Comment: Rand Paul will not win the presidency.

That should be clear as day to anyone who's been around here for any stretch of time.

It's the same reason Mittens couldn't beat Obama despite how weak his disastrous policies left him.

Grassroots freedom-lovers will not support a neocon; nor will they support a libertarian co-opted by neocon influence... even if it's only a 5% corruption. They'll sooner stay home and vote for no one at all (sound familiar?).

The founders knew power corrupts the morals. But perhaps even more importantly they recognized power corrupts the judgment as well. This we saw oh so clearly in RP's 2012 campaign.

I'm afraid Rand's judgment has been deeply corrupted. It's allowed him to compromise on issues where most of us cannot follow. What a shame... and a waste.

Now I believe it's better to work locally, while sitting back and watching the federal apparatus self-destruct under its own weight and stupidity.

Ron Paul's greatest political asset was earned by his near-unwavering commitment to ideals... over decades. How else could you inspire an entire movement that sacrificed so much to help him?

Unfortunately lesser minds couldn't wait to spend this political capital in ways that were a complete affront to his own ideals... to our ideals.

That doomed his chances... and will destroy Rand's too.