Rand Paul Is Ready To Move On To Bigger And Better Things

Filed in National by on March 22, 2011

OMG!

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., visited Charleston Monday to talk about his possible presidential bid, how to rein in the national debt and the current military action in Libya.

Paul, a tea party favorite who won his Senate seat last fall, is visiting several early presidential voting states independently of his father, 2008 presidential contender and current U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas.

“The only decision I’ve made is I won’t run against my dad,” Rand Paul said.

He has upcoming trips planned to Iowa and New Hampshire, in part, he said, because “I want the tea party to have an influence over who the nominee is in 2012.”

Can’t.  Make.  This.  Stuff.  Up.

Love his concern that the Tea Party might not have influence.  In all seriousness, the problem is they have way too much influence in GOP land.

If Republicans have a credible candidate for President, I’m not seeing him/her.

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  1. Cpt Robespierre says:

    He’s put in a good few weeks worth of working days as a US Senator, so I’ve decided he’s qualified.

  2. jason330 says:

    Freaks like O’Donnell, Paul and Palin are attention/adrenaline junkies. Winning elections and having to show up at work without camera men following them around gives them the cold sweats and jitters.

  3. Dana Garrett says:

    I thought this was coming. His ego is as grandiose as his father’s and his politics are just as kooky.

  4. Joe Cass says:

    If nominated, Rand will burst the Dem coffers for 2016. We won’t have to spend a federal reserve stamped dime on 2012 but the hazard is to tiny moveon.org women that have an opposing view.

  5. John Dickinson says:

    I’m glad someone of Mr. Paul’s caliber has decided to step forward and stand up for the real America. This isn’t the America I use to know.

  6. jason330 says:

    So many buttery layers and flakes of irony. JD’s comment is like a delicious croissant

  7. Aoine says:

    @John Dick… ‘the REAL America” – would that be June and Ward CleaverAmerica?

    the 3 matini lunch, incest that no one spoke about, ramant abuse of women, lynching of African-Americans, mother’s taking valium America?

    That America? the America of slavery? the America of no civil rights – That America?

    White America, Black America, Red America, Brown America, Yellow America, Straight America, Gay America, Male America, White America,
    tell us – what is the real America? inquiring minds what to know

    and if you don’t like 2011 America – well, don’t let the door hit ya on the way out.

  8. Aoine says:

    @jason330 – I just see a FLAKE, period

  9. Delaware Libertarian says:

    He’s not running for president, he’s just laying down the ground work for a true small government conservative, like Gary Johnson, to win.

  10. Gary Johnson, president of the United States, thanks to Rand Paul. Your wide-eyed idealism is inspiring. The Paulson will steal money and attention from Johnson, not that Johnson would’ve gotten anywhere anyway.

  11. pandora says:

    Rand Paul selflessly paving the way for Gary Johnson to become President is the funniest thing I think I’ve ever read.

  12. Dana Garrett says:

    Who is Gary Johnson?

  13. anon says:

    Rand Paul selflessly paving the way for Gary Johnson to become President is the funniest thing I think I’ve ever read.

    You haven’t been to DelawarePolitics lately then. Frank Knotts has a new post up: “Just as many of us in this country knew, Code Pink and other groups like them are nothing more than lap dogs for the DNC.”