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Rand Paul Testing the Waters for President?

By Aaron - March 21, 2011 at 9:17 PM
Filed under Elections , Kentucky , Presidential , Ron Paul , South Carolina , Special Interest , States

Republican Liberty Caucus favorite Senator Rand Paul is contemplating his future, according to today’s Charleston Post & Courier newspaper. Quoth the paper:

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is visiting Charleston today talk about his possible presidential bid, how to reign 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, adding that he wants to see the Tea Party influence the 2012 GOP nominee. Paul is set to appear this afternoon before the College of Charleston’s bully pulpit series.

This evening, he will address the Charleston Meeting, a new invitation-only, center-right organization that invites prominent politicians to address its members off the record.

I previously opined that his father, RLC Advisory Board member Dr. Ron Paul, would likely pass on running for President for the third time. I mentioned that the status of Ron Paul’s son Rand may factor into his decision.

So which Paul, if either, will run for President in 2012?

I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

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  1. Steve said:
    On March 22nd, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    Stay in the Senate Rand! We need you there and we already have a great candidate – Governor Gary Johnson. But if his traveling around the country helps build the movement, I’m all for it. We also get to see him in Iowa in April. Ironically, the big donors to the Iowa GOP were the same people funding the “aqua buddha” ads against Rand.

  2. tom beebe st louis said:
    On March 22nd, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    Best wAy to “test the waters” is to see how Rand Raul’s budget balancing plan fares. Even if it only attracts modest support, it is the only fiscally responsible idea put forth. If we, the people, want a better world for our children and a return to a constitutional republic, then we’ll get behind the pkan and signal our support for Senator Paul.