^^ Unlike others, I don't change who I support based on status of the polls.
Unlike Rand Paul too, right?
Fair enough. However, when there are two candidates that I have essentially equal preference for (since Rand refuses to discuss anything that made his father remotely interesting), I dislike the implication that I am a weather vane for picking the one that actually has a plausible route to the nomination.
Ted Cruz seems to be talking about monetary policy far more than Rand Paul, at least that has been my impression from the last two debates. Paul's work on the NSA originally endeared me to him in 2013; I wish he would bring that up more (Although as far as I know Cruz is good on this issue too but just not as vocal about it.) Paul is closest to me on foreign policy but usually when he says something sensible on foreign policy he backtracks and takes a "please everyone" approach, which usually comes across as nonsensical. I would respect him a lot more if he consistently pointed out how nonsensical sabre-rattling with Russia and escalating a third war in the Middle East would be, rather than proposing DOA half-measures like only increasing military spending a little bit and arming the Kurds.
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