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Rand Paul to plunge into North Carolina Senate race for Greg Brannon
Politico ^ | 04-30-2014 | Manu Raju

Posted on 04/30/2014 1:29:24 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is making an 11th hour plunge into the North Carolina Senate race, aiming to boost his preferred candidate and block the GOP establishment’s favorite, state House Speaker Thom Tillis, from scoring a clean win in Tuesday’s primary.

The Kentucky Republican and potential presidential candidate said in an interview that he will stump on Monday for Republican Greg Brannon, a libertarian-minded candidate who is trying to ride a tea party wave into a runoff against Tillis, who is backed by the party establishment and is reportedly expected to receive the endorsement of Jeb Bush. Tillis is looking to avoid a runoff in North Carolina and quickly unite the party in the critical Senate race against Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.

Tillis needs to eclipse 40 percent in the primary to win outright, and several recent polls have him on the cusp, making Paul’s move potentially a consequential one. If Tillis falls short, he would face a two-month runoff, draining his resources ahead of the general election.

Paul endorsed Brannon in October, but the senator hasn’t put his muscle behind the fellow physician since. Until now.

“I have decided today I’m going Monday to campaign for Greg Brannon in North Carolina,” Paul said in the Capitol Wednesday. “I think it’s pretty close there actually, and there’s a chance we can help him enough to push him over the top.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: brannon; gop; gregbrannon; nc; northcarolina; paul; primary; randpaul; senate

1 posted on 04/30/2014 1:29:24 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016
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To: PaulCruz2016

Paul has been pissing me off lately but good for him for helping Brannon!! We need to force a runoff in North Carolina on Tuesday!


2 posted on 04/30/2014 1:30:19 PM PDT by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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To: cotton1706

Yeah, I have a very limited tolerance for Paul myself.

But this is a good role for him.


3 posted on 04/30/2014 1:34:27 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: PaulCruz2016

There’s that Cheshire Conservatism popping into view again after vanishing last week.

He will pop out again soon.


4 posted on 04/30/2014 1:36:06 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: PaulCruz2016

After his campaigning for Susan Collins, this endorsement is encouraging news that he can support candidates who disagree with him on conservative issues, like gay marriage.


5 posted on 04/30/2014 1:44:37 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: PaulCruz2016

I already voted early for Dr. Brannon on Monday.


6 posted on 04/30/2014 2:18:37 PM PDT by JSDude1 (Defeat Hagan, elect a Constutional Conservative: Dr. Greg Brannon!)
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To: cotton1706

I’ll take Paul over Thunderthighs any time.


7 posted on 04/30/2014 3:22:23 PM PDT by Rudder
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To: PaulCruz2016

Rand and Ron Paul; both of them are derek for this country.


8 posted on 04/30/2014 4:39:59 PM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: Lion Den Dan
Rand and Ron Paul; both of them are derek for this country.

Just askin'.

What's "derek" mean?

9 posted on 04/30/2014 4:47:32 PM PDT by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: BfloGuy

Maybe he meant “drek”.


10 posted on 04/30/2014 6:28:13 PM PDT by Defiant (Let the Tea Party win, and we will declare peace on the American people and go home.)
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To: BfloGuy

..........What’s “derek” mean?........

It means that my sticky keyboard can’t spell drek = filth.


11 posted on 05/01/2014 8:19:17 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: Lion Den Dan
It means that my sticky keyboard can’t spell drek = filth.

Heh. I puzzled over that one.

12 posted on 05/01/2014 3:34:47 PM PDT by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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