Rand Paul Leads The Way Toward 2014 GOP Victory

[NACBA]

Sen. Rand Paul is in demand.

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Sen. Paul (R-KY) has been to 30 states in the last 12 months leading up to the midterm elections to help U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and state and local Republican candidates nationwide. He has keynoted state GOP conventions in Texas, California, Idaho, and Maine and rallied students at colleges and universities, ranging from the conservative University of South Carolina to liberal Berkeley to the bellwether Universities of Iowa and New Hampshire—and many in between. He’s been leading inner city GOP efforts in Detroit, Chicago, and even the race-riot-rocked Ferguson, Missouri. Paul was the only national elected Republican who spoke at the National Urban League conference. Reince Priebus, the chairman of the RNC, also spoke there.

For someone who has not run for president—at least not yet—Paul’s probably been the GOP’s most visible and most sought after surrogate this year.
“We’ve been getting a lot of requests, and people reach out because they think we can get voters beyond the Republican Party, we can reach independents, and in the last final days of elections, elections go one way or another based on undecideds,” Paul said. “That’s where the real power is in politics—in those who can sway the uncommitted. I think a lot of the invitations we’ve gotten, frankly, are because they think we can have influence on the independent voters.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/30/Exclusive-Rand-Paul-Leads-GOP-To-Victory-In-2014-Everything-Obama-Touches-Has-Turned-To-Stone

[Virgil]

Sen. Rand Paul is in demand.Sen. Paul (R-KY) has been to 30 states in the last 12 months leading up to the midterm elections to help U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and state and local Republican candidates nationwide. He has keynoted state GOP conventions in Texas, California, Idaho, and Maine and rallied students at colleges and universities, ranging from the conservative University of South Carolina to liberal Berkeley to the bellwether Universities of Iowa and New Hampshire—and many in between. He’s been leading inner city GOP efforts in Detroit, Chicago, and even the race-riot-rocked Ferguson, Missouri. Paul was the only national elected Republican who spoke at the National Urban League conference. Reince Priebus, the chairman of the RNC, also spoke there.
For someone who has not run for president—at least not yet—Paul’s probably been the GOP’s most visible and most sought after surrogate this year.
“We’ve been getting a lot of requests, and people reach out because they think we can get voters beyond the Republican Party, we can reach independents, and in the last final days of elections, elections go one way or another based on undecideds,” Paul said. “That’s where the real power is in politics—in those who can sway the uncommitted. I think a lot of the invitations we’ve gotten, frankly, are because they think we can have influence on the independent voters.”
Whatever it is about Paul that intrigues voters is working. He says it’s because he appeals to a wide swath of independent-minded voters he calls the “leave-me-alone coalition.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/30/Exclusive-Rand-Paul-Leads-GOP-To-Victory-In-2014-Everything-Obama-Touches-Has-Turned-To-Stone

-virgil

[CaptUSA]

This is really a great article and should be read by everyone. The comments are good, too.

[NACBA]

This is really a great article and should be read by everyone. The comments are good, too.

Thanks--haven't been here lately or much but think it's time to get active again.

[jllundqu]

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[CaptUSA]

Thanks--haven't been here lately or much but think it's time to get active again.

Agreed. I think it's time to fire up the old wagons...

Look at the quotes from local GOP leaders. They are dying to have Rand come help out in their elections. That is a huge sign ahead of 2016! When the most in-demand politician is satisfying the needs of the rest of the party, it builds so much political capital. And Rand is playing it masterfully! He's got them begging for his attention and he's playing the media like a fiddle because he is far more interesting than anyone else they're covering.

This groundwork is going to give him quite an edge.

[Brett85]

Edit: Never mind.

[philipped]

Wow.....

At this point, on Nov. 11th 2014 the 2016 election will officially begin to me.

[anaconda]

Oh my...

"Paul’s been to Arkansas for Tom Cotton..."

[Peace&Freedom]

The Demand for Rand will only escalate after the mid term elections, after the stats from the contests show a pattern of candidates he stomped for winning their races. A lot of politicians across the US will not only be clamoring for him, but owing him for having won office. In politics, that is a very big thing.

[FriedChicken]

Oh my...

"Paul’s been to Arkansas for Tom Cotton..."

Wow ... I didn't know that and that is very surprising to me.

I think this is good for two reasons:
1. Cotton is going to be openly against Paul. He will still be against him but now that they're buds he won't be as aggressive as he would have been otherwise.
2. The fact Cotton actually allowed/asked Paul to campaign for him says something. When Rand's enemies are asking favors from him that's good!

Bad for one reason: Tom Cotton is terrible.

