Comment: Rand running

as an Independent or 3rd Party may be much more encouraging than running as a Republican and trying to change the party from within again... with little hope of success... again.

The GOP establishment needs to be afraid. In my opinion, working from within the GOP severely handicaps the ability to put fear into the establishment because they can (and have) change the rules as they see fit whenever they want. Look at the 2012 rules changes, the purge of libertarian leaning Repubs from their congressional committees, Rove's new PAC, etc.

That's not to say I don't hope those working within the GOP are successful in re-shaping it into the Liberty Party, but I think it will be tougher than we imagined.