<story><title>Rand Paul: &apos;I will force the expiration&apos; of portions of Patriot Act</title><url>http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/exclusive-rand-paul-i-will-force-the-expiration-of-the-patriot-act-118443.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dataker</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been waiting years
 to see someone like him running for presidency, but I lack experience in Politics to determine if he could have a shot.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>afarrell</author><text>He represents a certain ideological constituency which will sustain his campaign as a means of getting their ideas heard. If the US were a parliamentary system, then he and his ideological fellows could form a party that would have a decent shot at getting enough votes to form a coalition-of-legislators with another larger party.&lt;p&gt;The US is however not a parliamentary system so coalition-building happens at the voter level rather than the legislator level. Many libertarians are forming a coalition-of-voters with the Republican party and by supporting Rand Paul are hoping to shift the Republican party libertarian-ward. He does not however currently represent a large enough ideological constituency that he would be able to form a coalition-of-voters large enough to actually be elected president.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; I&amp;#x27;ve been waiting for years...&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m curious what you thought of Ron Paul&amp;#x27;s candidacy.</text></comment>
<story><title>Rand Paul: &apos;I will force the expiration&apos; of portions of Patriot Act</title><url>http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/exclusive-rand-paul-i-will-force-the-expiration-of-the-patriot-act-118443.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dataker</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been waiting years
 to see someone like him running for presidency, but I lack experience in Politics to determine if he could have a shot.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dopeboy</author><text>He doesn&amp;#x27;t have a shot. But he deserves a tremendous amount of praise for making it one of his hallmark issues. He&amp;#x27;ll raise the visibility of it and force his competitors to comment.&lt;p&gt;Maybe, just maybe, one of his competitors will listen and be forced to adjust.</text></comment>