1 of Pauls To Run For President in 2012

[privateinvestor]

Rand Paul: odds good 1 of Pauls will run for prez

By BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press

Thursday, March 24, 2011

(03-24) 15:54 PDT Louisville, Ky. (AP) --

Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says the odds are better than 50-50 that a Paul will run for president next year but it's unclear who would be the family standard-bearer. Yet one thing is certain: the younger Paul won't make a bid for the White House if his father, Ron Paul, tries again.

Ron Paul, a U.S. representative from Texas, unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in 2008. Now Rand Paul, the junior Kentucky senator and tea party favorite, is being encouraged to jump into the political fray if his father sits out next year's race_ never mind that he's only weeks into the job after one of the fall's most-watched Senate races.

The Kentucky senator said he's not ruling out a bid if his father decides against a repeat run.

"The biggest decision for me is whether my father runs or not," the younger Paul told reporters Thursday.

Nonetheless, Rand Paul said it sounded "pretty reasonable" that one of the politically prominent Pauls would be in play.

"I think there will be one on the ballot," Paul told reporters after speaking to a Rotary club gathering in Louisville. "I think there's a good chance of that."

His father was in the crucial primary state of New Hampshire on Thursday. During a college campus stop, Ron Paul said he hasn't ruled out running for president again but isn't on the verge of making a decision.

Ron Paul said his focus right now is on the nation's economy and whether it worsens, signaling its course could influence his decision.

"If we get a reprieve and things just look great, I might not be as enthusiastic," the elder Paul told reporters after a speech at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. "But if it continues like right now, it makes it almost inevitable that somebody will have to start talking about what we need to do."

Asked about father-and-son presidential prospects, Ron Paul said the matter hasn't come up with his son.

"We've never discussed it," he said.

Adding to the family political intrigue, Rand Paul is preparing to visit Iowa, the state with the nation's lead-off caucuses. Early next month, he will speak at an Iowa Republican event dubbed "Night of the Rising Stars."

Any entry by the younger Paul would further cement his swift political rise. The eye doctor from the Kentucky city of Bowling Green won election in November after emerging from near obscurity and endearing himself to conservatives with his prescription of balanced budgets, low taxes and less government regulation.

Though a freshman senator, Paul says he's already getting encouragement to run.

"We've had supporters in different states indicate that if my father is not running, that they would like me to," he said.

No matter what happens, Paul said he would like to play a part in next year's GOP primary sweepstakes in some form.

"I just want to be part of that, whether it's actually as a candidate or just trying to help decide who the candidate is," Paul said. "I just don't know that yet."

He said the tea party deserves a role in determining the GOP nominee.

Any Paul in contention would face a crowded field of Republicans hoping to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama.

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Associated Press Writer Holly Ramer contributed from Durham, N.H.

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[reasonfreedom]

Even though you think Ron Paul is too old to run, I still think he has the best chance. The support he had from the last primaries will stay because of his reason and tenure as a congressman. The tea party will support him because of Rand. I just think that the old supporters might be a little leery to vote for Rand because of his inexperience to deal with the belligerent type of politicians. Not to say he wouldn't do a good job, it is that Ron Paul would be less affected. For example, people that are around violence all of the time are better to handle it and have better awareness/reaction time to the danger.

[privateinvestor]

You know one of my favorite politicians who I know really well is Senator Jim Webb Dem from Virginia but he is going to retire soon from the senate. He switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party to run for the senate seat in Virginia.

So my choice would be and a long shot I know is Hillary for President with Jim Webb for Vice President to run against Obama or in place of Obama if he decides to not seek a second term... I am not a Republican and could care less who they pick although Rand Paul has a lot of good ideas that I can support but the times have passed by his Dad..IMHO

Hey but what do I know about politics since I voted for John Edwards in the CA Presidential Primary and John McCain and Sarah Palin in the General Presidential Elections in 2008..??

[reasonfreedom]

I heard an anonymous person that worked for the SS that said that Hillary was one of the crazy/psycho women that like to throw stuff around all of the time in the white house and on airforce one.

[privateinvestor]

Mar 25, 2011 17:57:43 GMT -5 reasonfreedom said:

I heard an anonymous person that worked for the SS that said that Hillary was one of the crazy/psycho women that like to throw stuff around all of the time in the white house and on airforce one.

