Posted on 09/29/2015 10:24:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Just weeks after the leader of a Super PAC supporting Rand Paul was indicted, it was revealed that another Super PAC supporting the Kentucky senator and presidential hopeful has been dormant since June.
Politico first reported today that Purple PAC, a Super PAC founded by Ed Crane, has not been actively fundraising for Paul.
“We haven’t really been actively soliciting money until we feel the Purple PAC and Rand are on the same page,” Purple PAC leader Ed Crane told ABC News.
Crane said that the Super PAC hasn’t shut down, but other than a $10,000 contest, the PAC hasn’t raised or spent any money to help Paul since June. Paul’s campaign has struggled to gain traction with voters. Crane, a libertarian activist and co-founder of the Cato Institute, created Purple PAC in 2013 and shifted the PAC’s focus on raising money for Paul this summer.
“Within a couple of days we got two or three donations and we said we’re not going anywhere with this until we’re certain the campaign is on the right track and at the time we didn’t think it was,” Crane said.
Crane said that he has been disappointed with Paul’s campaign strategy.
“All of sudden his campaign decided he’s going to be a mainstream candidate and that took some steam out of his candidacy,” Crane said.
Crane feels that Paul has been “off in too many directions” instead of sticking to his “core message of peace and free enterprise.” But Crane also had praise for Paul....
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Rand is toast.
we will see next week, Today’s quarter end results will be reported.
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