him down out the box.  Just like they did to Carson, Fiorina, on and on.

You also neglect many things about Cruz.  He started off with 10's of millions of dollars out the gate.  He has huge PAC support and billionaire backers.  Who does Rand have in these catagories?  I don't think Rand has even raised the amount of money that Cruz has just in those first months after announcing.  Cruz by being the type of Rand that we all don't want to see, over many years has embodied the uber Conservative that the base of the party has been waiting for.  He certainly doesn't represent the libertarian wing although he effectively panders where he can.  It also helps that Ron and Rand endorsed his campaign for the Senate early on to give him further street cred.

How many times will you hear the name Rand on Conservative talk radio.  I think if you did some scientific fact checking people like Rush, Hannity, and Levin probably use his name 1x out of every 600 times they mention anyone else.  That's how you kill a campaign in the Republican party, its called the whisper campaign.  Ron had money at the very least.

BTW Chris Christie is one of these types that gets mentioned all the time though he is polling below Rand in many polls.  Jeb Bush has spent more money than most of the candidates put together and he polls in the margin of error to Rand, yet he is still talked consistently.  I don't think anyone in the history of politics has spent as much money as Jeb and had 6-10% nationally, it has to be a record for least bang for the buck.  If you are familiar with the narrative it isn't hard to know why losers continue to get revived again and again.  In some ways, disregarding all of these factors you become a parody of the MSM discussing Rand.  I rarely sense that there is any insight into what the actual campaign is doing and is rather an analysis of the sound bytes fed through the media filter.

I don't know just why, but this song seemed right

Many of the kids are into the same things all other kids are.  They are effectively assimilated into American culture while at the same time forgetting or rather never learning the history of their ancestors.  Where I live they all get a fat check each month from the casino dividends.  Haven't seen many investing it into anything but more than a few sure are drinking it down.  Welcome to the reservation.  Doubtful the youth are paying any attention, no more so than their peers of different races.

but a kindred spirit told me not to share his username

didn't say anything about the hashtag #PopularLiberty though

You might find something from him there

Rand was always a good speaker, but he's dialing it in now

Wouldn't miss this for the world. So glad you're here too, it just got warmer