Saturday, June 15, 2013

Rand Paul is now "one of the most important political figures in the U.S."

NSA Revelations and Immigration Bill Place Rand Paul Center Stage - The Daily Beast - Bill Jacobs, Daily Beast:

June 12, 2013 - "A man who was an obscure ophthalmologist only four years ago reinforced his role as one of the important political figures in the United States during a short speech on immigration reform before a gathering of conservative Latinos ... on Wednesday morning....

"But Rand Paul isn’t just grabbing headlines on immigration reform. With issues coming to the fore involving privacy, technology, and the surveillance state long touted by his father, former congressman Ron Paul, the Kentucky senator is uniquely positioned in the current debate. His 12-hour filibuster on the use of drones on American soil captured the public’s imagination and his strident opposition to the NSA’s surveillance program, as revealed last week by leaker Edward Snowden, has even included a threat to launch a class-action suit in federal court....

"Paul’s place in the spotlight is already drawing fire from Democrats. On Tuesday night ... Vice President Joe Biden slammed Paul as a sinister power in the modern Republican Party. Biden told attendees that the GOP had become 'beholden' to Paul as well as Ted Cruz. He said that many Republican senators had told him that they had not supported gun-control measures like Toomey-Manchin in the wake of the Newtown massacre because 'I don’t want to take on Rand Paul.'"

Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/12/nsa-revelations-and-immigration-bill-place-rand-paul-center-stage.html
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