The latest Rasmussen poll out today shows Rand Paul beating both potential Democratic opponents with room to spare next November.
Details here.
The most recent Public Policy Poll shows Rand beating the second place primary opponent by 19 points.
A note from Steve Forbes:
“I am proud to endorse Republican candidate Dr. Rand Paul for Senate.”
“As someone who has run an outsider campaign myself, I know something about taking on the establishment. I see in Rand someone who can take the fight from the Tea Parties to the Senate, and help take back our government and our country from the out of control, tax and spend liberals.” [...]
Rand Paul appreciates Sen. Jim DeMint for leading the fight in Congress against Democrats more interested in unionizing the Transportation Security Administration than in protecting American travellers.
“It makes no sense to weaken our airport security just to reward campaign donors from the last election. Lets keep our focus at TSA on security, not politics,” Sen. [...]
The Gun Owners of America on Wednesday endorsed Rand Paul’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky.
“The Second Amendment is being incrementally destroyed by politicians who pay more attention to anti-gun New York Times editorials than to the words of the Founding Fathers,” said Tim Macy, GOA’s Vice Chairman.
“It is time for a new [...]
Kentucky state House Republican Leader Jeff Hoover today urged state Attorney General Jack Conway to challenge the socialized medicine bill winding its way through Congress. Rand Paul strongly supports Rep. Hoover on this.
“At a time when our Commonwealth and our citizens are fighting a battle against a $1 billion budget deficit and an 11 [...]
As Congressional Democrats attempt to saddle the American people with socialized medicine, Rand Paul remains adamantly opposed to ObamaCare. Rand has crossed the state urging support for free market solutions like higher deductibles and allowing price competition.
Meanwhile, thirteen state attorneys general have combined to urge Congress to reconsider the arbitrary manner in which the Senate [...]
The Hill’s Aaron Blake writes about 10 Campaign Themes to watch. Full article here.
1. How real is the tea party effect?
A side effect of the conservative enthusiasm permeating the electoral landscape has been, well, conservative enthusiasm. And the ultra-conservatives aren’t content to put impure conservative Republicans in office. [...]
Rand Paul’s quick trip to the top of the polls in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race is directly attributable to the quality of his message. Freedom, capitalism, and small government have found an eloquent champion in the doctor from Bowling Green.
The campaign couldn’t help drawing an analogy between Rand’s success and recent news of the Mayo [...]
Giving everyone a taste of attacks yet to come in 2010, the Lexington Herald Leader editorial board started off January 1 with a silly “New Year’s Resolution” for Rand Paul:
“U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE RAND PAUL: Money isn’t everything! Some of the best things in life are free — like good ideas.”
Rand went all over the state [...]
Rand Paul finished up the 4th quarter of 2009 with a total of $646,000 raised in the three months ending December 31. This comes after outraising all of his opponents in the 3rd quarter and coming in ahead of all his opponents in independent polling last week.
Federal candidates aren’t required to make their fundraising results [...]
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