Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky’s secretary of state, is threatening to take Rand Paul to court to block him from running simultaneously for president and reelection to the Senate in 2016.
In her first television interview since Sen. Mitch McConnell routed her by 15 points last month, the Democratic Senate nominee declared that she will not be “bullied” by Paul, who is a heavy favorite to win a second Senate term if he’s allowed to stay on the ballot.
“The law is clear,” Grimes told WHAS-TV in Louisville. “You can’t be on the ballot twice for two offices.”
“We’ll look to the court for any guidance that is needed,” she added. “And at the end of the day, we’re not going to be bullied.”
That means Iowa goes to Cruz, and I wonder if this author isn’t subtly trying to predict just that.
Rand Paul campaigned for Romney and has tended to support the establishment candidates, we have no reason to think that he would endorse Cruz.
“Rand Paul to steer clear of Mississippi runoff” (anti-tea party)
“Rand Paul: It’s a ‘misnomer’ to say McConnell isn’t conservative”
“Rand Paul To Campaign for Romney”
March, 2013 (look at that date)—”Rand Paul endorses Mitch McConnell in 2014 Senate race, won’t back tea party challenge”