[Matt Collins]

2. The fact Cotton actually allowed/asked Paul to campaign for him says something. When Rand's enemies are asking favors from him that's good!He actually may not have.... it's quite possible that Rand just showed up and used it as a platform.... I mean, Cotton wouldn't turn him down, that would look very bad for his campaign if he did :D

[Matt Collins]

The narrative on this is beautifully perfect.... if the Republicans take the majority in the Senate on Tuesday, then Rand will be seen as the guy who made that happen.

[anaconda]

The narrative on this is beautifully perfect.... if the Republicans take the majority in the Senate on Tuesday, then Rand will be seen as the guy who made that happen.

I think that may be wishful thinking. I don't think the country will be buzzing with "Rand delivered the election for Republicans." Somehow I can't envision Joe Scarborough or Bill O'Reilly saying, "Paul really stepped up and delivered the election for the GOP. His tireless campaigning was really the key factor in most of the tight races."

[anaconda]

Wow ... I didn't know that and that is very surprising to me.

I think this is good for two reasons:
1. Cotton is going to be openly against Paul. He will still be against him but now that they're buds he won't be as aggressive as he would have been otherwise.
2. The fact Cotton actually allowed/asked Paul to campaign for him says something. When Rand's enemies are asking favors from him that's good!

Bad for one reason: Tom Cotton is terrible.

Rand will also be speaking at a fundraiser for Joseph Stalin.

[cindy25]

will any of the new/re-elected senators or governors endorse Rand?

[DevilsAdvocate]

So that's going to be a lot of people that owe him right? Imagine him cashing in all his political favors at once to push through a bill, like audit the FED.

[anaconda]

So that's going to be a lot of people that owe him right? Imagine him cashing in all his political favors at once to push through a bill, like audit the FED.

What is the incentive to pay him back? The puppet masters may not allow it. I am thinking it will be one giant group back stab in 2016.

[mrsat_98]

What is the incentive to pay him back? The puppet masters may not allow it. I am thinking it will be one giant group back stab in 2016.

Nôooooo never happen... Till 2016

[cindy25]

no way will Joni Earnest or Scott Brown endorse Rand. I doubt if Mitch McConnell will.

[Bastiat's The Law]

I think that may be wishful thinking. I don't think the country will be buzzing with "Rand delivered the election for Republicans." Somehow I can't envision Joe Scarborough or Bill O'Reilly saying, "Paul really stepped up and delivered the election for the GOP. His tireless campaigning was really the key factor in most of the tight races."

Agreed. I don't see that being the narrative.

[r3volution 3.0]

This campaigning is not primarily about accumulating favors with politicians (though there's some of that too), but rather about changing the way that Rand is perceived by mainstream GOP voters - many of whom still view him as a ringer, an outsider trying to infiltrate the party (which, of course, is exactly what he is ;)).

[lib3rtarian]

While Rand's outreach to the mainstream GOP will anger some purists, and I know a couple of those, overall this is good for Rand and for us. I am tired of being fringe.

[Inkblots]

no way will Joni Earnest or Scott Brown endorse Rand. I doubt if Mitch McConnell will.

I'd bet good money McConnell will endorse him. Whatever else you can say about the man, he's always paid his debts. Just look back over his career; it's how he managed to get crontol of the KY GOP.

[Matt Collins]

While Rand's outreach to the mainstream GOP will anger some purists, and I know a couple of those, overall this is good for Rand and for us. I am tired of being fringe.
A lot of liberty people are like damn hipsters who don't feel happy unless they are wallowing in their own self-pity defeatism. When the band they like finally goes mainstream and makes it big because they are talented and churn out good music, the fan base no longer likes them simply because they are "cool"..... :rolleyes:

[idiom]

A lot of liberty people are like damn hipsters who don't feel happy unless they are wallowing in their own self-pity defeatism. When the band they like finally goes mainstream and makes it big because they are talented and churn out good music, the fan base no longer likes them simply because they are "cool"..... :rolleyes:

Meet the entire LP. Its basic problem, its not *actually* trying to win anything.

[Matt Collins]

Meet the entire LP. Its basic problem, its not *actually* trying to win anything.
That and 3rd parties in the US are actually incapable of winning anything in almost every instance due to external factors

[anaconda]

That and 3rd parties in the US are actually incapable of winning anything in almost every instance due to external factors

Saying that a third party could never grow to competitiveness is a bit like saying in 2007 that housing prices could never come down. A couple more administrations of this central bank/warfare model provided by the "two party" system may cause a paradigm shift away from this tightly controlled fraud. How much did Obama do to inspire the nation towards socialism? It appears that he inadvertently caused nearly the opposite. It is worthwhile to contemplate that a President Paul might actually be hated by more than half of the voters and reviled mercilessly by the popular media. In the end, all of his jockeying for position in order to win might send the nation bolting to socialism in a way that Obama could only have dreamed of. In which case, the slow and steady effort towards a third party might appear, in hindsight, the preferred strategy. But I hope not.