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Title: First on CNN: Rand Paul dropping out of presidential race
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URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/polit ... f-presidential-race/index.html
Published: Feb 3, 2016
Author: John King, Manu Raju and Mark Preston, C
Post Date: 2016-02-03 09:17:18 by Ada
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Views: 424
Comments: 13
(CNN)Rand Paul, the libertarian-minded freshman senator who was once viewed as a formidable presidential contender, is suspending his White House bid on Wednesday, several sources close to Paul told CNN. Paul discussed the matter with staff Wednesday morning and sent out a statement confirming the decision to drop out of the Republican presidential primary. "It's been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the White House," Paul said in the statement. "Today, I will end where I began, ready and willing to fight for the cause of Liberty. Paul, a Kentucky Republican, is expected to instead place his focus squarely on his Senate reelection bid, where he faces a wealthy Democrat, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, who has the money to partially finance his campaign. Paul finished a disappointing fifth place in Monday's Iowa caucuses, registering just 4.5% of the vote despite placing a heavy emphasis on the state's college towns to bring out younger voters inspired by his libertarian-minded message. He promised that night to continue his campaign. But the Paul sources said a morning-after review made clear to Paul that there was not a viable path to winning the Republican nomination and that fund-raising was becoming extremely difficult. Indeed, as he heads into the New Hampshire primary, where his father Ron Paul won 23% of the vote in 2012, polls have found the younger Paul struggling to gain traction. Paul's calls for a less aggressive foreign policy, which his critics have dubbed as "isolationist," failed to connect with GOP voters at a time of growing national security fears. Moreover, Paul had a hard time reestablishing his father's libertarian coalition because he had sought to broaden his appeal to more establishment-minded Republicans, hurting his credibility with some in his core base of supporters. Dropping out this early is a disappointment for Paul. He had engineered a major change in Kentucky's primary system to allow him to run for two offices at the same time, a move aimed at circumventing a prohibition in state law prohibiting candidates from doing so. The state party agreed to change its traditional paper ballot primary to a caucus system in early March, in order to let him avoid the restriction that he couldn't appear on the ballot twice. Still, as he now focuses on his Senate race, he remains the heavy favorite in a state that has grown increasingly red. "The Democrat Party in Kentucky has been very wounded by President Obama," Paul told CNN Sunday when asked if he were concerned about Gray's candidacy.
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#1. To: Ada (#0)
What pray tell is libertarian-minded about Randipoo?
He has his moments, at least domestically. For instance, he opposed renewal of the Patriot Act and introduced legislation to audit the Fed. Its foreign policy where he panders to the neocons.
Sure, he has his moments -- in other words exceptions to the sickening, wimpish, sold-out rule. YEEECCHHHHHHHHH on him!!!!!!!!!!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NN Sequitur -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repentence and redemption is possible.
That is such a niiiiiiiiiiiice statement ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NN Sequitur -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maybe he'll finally listen to his father :-)
Santorum himself tweeted just before 4pm that he will go on Fox News tonight to make "two major announcements". Looking forward to joining @greta tonight on @FoxNews to make two major announcements! Tune in at 7pm ET https://t.co/b5wZZe57On — Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) February 3, 2016 The first is expected to be the official word that he is dropping out of the race. And the second is likely to be an endorsement, perhaps of Donald Trump. After finishing the so-called "kids table" debate last Thursday, Santorum and Huckabee both attended a Trump rally in Iowa. Trump held the rally that night in lieu of attending the main stage Republican debate, which he decided to skip due to his ongoing fight with Fox News and moderator Megyn Kelly. Anchor baby Rick Santorum is dropping out too. Likely to endorse Tronal Dump on the Greta show. Hillary must have promised him amnesty? Not a bad endorsement to have. Lot of people still like Santorum.
Hondo68! Please be more audible here! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NN Sequitur -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
They also used to limit smoking to the balcony. When that stopped, I stopped going. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Shame on Santorum. He endorsed Rubio.
You're a man of principle, Lod :-) --------------------------------------------------------- NN Sequitur --------------------------------------------------------
The worst of a bad lot, a Jeb! clone. The anointed one.
#2. To: NeoconsNailed (#1)
What pray tell is libertarian-minded about Randipoo?
#3. To: Ada (#2)
#4. To: NeoconsNailed (#3)
Sure, he has his moments -- in other words exceptions to the sickening, wimpish, sold-out rule. YEEECCHHHHHHHHH on him!!!!!!!!!!!!
#5. To: Ada (#4)
#6. To: NeoconsNailed (#5)
That is such a niiiiiiiiiiiice statement
#7. To: Ada (#0)
news.vice.com/article/two...rum-quits-after-rand-paul
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#8. To: hondo68 (#7)
#9. To: hondo68 (#7)
#10. To: NeoconsNailed (#5)
#11. To: hondo68 (#7)
And the second is likely to be an endorsement, perhaps of Donald Trump.
#12. To: Lod (#10)
#13. To: Ada, Narco Lubio, anchor baby, *The Border* (#11)
Shame on Santorum. He endorsed Rubio.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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