Ky. voters oppose dual Paul campaigns

The Hill ^ | September 02, 2014, 08:54 am | Mario Trujillo

[SoConPubbie]

Sixty-six percent of Kentucky voters oppose changing a state law to allow Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to run for president and reelection to the Senate at the same time, according to a new poll. 

The Survey USA poll released Monday night found only 27 percent of voters believe the law should be changed to give Paul the opportunity to run for both offices simultaneously. 

Majorities of each party are opposed to the change, including 54 percent of Republicans, 57 percent of independents and 78 percent of Democrats. 

The current law, which says a candidate’s name cannot appear on the ballot more than once, has been challenged by Republicans in the state legislature and Paul's camp. 

Republicans in the state Senate unsuccessfully attempted to change the law earlier this year. And aides to Paul have said the law would not hold up to constitutional scrutiny. 

Thirty-three percent of voters think Paul should not run for any office in 2016. Another 22 percent believe he should run for president, and 24 percent think he should run for the Senate. Another 15 think he should do both. 

Appearing on the ballot twice would allow Paul to run for reelection and retain his post in the Senate if he is unsuccessful in a potential presidential campaign. Other Republicans, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), have ruled out running for president and reelection at the same time. 

Paul's favorable rating in the state stands at 39 percent, while 32 percent have an unfavorable view of him. Another 24 percent are neutral. 

Among Republicans, 61 percent have a favorable view of him. Twelve percent have an unfavorable view, while 23 percent are neutral. 

The poll was conducted for The Courier-Journal, the Lexington Herald Leader and two television stations in the state. It surveyed 647 registered voters from Aug. 25-27 and has a 3.9 percent margin of error. 

[SoConPubbie]

	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[a fool in paradise]

If Rand Paul really wants to raise issues in the campaign, he should challenge Hillary for the Democrat presidential nomination and hold her to a series of debates.

Plus running as a Democrat would change the opinion of 42% of those opposing his dual campaign effort.

[VRWCmember]

you can’t ride two horses with one arse.
pick one race to run in.

[tennmountainman]

If the fruitcake Paul wants to run for President, let him resign his senate
seat.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Sixty-six percent of Kentucky voters oppose changing a state law to allow Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to run for president and reelection to the Senate at the same time, according to a new poll.”

Rand Paul's headache ping!

Of course Paulists will respond by claiming that Ted Cruz is not eligible (a birther term) to run for POTUS.

Popcorn time.

[manc]

He;s like his dad, wants to have to both ways.
Actually he wants it 3 ways, run in the senate, run for the white house, and run as a republican/conservative when clearly he is not.

He can run in the liberaltarian party as a libraltarian, but he has to pick one race

[manc]

I wish he like his dad would be honest and run on what they are instead of trying to have t both ways.
He;s a liberaltarian , therefore he should run as one and in their party, in their convention etc.

[Theodore R.]

Let Rand run for President if he must, but keep him out of the Senate next time.

[sickoflibs]

RE :’I wish he like his dad would be honest and run on what they are instead of trying to have t both ways.
He;s a liberaltarian , therefore he should run as one and in their party, in their convention etc.”

All the worlds a stage in poetics, don't expect honesty in that business.

MSNBC has been reporting on him performing free eye surgery operations in a South American country.

Sen. Rand Paul Performs Free Eye Surgeries During August Recess (Leah Barkoukis | Aug 21, 2013)

[Din Maker]

We must not forget that he endorsed Mitch McConnell in the primary. I’m sure Mitch will help him out on this.

[INVAR]

Yup, he sure did. What a disappointment he turned out to be.

Not so unlike his Pa as we were led to believe.

[manc]

Hey I need eye surgery too.
My eyes are not as good as they used to be , and I hate wearing glasses and contacts.

[GeronL]

he is just one more politician who is all about himself

[sickoflibs]

They reported that his patients had no vision at all in at least one eye, the ones he was fixing.

[BillyBoy]

>> Sixty-six percent of Kentucky voters oppose changing a state law to allow Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to run for president and reelection to the Senate at the same time, according to a new poll.” <<

Good. LIEberman, Biden, and Paul Ryan shouldn't have been allowed to run for two offices at the same time, either. Every state should follow Kentucky's lead.

[BillyBoy]

>> Yup, he sure did. What a disappointment he turned out to be. <<

Don't blame me. My first choice was Bill Johnson. But a bunch of useful idiots conservatives believe we must immediately, blindly support WHICHEVER candidate screams "TEA PARTY!!" the loudest and anyone who fails to do so is part of the "GOPe". Under no circumstances could we question whether Rand Paul was the "true conservative" he claimed to be.

So how are all the Paulbots running in Tea Party drag working out so far?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Unfortunately, Johnson turned out not so viable a general election candidate after getting creamed by the moonbat Grimes for Secretary of State in 2011 in an open race (in fact, it was the worst showing for any of the GOP candidates statewide that year in KY). 61-39%.

[Impy]

You made the mistake of having exceptions of him.

He is exactly what I thought he would be, his father’s son. The apple rarely falls far, and if it does it usually falls in the wrong direction, think Connie Mack IV compared to his father Connie Mack III. Think former Governor Bob Taft of Ohio and his father Robert Taft Jr., compared to his the later’s father Robert A. Taft and HIS father, the former President Taft.

He is a bit smarter than his dad though (which is hardly shocking since he’s far too young to be demented), endorsing McConnell over his fellow libertarian traveler, Matt Bevin, who had no chance of beating McC and would have been a near certain November loser, was a wise move for him no matter how much it ticked off people here. You don’t kick the most powerful Republican in your state in the nads for no reason.

I can’t be upset he won the primary though. I supported Trey Grayson, but Grayson’s detractors turned out to be 100% right, the “former” democrat Grayson is a traitor, after he lost he took a job with a PAC that only supports democrats.

The guy that dropped out, Bill Johnson, was my first choice (by default), but as DJ points out he probably would have been a weak GE candidate and lost to the rat, Conway.

[itsahoot]

He is exactly what I thought he would be, his father’s son. The apple rarely falls far, and if it does it usually falls in the wrong direction, think Connie Mack IV compared to his father Connie Mack III. Think former Governor Bob Taft of Ohio and his father Robert Taft Jr., compared to his the later’s father Robert A. Taft and HIS father, the former President Taft.

You forget GHWB and GWB?

[Impy]

Yeah, who’d have thought Pappy would end up being “the good Bush”, good grief.