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Now Here's A Famous Member of Congress's Son Whose US Senate Campaign I Can Support Wholeheartedly

Congressman Ron Paul's son, Rand, has now risen to the top of fundraising and polling in his pursuit of a U.S. Senate seat from that great state of Kentucky.

via Agitator Radley Balko :

Rand Paul Takes Lead in the Polls

Over at the blog In the Agora, Joshua Claybourn notes that libertarian (and Ron Paul offspring) Rand Paul has taken an early polling lead for the Republican nomination to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.). Paul has already raised far more money than his opponent, Kentucky’s GOP establishment-backed Secretary of State Trey Grayson. But Paul has also been able to convert dollars into poll points. He has jumped 14 points in the last three months.

Claybourn, an attorney and writer just across the Ohio River in Evansville, Indiana observes:

Rand Paul is a strong states’ rights advocate who wants the federal government out of people’s lives. He opposes federal drug laws and says the U.S. government should not outlaw gay marriage because only churches should be in the marriage business. He is skeptical of foreign interventionism and doggedly Constitutional about any engagement. But more than anything he likes talking about fiscal issues and the need to scale back government intrusion in economics and reform the nation’s fiscal policies…

Libertarian intrusions into Republican primaries are nothing new. But what separates Rand Paul from most other libertarian candidates (including his father) is that Rand is not a novelty act. He is a known commodity as a long-time practicing ophthalmologist in western Kentucky. Along with tremendous intellectual heft, Rand is a polished public speaker with a professional presence. In short, he is an ideal candidate for the libertarian cause.

All of which would explain why the national GOP is trying like hell to make sure he doesn’t get the nomination.


Kentucky is definitely a solid Republican state. Rand Paul, if the GOP nominee, would almost surely win in 2010, especially given the anti-Washington, anti-Obama, anti-Democrat momentum building across the country.

But Rand Paul will surely, like his highly-courteous father, run on a largely positive libertarian agenda, without getting into the business of attacking opponents personally.

A U.S. Senator Rand Paul would be, without question, the most libertarian American citizen to ever hold a seat in the United States Senate (in modern times anyway).

Mitch McConnell's head might explode....not to mention the insufferable Lindsey Graham.

I know I will be sending a donation.

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Mike W. said…
But Rand Paul will surely, like his highly-courteous father, run on a largely positive libertarian agenda, without getting into the business of attacking opponents personally.

Which means the GOP will probably try to destroy him....

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