Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton
PROS: A polished speaker well known to party activists and a leading foreign policy hawk, Bolton could offer a strident debate counter-weight on foreign policy to more libertarian-leaning candidates like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
CONS: Republicans don’t think Bolton has the political skills to make a serious run for president. Many see him more as a neoconservative who could hold libertarians’ feet to the fire during debates more so than someone who might actually build a movement around him.
“Bolton is important to the conversation, but I don’t think Bolton is going to gain a lot of ground. The GOP is going to have a discussion about which direction foreign policy goes and Bolton is going to be one of those people in that fight,” said O’Connell.
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