Posted on 03/16/2014 1:55:55 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016
Washington (CNN) - Rand Paul has done something his father never did - top the list of potential Republican presidential candidates in a national poll.
According to a new CNN/ORC International survey, 16% of Republicans and independents who lean toward the GOP say they would be likely to support the senator from Kentucky for the 2016 nomination.
Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, garnered 15%, with longtime Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who's considering another bid for the White House, at 11%.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a 2008 GOP presidential candidate, is the only other Republican tested in the survey to crack double digits.
The poll's sampling error means that statistically it's not a win for Paul, but his finish is a breakthrough for his family.
A national Quinnipiac poll found Paul tied with Ryan in January for the top spot. That appears to be as close as either Rand Paul or his father, Ron Paul, has ever come to nabbing first place all by himself in any national poll.
Among the other potential presidential hopefuls in the new CNN survey, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is at 9%, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas each at 8%.
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida registered 5% and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who battled eventual GOP nominee Mitt Romney deep into the 2012 GOP primary and caucus calendar, polled 3%.
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Rand did come out against social conservatism, he wants it out of the party.
Q—There was a consensus among young people at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference that the GOP needs to get out of social issues. Do you agree?
“I think its partly that.”
Q— it seems what theyre saying is that the Republican Party should stay out of issues like gay marriage.
“I think that the Republican Party, in order to get bigger, will have to agree to disagree on social issues. The Republican Party is not going to give up on having quite a few people who do believe in traditional marriage. But the Republican Party also has to find a place for young people and others who dont want to be festooned by those issues.”
Q—As a libertarian, you believe in the sovereignty of the individual. But when it comes to the right for gays to marry, you said it should be left up to the states. Isnt that a contradiction?
“On issues that are very contentious, that involve social moresI think that allowing different parts of the country to make their decision based on the local mores and culture is a good idea. But when it comes to taxes and benefits, the [federal] government out to take a neutral positiona way where marriage wouldnt have an effect, positive or negative, on those things.”
Where did I say that?
As far as you pushing the homosexual agenda, you are running one of the strongest thread on we have seen to date, you search for every made up thing and stretch that you can find.
If some of us here weren’t correcting your dishonest posts, this would be a pure, pro gay agenda thread.
The option you are exercising is ignoring post 32.
You oppose this?
Only conservative politicians can end the libertarian/leftist agenda of federal acceptance of the gay agenda and abortion.
Rand who is a Senator voting on federal policy and law and is campaigning for federal office as he signals his rejection of social conservatism?
You aren’t interested in ending federally performed abortions, and federally recognized gay marriage in the military and federal employment and immigration, and gays in the military?
That is a claim that I would like to see the quote for.
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