The article, "Rand Paul Announces Presidential Run", tells that Rand Paul, a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, has decided to run for President in 2016. The article goes on to relate key excerpts from his speech at his announcement rally. The main takeaway from this speech is... what specific group is he trying to attract? At one point, he chastised both Republicans and Democrats for the current political backup in D.C.. A point that all voters would agree on. From there, however, his stances began to become more divisive. He stands with classic Republican thinking on issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, the Iran nuclear deal, and cutting taxes to increase industry from larger corporations. On the other hand, he stray to the left when he describes how he wants to eliminate invasive government surveillance into American citizens along with reducing drug sentencing laws. He is also appealing to Libertarians by promising to shrink the size of the federal government.
While it is smart to appeal to a broad group of voters, I believe that Paul is doing this too early. He must first appeal to his party directly before he can appeal to whole spectrum of voters. I, for the most part, agree with his views, but I am dubious as to if he will escape the primaries. Time will tell if his diverse strategy will allow him to complete his run to the Oval Office.
I also think that it is interesting for Paul to announce such a wide range of views, especially at his first announcement. It will be interesting to see how (or if!) this changes the opinions of citizens-- some will want to agree with him eagerly because his beliefs are so broad, but others will be very wary of such a range of opinion.
ReplyDeleteThe lesser of the evils to put their ballot into the hat.
ReplyDeleteI think his stance on the arguments is too broad to be supported by either party as of right now. As the election process continue so, hopefully he will come to a conclusion on which party he supports more than the other.
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