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We will know Paul's intentions next year. He still has over 18 months to leave the Senate, and that's more than enough time to hold a special election or a Gubernatorial appointment to replace him.
Personally, I don't think he'll run for Prez. He's still a freshman senator, and I think he's more likely to be properly cautious and seek another term first, then make a run in 2020 after he knows if the winds have shifted in his favor.
But anything is possible at this point. I'm sure he is not the only Senator pondering 2016.
He is a first term senator but he sure has made a lot of noise and maybe this would be a better time when his ideas are fresh. Who knows? I do agree, there is time. I do not expect anyone to make a serious announcement til after the 2014 elections. The part about waiting til 2020 is: we are a nation that genally elects a Pres for 2 terms. So we might be looking at 2024. Maybe he would be a good VP candidate.
Joe Biden and Joe Lieberman both ran for VP and the Senate in the same years.
On the other hand, Senator Thayer believes Paul can run for both offices without a law change.
Rand Paul 2016
No one runs for VP. They get picked at the last minute.
I see Ted Cruz, picking Rand at the last minute, to make the Progressives heads roll. Locking in 16 years of Constitutionalist leadership.
No one runs for VP. They get picked at the last minute.
I see Ted Cruz, picking Rand at the last minute, to make the Progressives heads roll. Locking in 16 years of Constitutionalist leadership.
If Ted is nominated, the Democrats win by 10 or more points.
Personally, I don't think he'll run for Prez. He's still a freshman senator, and I think he's more likely to be properly cautious and seek another term first, then make a run in 2020 after he knows if the winds have shifted in his favor.
I don't think he'll run either, but mostly because he doesn't appeal to me, an aging baby-boomer. However, both my older voting kids love the guy and would vote for him. My 25 yr old son and his buddies loved his father and they love Rand Paul too. It is an interesting generational difference.
I don't think he'll run either, but mostly because he doesn't appeal to me, an aging baby-boomer. However, both my older voting kids love the guy and would vote for him. My 25 yr old son and his buddies loved his father and they love Rand Paul too. It is an interesting generational difference.
I was watching Huck last night and he had 3 young people from College Republican groups. One guy actually mentioned the importance of more Republicans visiting the college campuses, especially Rand Paul. He feels Paul has the answers many young people are interested in. He say, regardless of how young people might say they are Democrats, etc. many have very conservative views, but want the freedom to make their own choices. As for the kids in our family and yes, grandkids: none of them like Ron Paul, even those born and raised in Texas. With the exception of my one sil, they are all talking Rand Paul. The range in age form mid 50s to mid 20s; all are Republicans, some very conservative.
That didn't stop you from latching onto the biggest failure as a President of the USA, since Jimmy Carter.
Says you. The majority of us don't see him as being quite the failure as you do.
But it doesn't matter now anyway, because President Obama is nearing the end of his career, and the subject in this topic is Rand Paul, not Barak Obama. Deflection gets no points for Paul.
The law looks like he can't run for both offices in the same year, meaning he would have to choose whether to run for President or Senate. The governor wouldn't have appoint anyone to his Senate seat, it would just have an open election with no incumbent running in November (if the law stands as it is).
He would not have to quit the Senate, however, to run, just would have to not seek re-election. And furthermore, it wouldn't have to tip the Senate back into the hands of Democrats, as the Democrats control the Senate. So, unfortunately, your post is quite flawed.
And blood red Kentucky would vote a different Republican into office. Kentuckians like their local democrats because they are all a bunch of DINOs, but nationally, they will take a conservative Republican if having to decide between the two, although they would prefer a libertarian. The state with more churches than any other type of establishment does not embrace the national democratic political platform.
I don't think he'll run either, but mostly because he doesn't appeal to me, an aging baby-boomer. However, both my older voting kids love the guy and would vote for him. My 25 yr old son and his buddies loved his father and they love Rand Paul too. It is an interesting generational difference.
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