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Tom Gallagher: Democrats should hope Bernie Sanders runs
Rand Paul is the two-word answer to the question “Why should the Democrats hope Bernie Sanders runs in the Democratic primaries?”
These days the only thing that may be expanding faster than U.S. military commitments around the globe is the number of Americans looking for leaders to take the country in another direction. They’re not going to find one in Hillary Clinton – or any other candidate likely to pass Democratic Party-establishment muster, either.
But whether we like or not, the fact is that when Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul talks about America’s place in the world he sounds a lot different – and he often sounds a lot better. So unless we want the only 2016 non-militarist presidential option to be a supporter of free-market health care, banning abortion, privatizing social security, loosening restrictions on oil companies, as well as a general opponent of environmental regulation and restricting campaign spending, we’d better hope someone else gets in the race.
These days the only thing that may be expanding faster than U.S. military commitments around the globe is the number of Americans looking for leaders to take the country in another direction. They’re not going to find one in Hillary Clinton – or any other candidate likely to pass Democratic Party-establishment muster, either.
But whether we like or not, the fact is that when Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul talks about America’s place in the world he sounds a lot different – and he often sounds a lot better. So unless we want the only 2016 non-militarist presidential option to be a supporter of free-market health care, banning abortion, privatizing social security, loosening restrictions on oil companies, as well as a general opponent of environmental regulation and restricting campaign spending, we’d better hope someone else gets in the race.
MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/sanders/
