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03-20-2014, 11:27 PM
Big in the Bluegrass
In Kentucky, it’s already all about President Paul.
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By SAM YOUNGMAN
March 20, 2014
Damon Thayer, a Republican state senator, rose on the Kentucky Senate floor Tuesday to respond to the critical speech a Democrat had just given about his bill. “If we game this out and we are preparing for the inauguration of President Paul on Jan. 20, 2017…” Thayer began.
President Paul. As in Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
The national polls and punditry that are crowning Paul the frontrunner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination have made their way to Kentucky, and some folks are pretty excited.
“Right now you can make a legitimate list of 10 or 12 [people] who have a chance to be the next president of the United States,” Thayer said. “Senator Paul is currently, according to polls and pundits, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to be president of the United States.”
Thayer’s bill, a clarifying measure that seeks to solve a ballot-access issue facing Paul if he tries to run for the White House and his Senate seat at the same time, passed the state Senate this week, the most recent win in a string of momentum-building events that has, along with the commonwealth’s closely watched Senate race, brought national political reporters to Kentucky for a closer look at Paul the frontrunner.
“We’re not just caught in a moment,” said Nate Morris, a close friend and informal advisor of Paul’s who lives in Lexington, Ky. “He’s clearly making a deeper connection with the American people, and it’s an exciting thing to watch it keep growing.”
And to the faithful here in the Bluegrass, there’s no question that it will.
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read more:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/rand-paul-big-in-the-bluegrass-104878_full.html
In Kentucky, it’s already all about President Paul.
http://images.politico.com/global/2014/03/20/140320_youngman_randpaul.jpg
By SAM YOUNGMAN
March 20, 2014
Damon Thayer, a Republican state senator, rose on the Kentucky Senate floor Tuesday to respond to the critical speech a Democrat had just given about his bill. “If we game this out and we are preparing for the inauguration of President Paul on Jan. 20, 2017…” Thayer began.
President Paul. As in Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
The national polls and punditry that are crowning Paul the frontrunner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination have made their way to Kentucky, and some folks are pretty excited.
“Right now you can make a legitimate list of 10 or 12 [people] who have a chance to be the next president of the United States,” Thayer said. “Senator Paul is currently, according to polls and pundits, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to be president of the United States.”
Thayer’s bill, a clarifying measure that seeks to solve a ballot-access issue facing Paul if he tries to run for the White House and his Senate seat at the same time, passed the state Senate this week, the most recent win in a string of momentum-building events that has, along with the commonwealth’s closely watched Senate race, brought national political reporters to Kentucky for a closer look at Paul the frontrunner.
“We’re not just caught in a moment,” said Nate Morris, a close friend and informal advisor of Paul’s who lives in Lexington, Ky. “He’s clearly making a deeper connection with the American people, and it’s an exciting thing to watch it keep growing.”
And to the faithful here in the Bluegrass, there’s no question that it will.
...
read more:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/rand-paul-big-in-the-bluegrass-104878_full.html