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sailingaway
05-22-2010, 07:18 AM
" 10. Rand Paul: Like it or not, Paul is the best-known face of the tea party movement at the moment. And, his massive win over Secretary of State Trey Grayson in Tuesday's primary shows that the tea party is more than just talk. As the controversy over Paul's comments about the Civil Rights Act earlier this week suggest, it will be an uneasy marriage between the tea party and the mainstream of the GOP. Paul is the test case for whether that forced coupling can work. (Previous ranking: N/A) "

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/the-line/ranking-republican-leaders-1.html?wprss=thefix

Not bad for a guy who just won his primary this week.....
MsDoodahs
05-22-2010, 07:27 AM
Not bad for a guy who just won his primary this week.....

Rand is certainly shaking things up!

:)
dude58677
05-22-2010, 07:35 AM
The liberals know he is the number one leader of the Republican Party but they don't want to admit it because it would give him full credibility and the liberals can't handle that. The truth is that Rand Paul is the only Republican being talked about and is being defended by every single Republican journalist.
ItsTime
05-22-2010, 07:36 AM
Rand Paul 2018. :D
aspiringconstitutionalist
05-22-2010, 07:40 AM
Rand Paul 2018. :D

What's in 2018??
MsDoodahs
05-22-2010, 07:45 AM
rand paul 2018. :d

hmmm....

lol....
sailingaway
05-22-2010, 07:46 AM
Ron Paul 2012/ Rand Paul 2016.

But first let's get through the next set of polls.

I could be wrong, but I'm expecting an upsurge in favorables from independents whom he had won in December but lost during the attack ad and response fight.
Matt Collins
05-22-2010, 05:04 PM
Top Republican strategist to me: "Rand Paul is target #1"
MRoCkEd
05-22-2010, 05:06 PM
Top Republican strategist to me: "Rand Paul is target #1"
Elaborate
TheConstitutionLives
05-22-2010, 05:21 PM
God, I hope they don't start hacking his email and other nonsense like they did Palin. We saw how Conway planted a bug to catch Dan speaking ill of the governor. Rand has to be VERY careful not to say/do something in private that could be used against him. I put NOTHING past these fanatic media types.
Matt Collins
05-22-2010, 05:24 PM
Elaborate
That's all that was said to me. :)
0zzy
05-22-2010, 05:25 PM
Top Republican strategist to me: "Rand Paul is target #1"

target as in, let's throw things at him to pierce him? or, target for operation win?
Matt Collins
05-22-2010, 05:34 PM
As in "the left see him as the one they need to bring down".

The left sees Rand as the right sees Obama.
Odin
05-22-2010, 06:23 PM
I disagree with the list. I don't think Rand Paul is more influential than Ron Paul yet, and many on that list are definitely not more influential than Ron Paul or Jim Demint, neither of whom made the list.
Kotin
05-22-2010, 06:25 PM
As in "the left see him as the one they need to bring down".

The left sees Rand as the right sees Obama.

Then we are making progress, it seems..