Saturday, April 5, 2014

Campaign beginning in GOP to stop Rand Paul - Time

GOP Hawks Worry Rand Paul Has Too Much Ron | TIME.com - Zeke J. Miller

March 31, 2014 - "Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is hard at work laying the groundwork for an almost certain presidential campaign in 2016, but as he broadens his support among libertarian and younger voters, there’s a budding countercampaign to take him down if he becomes a threat to actually win the nomination.

"At the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) meeting in Las Vegas this weekend, ... Speaker after speaker, from former Florida governor Jeb Bush to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, laid into Paul’s more isolationist views on foreign policy. They never mentioned the lawmaker by name, but the message came across loud and clear....

"On the margins of the conference, where attendees heard from four potential 2016 candidates who advocated for a strong American foreign policy and support for Israel, five donors huddled with a reporter pledged to reach into their deep pockets to ensure Paul doesn’t win the GOP nomination.

"'The best thing that could happen is Ted Cruz and Rand Paul run and steal each other’s support,' says one of the donors, 'but if not, we’ll be ready to take Paul down.'"

Read more: http://time.com/43216/rand-paul-2016-rjc-sheldon-adelson/
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