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Rand didn't get near the support that she has already gotten and we are a year out.
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Not saying you're right or wrong but do you have any real data to back up that statement or is that just your personal opinion? I won't swear to it but I seem to recall seeing numbers back during Rand's run that showed that 60% of his campaign money come from out of state (again IIRC?). Honestly, it doesn't really matter either way because It is what it is and its not going to change.
This doesn't surprise me in the least, the biggest battles in politics these days isn't between the Democrats and Republicans, it's between the traditional Republicans (aka right wring Democrats IMO) and the Tea Party Republicans (aka Conservative Libertarians, again IMO).
The ironic thing is, 2-4 years ago, if you were a Democrat you wanted to hitch your cart to Obama and if you were a Republican, you wanted the Tea Party's support. Now Grimes is trying to distance herself from Obama and Mitch is trying to distance himself from the Tea Party (not that he was ever really associated with it). Why? Because most people who didn't pay attention or didn't understand the issue were pissed off about the shutdown and feel like the government should have done what it always does, come to some BS compromise that solves nothing but keeps the money flowing. Who was the stalemate really between? Obama and the Tea Part members of congress so who do you think is getting all of the blame now?
The thing is, the Republican party is majorly divided right now and its the Democrats who will benefit from that and middle class America is going to pay for it.