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Is Rand Paul Good or Bad for Republicans?
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Mar 20, 2010 03:41am |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | Jay Newton-Small |
| Media | Weekly News Magazine - TIME Magazine |
| News Date | Saturday, March 20, 2010 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rand Paul is either the Republican Party's best hope to keep a Senate seat in Kentucky or its worst nightmare.
Here's a little window into why:
"There are Tea Party–like candidates running across the country," notes Paul, who is running for the seat soon to be vacated by Jim Bunning. "Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much. But I think it'll take an outsider. This is the year to do it. You need someone who will just say no. We could destroy our country with all these deficits. A lot of Republicans have been the problem. It's not all on [President] Obama, though he did make it a lot worse."
Paul, the Bowling Green ophthalmologist whose chief claim to fame is that his father Ron is the world's most famous libertarian, now leads a race he was never supposed to enter. And he leads it by as much as 20 points. In doing so, he is upsetting not only expectations in Kentucky but also overturning the local power structure: he has outraised Kentucky secretary of state Trey Grayson, the handpicked favorite son of Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell. |
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