ABC News-Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, and the Kentucky Senate Race

ABC News’ Teddy Davis reports:

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) recently endorsed Rand Paul, the son of Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, in his bid to be the Republican Senate nominee from Kentucky.

Over the weekend, during her interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Palin was asked to defend Rand Paul’s positions on closing Guantanamo, repealing the Patriot Act, against federal regulation of marriage, and ending federal regulation of drug laws.

Palin, who mistakenly referred to Rand Paul as Ron Paul, defended her candidate as a federalist.

She then seemed to indicate that she did not see eye to eye with him on everything by adding that “nobody’s ever going to find a perfect candidate.”

Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, the Republican running against Rand Paul in the GOP Senate primary, has now issued this press release saying: “Sarah Palin Refuses to Defend Ron and Rand Paul’s Dangerous Positions.”

“No wonder she mixed them up. Ron and Rand’s positions on closing Guantanamo Bay, leaving Iraq and Afghanistan, the attacks on September 11th , and drug enforcement are identical, and dangerous,” said Grayson campaign manager Nate Hodson.

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