Libertarian Senator Rand Paul Hopes Silicon Valley Can Love Some Republicans | TechCrunch - Gregory Ferenstein:
May 31, 2013 - "'My general impressions of Silicon Valley and California, in general, is that Libertarian-style Republicans would do better out here, and that Bush Republicans haven’t been doing well out here in a long time,' the Senate’s uber-Libertarian, Rand Paul tells me, during hischeck-cashing good-will tour to Silicon Valley.
"Republicans desperately want better relations with Silicon Valley’s big-pocketed donors and top-tier programmers; the Senator’s solution is to show them that they can, in fact, love the small-government strain of conservatism....
"In fairness to Paul, I’ve been outspoken about dispelling the myth of the luddite Republican: in the House of Representatives, conservatives are more savvy on social media, trailblazers in open government, and designed the most innovative tools in online direct participation.
"Moreover, I think we can be sympathetic to Paul’s position of having to both appeal to the liberal bastion of San Francisco without alienating his base. As far as small-goverment conservatives eyeing the presidency go, Paul is as [geninuely] libertarian as one can be and still be a viable candidate.
Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/31/senator-pauls-tech-tour-to-argue-most-republicans-live-in-this-century/
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May 31, 2013 - "'My general impressions of Silicon Valley and California, in general, is that Libertarian-style Republicans would do better out here, and that Bush Republicans haven’t been doing well out here in a long time,' the Senate’s uber-Libertarian, Rand Paul tells me, during his
"Republicans desperately want better relations with Silicon Valley’s big-pocketed donors and top-tier programmers; the Senator’s solution is to show them that they can, in fact, love the small-government strain of conservatism....
"In fairness to Paul, I’ve been outspoken about dispelling the myth of the luddite Republican: in the House of Representatives, conservatives are more savvy on social media, trailblazers in open government, and designed the most innovative tools in online direct participation.
"Moreover, I think we can be sympathetic to Paul’s position of having to both appeal to the liberal bastion of San Francisco without alienating his base. As far as small-goverment conservatives eyeing the presidency go, Paul is as [geninuely] libertarian as one can be and still be a viable candidate.
Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/31/senator-pauls-tech-tour-to-argue-most-republicans-live-in-this-century/
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