Rand Paul hires Ted Cruz's digital guru

CNN ^ | November 18, 2014 | Ashley Killough

[Bettyprob]

(CNN) -- Vincent Harris, Ted Cruz's top digital operative, is leaving the Texas senator's team to work for Sen. Rand Paul's political operation, as the jostling for staff ramps up ahead of the 2016 GOP presidential primary contest.

Harris will join Rand Paul's political action committee and his 2016 team as a chief digital strategist, according to Doug Stafford, executive director of RAND PAC.

Stafford said Harris will sit at the "top of the leadership team," as Paul and his inner circle carry out what's expected to be a dizzying political schedule. Paul will likely announce his Senate re-election bid in the coming days, and he's said he'll make a decision on a White House run in the spring.

Paul's team was attracted to Harris' push for Republicans to make digital operations a more robust part of campaigns, Stafford said. "We want to be leaders on that," he continued, saying Harris will focus on strategies involving data, websites, and social media among other things.

Harris, 26, runs Harris Media, a digital strategy firm based out of Austin that has more than 20 employees. The firm helped reinvent Sen. Mitch McConnell's digital presence ahead of the Kentucky senator's successful re-election win this fall.

[thefactor]

Did Ted Cruz have such a robust internet presence that this Harris guy is considered a master?

[Paladin2]

Loose cannon Rand has apparently tried to hook up with The Ditch Turtle for support of the GOPe for his 2016 run.

[Paladin2]

TC can stand on his own.

Even w/o a Teleprompter run by architects like Tokyo.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I hope he stays well away from ‘turd blossom’s’ teleprompter.

[Paladin2]

I don't think TC even sees Tokyo as being above the horizon.

More like part of the underworld....

[stephenjohnbanker]

Rand wants someone who has inside info on Cruz.

[VRWC For Truth]

Liberal Paultards suck.

[dowcaet]

Paul knows he won’t win the GOP nomination. I think he’s setting up to run as an independent once he loses in the primaries. That way he can show the libtards he’s not beholden to any party. Paul will claim his independence from any party as he tries to piece together a coalition of independents, disaffected Republicans and Democrats, and the few Libertarians out there in an attempt to win the White House in 2016.

[SoConPubbie]

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[Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]

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I said throughout the whole battle that shutting down the government was a dumb idea. Even though it did appear as if I was participating in it, I said it was a dumb idea. And the reason I voted for it, though, is that it's a conundrum. Here's the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you can't give the president a blank check. We just can't keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I can't vote for that. But the conundrum is if I don't we do approach these deadlines. So there is an impasse. In 2011, though, we had this impasse and the president did negotiate. We got the sequester. If we were to extend the sequester from discretionary spending to all the entitlements we would actually fix our problem within a few years.

[Posted on 11/19/2013 12:16:51 PM by Third Person]

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...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.

[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]

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Rand Paul's immigration speech

...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.

Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.

Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.

Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.

If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...

This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.

Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.

[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]

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Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform

Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...

[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]

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[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]

[SoConPubbie]

Ted Cruz Ping!

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Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

[Patton@Bastogne]

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You're correct, Rand Paul knows that he can't win the nomination.

Dittos for about 18 other "GOP primary candidates in the wings" at this point, including Christy, Scott Walker, Dr. Ben Carson, and ... Lord help us ... that idiot from Arkansas ... Mike Huckabee.

It's an old story.

These other 16 candidates are simply looking for a cabinet post in Ted Cruz's administration.

They'll run in 2-3 primaries (assuming they can raise enough money) ... or George Soros can keep them financially alive ...

and then endorse Ted Cruz once the "cabinet post promise" has been made.



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[Jane Long]

BTTT.

[SunkenCiv]

The firm helped reinvent Sen. Mitch McConnell's digital presence ahead of the Kentucky senator's successful re-election win this fall.