Posted on 03/27/2014 7:01:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sen. Rand Paul has become the first Republican to assemble a network in all 50 states as a precursor to a 2016 presidential run, the latest sign that he is looking to build a more mainstream coalition than the largely ad hoc one that backed his father’s unsuccessful campaigns.
Paul’s move, which comes nearly two years before the 2016 primaries, also signals an effort to win the confidence of skeptical members of the Republican establishment, many of whom doubt that his appeal will translate beyond the libertarian base that was attracted to Ron Paul, the former Texas congressman.
Rand Paul’s nationwide organization, which counts more than 200 people, includes new backers who have previously funded more traditional Republicans, along with longtime libertarian activists. Paul, of Kentucky, has also been courting Wall Street titans and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who donated to the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, attending elite conclaves in Utah and elsewhere along with other GOP hopefuls.
For the rest of this year, his national team’s chief duties will be to take the lead in their respective states in planning fundraisers and meet-ups and helping Paul’s Washington-based advisers get a sense of where support is solid and where it’s not. This is especially important in key early primary battlegrounds, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, and in areas rich in GOP donors, such as Dallas and Chicago.
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We all depend on a father’s support. Without my father paying for my college all the way through graduate college, I could have never earned the money I did.
If my father was a well known politician, I could have benefited from his connections. There is absolutely nothing wrong with children of a powerful fathers benefiting in their own careers.
My own kids are benefiting quite a bit from me. One is in law college, another in medical college. Both will graduate with zero student loans. That is what fathers are for.
I find it interesting how many people who wouldn’t be caught dead voting for Ron Paul have no problem at all voting for Rand Paul.
We don’t need royalty in this country and he would have a chance against Clinton.
People really don’t want to look at Bill Clinton and precious Chelsea for another 8 years.
Well, Romney changed his positions on a lot of issues claimed to be more conservative, even claiming he was “severely conservative”, at least until he got the nomination locked up. Obviously millions of conservatives didn’t buy it, but enough decided he was conservative enough to get the nomination. Paul it seems to me is doing the opposite, trying to convince the GOP-e that he’s not a younger version of his dad, while still keeping Ron Paul types onboard.
Ditto!
Cruz/Gowdy for me
Rand Paul would not be my first choice but if he’s the nominee he’ll get my vote because the prospect of having eight possible years with Hillary is far more scarier than having a libertarian-leaning Republican in the White House.
WB. No ques.
I always thought he must have cut a deal with the devil to land her, or perhaps the robot devil.
Why should he? It's a free country. Rand Paul can run under whatever party he wishes. If he ran as a Libertarian, he might get 5% of the vote. Libertarians are wising up to the fact that they'll be much more successful if they put an (R) after their name.
You're equally free to refrain from supporting him. Myself? I'm liking what I see from Rand Paul more and more.
No kidding just what we need. Zionists Out Aztecs in
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