What is Rand Paul’s stance on this? Is he joining these Senate GOP elitists in folding or is he still firmly on Ted Cruz’s side at least on this?
I haven’t seen any statement but found this.
“A group of longtime Christian conservative activists are holding a private meeting Thursday in Washington to hear informal presentations from two of the most talked-about potential Republican presidential candidates: Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, and Rand Paul of Kentucky.
“This is not a fundraiser, nor an endorsement of U.S. Senator Rand Paul or U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, just a great opportunity for you to get to know them and discuss your ideas and views with them and hear of their lives, faith, and respective vision for our nation,” wrote Robert Fischer, a South Dakota-based conservative organizer, in an emailed invitation to dozens of evangelical Christian leaders.
The gathering is being held in conjunction with the Family Research Council’s Values Voters conference, an annual gathering of Christian conservatives in Washington, but it is not an official part of that event. Rather, it is being staged by a loosely-organized group of Republican leaders that call themselves “Conservatives of Faith.”
The hosts include Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, the former presidential candidate Gary Bauer, the conservative talk show host Janet Parshall and Richard Viguerie, the direct mail pioneer, along with a handful of others from the conservative movement. Mr. Fischer is the group’s chief organizer......................”
Did you see Rand Paul arguing with Dick Durbin on the Senate floor yesterday? It’s on Rand’s YouTube channel. Rand floated an idea that sounded close to the one described in the article. However, the new continuing resolution would make the sequester a little big bigger than the current sequester. I think Paul is involved in the negotiations, at some level. It will be interesting to see where he lands.