Time: Is Rand Paul good or bad for Republicans?
This Mar. 17 Time Magazine story seems a little dated regarding fund raising and the Bill Johnson factor, but is another good shot of national publicity for Rand.
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Rand Paul is either the Republican Party's best hope to keep a Senate seat in Kentucky or its worst nightmare.
Here's a little window into why:
"There are Tea Party–like candidates running across the country," notes Paul, who is running for the seat soon to be vacated by Jim Bunning. "Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much. But I think it'll take an outsider. This is the year to do it. You need someone who will just say no. We could destroy our country with all these deficits. A lot of Republicans have been the problem. It's not all on [President] Obama, though he did make it a lot worse."
Paul, the Bowling Green ophthalmologist whose chief claim to fame is that his father Ron is the world's most famous libertarian, now leads a race he was never supposed to enter. And he leads it by as much as 20 points. In doing so, he is upsetting not only expectations in Kentucky but also overturning the local power structure: he has outraised Kentucky secretary of state Trey Grayson, the handpicked favorite son of Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell.
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http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1972721,00....
He's good for Republicans as
He's good for Republicans as in the Republican party, but bad for the many individual Republicans who got to where they currently are on the back of the Bush / Cheney machine.
Continuing to run tax and spend war mongers would just ensure Democratic domination, like in 2008.
Only once some in the GOP started returning to more conservative roots, did the energy, and supporters, follow. And Rand is a poster child for that. While his original fame may have had a lot to do with his dad, he's way past that stage now. The reason he's polling 15-20% in the lead, is because his talking points and program resonates with today's Kentucky GOP voting base.
The age of scaring people into voting for you by bringing up cavemen, is over. The new scare is deficits. And governmental overreach into people's lives. And anyone vying for a GOP nomination better realize it. Quickly.