It's still too early to read too deeply into this stuff, but if this trend holds true, Rand Paul is in trouble.
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Rand Paul: 'We want rich people to move to Detroit'
Jerry Falwell, Jr. on Rand Paul: “The more I have learned about Rand Paul, and especially after meeting him this morning, the more I thought to myself, ‘I sure hope he runs for president,’"
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Does this describe Rand Paul, or Ted Cruz?
He's a freshman senator elected with heavy Tea Party support who went on to national prominence by taking the Senate chamber hostage in a filibuster he insisted on waging despite long odds of success. He's an unabashed conservative who seems to relish bucking his Republican Party leaders and now is thinking about running for president in 2016.
Source: washingtonexaminer.com
"We need to find a way forward to make sure we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy and liberty of innocent Americans. We have to find a way to give the President the power he needs to protect us, while making sure he does not abuse that power. It is possible to do that. We have done it before. We could do it again." - Sen. Barack Obama 2006
If Republicans want to leave President Obama in office and return to the minority in both houses of Congress, they can follow the example of Gingrich, Paul and Brown. When an innovative idea is proposed, use it to your political advantage. First, attack it, preferably with a circular firing squad. Then run away and distance yourself from it. Then go out for drinks on Capitol Hill and ask your colleagues why nothing ever gets fixed in Washington.