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Washington Post: Rand Paul will be a major player in 2016
Washington Post ^ | 03/10/2013 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on 03/10/2013 5:39:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 03/10/2013 5:39:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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“He is a PR machine who has an uncanny ability to galvanize the conservative base,”

Like when he votes for Chuck Hagel. I need to see more, and a willingness to recant his statement on social issues in the Republican Party, before I'd go all-in for him.

2 posted on 03/10/2013 5:47:49 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

BUT NO MORE bushes!! not after “wmd”.


3 posted on 03/10/2013 5:51:40 PM PDT by willardwx
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To: SeekAndFind

Paul can yak and yak but his vote for Hagel is a problem


4 posted on 03/10/2013 5:51:47 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

Frankly, I still don’t trust him.


5 posted on 03/10/2013 5:54:08 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: SeekAndFind

Christie and Rove will work with the NYTimes to hurt Rand.


6 posted on 03/10/2013 5:54:09 PM PDT by NoLibZone (We have the nation we deserve.I predict FR will hate GOP Candidate for 2016,2020,2024,2028, 2032...)
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To: willardwx

The creation of the DHS is enough to ensure W’s place along side FDR.


7 posted on 03/10/2013 5:55:41 PM PDT by NoLibZone (We have the nation we deserve.I predict FR will hate GOP Candidate for 2016,2020,2024,2028, 2032...)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Hip, hip, hooray for Rand Paul! He is despised by the GOPe, Rove and the RINOS. AFAIC, the perfect position to be in. Mr. Cojones. Just what we need to lead.

Now, where do we find a bunch more just like him? Let’s take it back.


8 posted on 03/10/2013 6:01:06 PM PDT by upchuck (Waiting, hoping, begging for the straw. Time to bring pent up frustration to fruition.)
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To: NoLibZone

DHS needs to get those light armored personnel carriers up to Detroit real soon and start killing those that will soon be rioting for food.and Cleveland, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Houston. It will be real bad there . Good hunting Big Sis!!


9 posted on 03/10/2013 6:01:48 PM PDT by willardwx
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To: SeekAndFind

IMO, Rand Paul may have already made himself the leader of the GOP. There has been a huge void for years, and this week, he FILLED it quite nicely. If he follows up on this with something, he will be in the driver’s seat.

The ‘Neocons’ had best run and hide.


10 posted on 03/10/2013 6:05:42 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: SeekAndFind
I think he recognizes that the two party system today is Dim and Dim lite..he sees Dim and Liberaltarian as an alternative.

Conservative talk about forming a separate party is fast becoming moot, soon Conservatives will have no place to go as the GOP will be Libertarian if folks like Rand are successful...

11 posted on 03/10/2013 6:09:21 PM PDT by montanajoe
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To: KoRn

We have been leaderless for too long. He connected with people because he believed what he was saying, it wasn’t just politics. Hopefully other Conservatives will be encouraged to follow suit.


12 posted on 03/10/2013 6:14:05 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: SeekAndFind

CNN, other liberal/left news outfits, then the Washington Post? They must have really liked Paul’s vote for Hagel.


13 posted on 03/10/2013 6:20:53 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rand Paul Explains His Surprise Vote For Chuck Hagel (1 of only 4 Republicans to vote for)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2991511/posts


14 posted on 03/10/2013 6:23:00 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: KoRn

No, just made himself a ‘voice’ of the Party- cutting into Linsey and McCain’s talk show tine... and boy did they resent that.

If he boosts House and Senate candidates in 2014 he’ll be the leader.

NYTimes trying to triangulate him this soon is a good sign though.


15 posted on 03/10/2013 6:25:22 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: upchuck
http://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2013/02/16/title-n1511809

Now it appears Rand Paul is going to the left of Rubio on this issue if you read his column in The Washington Times.

Rand refers to illegal aliens as "undocumented citizens" in the first sentence of the fifth paragraph, which is overly gracious wording not even the liberal media uses. Rand says Rubio's plan for fines and penalties for those who came here illegally as a means of making restitution is too harsh because many of them "are poor and may not be able to ever pay ten years of back payroll taxes. I would be willing to forego the fines and back taxes in exchange for a longer and significant time period before these folks are eligible to enter into the green card line." Rand never says who's going to be paying for those people that wait even longer for amnesty.

Rand says he would "normalize" illegals (aka amnesty) at a rate of two million per year, beginning with what he refers to as "Dream Act kids." I remember hearing from many Ron Paul people who criticized Mike Huckabee during the 2008 Iowa Caucuses because he was too soft on the illegal immigration issue. I wonder what those same people think after reading this? At least Rand was smart enough to write it in a conservative newspaper, and not pose for a photo-op with two liberals and the ultimate RINO as Rubio did.

16 posted on 03/10/2013 6:27:23 PM PDT by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: SeekAndFind
“He is a PR machine who has an uncanny ability to galvanize the conservative base,”

Whether valid or not, I think that uncanny ability stems from the sense people of the conservative base have that he's not a "PR machine", but rather comes across as genuinely believing the principled stance he is taking.

17 posted on 03/10/2013 6:30:54 PM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rand Paul’s foreign policy is a problem. He’s an isolationist and no friend of Israel. I expect Dick Cheney to weigh in forcefully in the coming months.


18 posted on 03/10/2013 6:35:12 PM PDT by balch3
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To: SeekAndFind

Here we go again. Theatrics winning GOP hearts. Or GOPe setting up golden boy?


19 posted on 03/10/2013 6:39:08 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: Alaska Wolf
Yes, that is one of my concerns about Rand.

2016 outlook.

Jeb--Amnesty
Rubio--Amnesty
Rand--Amnesty

Joy.

20 posted on 03/10/2013 6:53:12 PM PDT by Theoria
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