Yea I heard that too..I heard she cannot stand Dr Rice the UN Ambassador, was not too close to PJ Crowley who she asked to resign because of his comments about Pfc Manning..hey our wives get pissed and throw stuff so no biggie. Mine said she would love to throw me out the car door more than once but she can't pick me. up..

[billisonboard]

I would love to see Ron or Rand Paul nominated for President by the Republican Party in 2012. That would clearly give this nation a dramatic choice no matter who the Democratic nominee is.

[verrip1]

palmbeachpaul

[handyman2]

Does not matter which Paul runs 1 or 2 the result will still be zero.

[ugonow]

I don't know,reason...he may need a few money bombs to beat Trump-----"Poll: Trump fifth in GOP field, two points ahead of Ron Paul
That would place him fifth on the list behind former Arkansas Gov. and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee at 19 percent, former Massachusetts Gov. and 2008 White House hopeful Mitt Romney at 18 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 14 percent, and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin at 12 percent.
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who also ran for the Republican nomination in the last presidential election, is at eight percent, with everyone else in the low single digits."

[Shirina]

I'm going to keep a close eye on Rand Paul because I don't trust him.

This mainly has to do with his views on civil rights, which he feels are a violation of the Constitution. Say again, Rand? But it's true. He thinks that discrimination and racism are a part of our freedoms and, therefore, should be allowed even in flagrant ways. Yes, we can bring back "colored" restrooms!

A lot of his ideas seem to come from Christian Reconstructionism, the idea that we need fewer civil laws and more Biblical laws. In other words, a theocracy.

Now, before everyone rains down a storm of growls and smites upon my head, let me be clear: I'm not saying Rand Paul is a Christian Reconstructionist or if any of his beliefs will even manifest in the political arena.

But I'm going to watch him like a hawk.

[reasonfreedom]

Mar 26, 2011 7:38:06 GMT -5 ugonow said:

I don't know,reason...he may need a few money bombs to beat Trump-----"Poll: Trump fifth in GOP field, two points ahead of Ron Paul
That would place him fifth on the list behind former Arkansas Gov. and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee at 19 percent, former Massachusetts Gov. and 2008 White House hopeful Mitt Romney at 18 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 14 percent, and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin at 12 percent.
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who also ran for the Republican nomination in the last presidential election, is at eight percent, with everyone else in the low single digits."

Ron Paul won the straw vote over Romney. Polls= poor statistical tools

[reasonfreedom]

Mar 26, 2011 7:56:38 GMT -5 Shirina said:

I'm going to keep a close eye on Rand Paul because I don't trust him.

This mainly has to do with his views on civil rights, which he feels are a violation of the Constitution. Say again, Rand? But it's true. He thinks that discrimination and racism are a part of our freedoms and, therefore, should be allowed even in flagrant ways. Yes, we can bring back "colored" restrooms!

A lot of his ideas seem to come from Christian Reconstructionism, the idea that we need fewer civil laws and more Biblical laws. In other words, a theocracy.

Now, before everyone rains down a storm of growls and smites upon my head, let me be clear: I'm not saying Rand Paul is a Christian Reconstructionist or if any of his beliefs will even manifest in the political arena.

But I'm going to watch him like a hawk.

Do you have any resources to back up your statements, because I have not heard that he agrees with discrimination or racism. But as far as having freedom to be racist, well duh everybody has a choice. You act like everybody that uses discrimination or is a racist should be locked up in jail for life.

[Shirina]

Rand Paul's logic is flawed in the sense that he believes any privately owned establishment - which I would assume includes one's own home - should be essentially free of law. After all, if you can allow flagrant racism in a privately owned store, why can't a husband beat the snot out of his wife in his own privately owned business? Where do we draw that line between what is permissible in a private venue and what isn't?

It doesn't make much sense to me for Rand Paul to say one one hand that the Civil Rights Act violates the freedom of private business owners but he says nothing about the hundreds of other laws out there that also restrict the freedom of what a private business man may or may not do on his premises.

You act like everybody that uses discrimination or is a racist should be locked up in jail for life.

I do? Could I ask just how you reached that conclusion or are you merely making a hyperbolic, strawman comment?

[Mkitty is pro kitty]

Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul

You mean that neophyte, who before being elected, was an ophthalmologist?



But I suppose it's all fine and dandy because there's an (R) after his name, eh?