For the most part, republicans choose their presidential candidates based on who's turn they think it is. I've been espousing this for years. 2012 I figured was Mitt Romney's year because it's his turn. Sadly for Mitt, a monkey wrench by the name of Rand Paul may be what derails his march and eventual landslide loss to President Obama in 2012.
Just like President Obama, Rand is a first term senator with limited national experience. Also, Rand knows what his audience wants to hear and gives it to them. The mantra of freedom and low taxes and less government with no explanation as to how to achieve all this while maintaining infrastructure and national defense and safe food and drugs and air rings well with those that believe thinking is for dead guys like Aristotle. That is for the ones that have any idea who Aristotle is.
Rand just electrified a crowd in Iowa with his simple message. They cheered Michele Bachman also but that was mostly because she was wearing a skirt the guys in the first twelve rows could look up.
Naughty past behavior really doesn't matter anymore. Womanizing, which I respect, helping your kid get off on a DUI charge or helping friends get jobs shows me anyway, that you're a good friend and concerned, if not lenient, parent. Ordering a chick to worship "Aqua Buddha" is no big deal. Let those among us who haven't knelt before the porcelain alter cast the first stone.
Mitt has 200 million dollars. He's going to spend a good portion of it trying to become the next president. He may want to budget an extra million or two as a bribe to keep Rand Paul from running in the primaries.
