Come join our party, not just anyone will do (Part 23)...

And another one's gone.  Rand Paul announced he's suspending his campaign.  Like his father, he never caught fire with voters, except for the extreme Libertarians.  And you don't get very many votes from that group alone.  Plus, he's got his Senate seat from Kentucky up for election this year, and he has a better shot of holding that than becoming President.  So he's done.

So to the list:

Democrats
Hillary Clinton: April 12, 2015 - 282 days
Bernie Sanders: April 30, 2015 - 269 days (even though he's really an Independent)
Martin O'Malley: May 30, 2015 - 241 day campaign
Lincoln Chaffee: June 3 - October 23, 2015 - 136 day campaign
Jim Wbb: July 2 - October 20, 2015 - 105 day campaign
Joe Biden: 0 day campaign

And the clown car bus that IS the Republican Candidates
Ted Cruz; March 23, 2015 - 306 days
Rand Paul: April 7, 2015 - 298 day campaign
Marco Rubio: April 13, 2015 - 291 days
Ben Carson: May 4, 2015 - 267 days
Carly Fiorina: May 4, 2015 - 267 days
Mike Huckabee: May 5, 2015 - 264 day campaign
Rick Santorum: May 27, 2015 - 243 days
George Pataki: May 28 2015 - 207 day campaign
Lindsay Graham: June 1, 2015 - 197 campaign
Rick Perry: June 4 - Sep 11, 2015 - 95 day campaign
Jeb Bush: June 15, 2015 - 225 days
Donald Trump: June 16, 2015 - 223 days
Bobby Jindal: June 24 - Nov 17, 2015 - 140 day campaign
Chris Christie: June 30, 2015 - 198 days
Scott Walker: July 13 - Sep 18, 2015: 64 day campaign
John Kasich: July 21, 2015 - 189 days
Jim Gilmore: July 29, 2015 - 188 days

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