[Video] Rand Paul speaks at "Pints for Liberty" event in Greenville, SC - 5/29/15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeEJMO-jT2A
Full House! Rand heavily invokes the 9th Amendment and the 4th, 5th and 6th.
Topic: GOP - Rand Paul's Presidential Highlight Reel w/ his Libertarian Twist - page 31. (Read 205829 times)
June 06, 2015, 10:44:37 PM
June 06, 2015, 10:41:23 PM
Rand Paul more favorable than Rubio/Walker/Bush among independents in NC
Paul 35% favorable
Rubio 31% favorable
Walker 30% favorable
Bush 20% favorable
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_NC_60415.pdf
Paul is also tied for 2nd in NC:
Bush 19%
Rand, Walker and Rubio 12%
Cruz 11%
Huckabee 10%
Carson 9%
Christie 8%
Fiorina 2%
Head to Head in NC Rand ties Clinton at 44% only other Republican to tie Clinton is Walker at 45%
Rubio 44-45 = -1
Huckabee 44-46 = -2
Carson 44-46 = -2
Christie 40-43 = -3
Fiorina 40-46 = -6
Cruz 42-49 = -7
Bush 40-47 = -7
Paul 35% favorable
Rubio 31% favorable
Walker 30% favorable
Bush 20% favorable
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_NC_60415.pdf
Paul is also tied for 2nd in NC:
Bush 19%
Rand, Walker and Rubio 12%
Cruz 11%
Huckabee 10%
Carson 9%
Christie 8%
Fiorina 2%
Head to Head in NC Rand ties Clinton at 44% only other Republican to tie Clinton is Walker at 45%
Rubio 44-45 = -1
Huckabee 44-46 = -2
Carson 44-46 = -2
Christie 40-43 = -3
Fiorina 40-46 = -6
Cruz 42-49 = -7
Bush 40-47 = -7
June 06, 2015, 10:38:19 PM
Rand Paul Demands White House Release Trade Deal Text Immediately
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Saturday it “boggles the mind” that the White House has not yet released the text of trade deal it’s pushing, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
“It kind of boggles the mind,” Paul said in an interview with Breitbart News. “Who’s in charge of the administration that decides to keep a trade treaty secret? To keep it classified makes no sense at all.”
Paul said the administration should immediately release the text of the trade deal so members of the Senate can decide how to vote later on.
The Senate recently voted to fast-track the trade deal, which would allow an up-or-down vote on it. House GOP leaders could hold the fast-track vote as early as next week despite opposition from groups in both parties.
“To me, it’s kind of you put the cart before the horse to give the permission to do something you haven’t seen,” Paul said. “They claim you’ll get to see it, again but you’ll only get an up-or-down vote with no amendments. Also, they get rid of some of the rules on — I guess it’s not, you can’t filibuster it either. It passes with a simple majority.”
More...http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244220-rand-paul-demands-white-house-release-trade-deal-text-immediately
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Saturday it “boggles the mind” that the White House has not yet released the text of trade deal it’s pushing, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
“It kind of boggles the mind,” Paul said in an interview with Breitbart News. “Who’s in charge of the administration that decides to keep a trade treaty secret? To keep it classified makes no sense at all.”
Paul said the administration should immediately release the text of the trade deal so members of the Senate can decide how to vote later on.
The Senate recently voted to fast-track the trade deal, which would allow an up-or-down vote on it. House GOP leaders could hold the fast-track vote as early as next week despite opposition from groups in both parties.
“To me, it’s kind of you put the cart before the horse to give the permission to do something you haven’t seen,” Paul said. “They claim you’ll get to see it, again but you’ll only get an up-or-down vote with no amendments. Also, they get rid of some of the rules on — I guess it’s not, you can’t filibuster it either. It passes with a simple majority.”
More...http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244220-rand-paul-demands-white-house-release-trade-deal-text-immediately
June 06, 2015, 10:31:49 PM
[Video] Rand Paul speaks at press conference for declassifying 28 pages of 9/11 report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ozSLcVT8nM
Rand opens the press conference and also takes a few questions at 29:00 and 36:00. Walter Jones speaks at 6:00 and Thomas Massie at 13:25.
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Y'all gotta see this, it's pretty powerful especially if you have a thing for the conspiracy theory world as it brings to life the rationality of the whole thing as Rand wouldn't bring it up in a presidential season if it was going to make crack pottery out of him. Lot's of talk about the Saudis and their potential involvement in this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ozSLcVT8nM
Rand opens the press conference and also takes a few questions at 29:00 and 36:00. Walter Jones speaks at 6:00 and Thomas Massie at 13:25.
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Y'all gotta see this, it's pretty powerful especially if you have a thing for the conspiracy theory world as it brings to life the rationality of the whole thing as Rand wouldn't bring it up in a presidential season if it was going to make crack pottery out of him. Lot's of talk about the Saudis and their potential involvement in this.
June 06, 2015, 10:27:25 PM
Big GOP donors shun Rand Paul over foreign policy and Israel
Good. When Rand defeats neoconservative neocolonialist Jeb/Hilldog, he won't have to give the Adelsons or any other warmongers the time of day.
He can truthfully point out they had their chance to support him or stay neutral, but chose instead to oppose.
I think he's following his parents' advice to smother them with honey and then kill them with kindness.
June 06, 2015, 02:12:27 AM
Big GOP donors shun Rand Paul over foreign policy and Israel
Good. When Rand defeats neoconservative neocolonialist Jeb/Hilldog, he won't have to give the Adelsons or any other warmongers the time of day.
He can truthfully point out they had their chance to support him or stay neutral, but chose instead to oppose.
I think he's following his parents' advice to smother them with honey and then kill them with kindness.
June 05, 2015, 08:56:30 PM
Rand Paul on Blocking the Patriot Act, GOP Hawks, and Edward Snowden (ReasonTV interview)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEZroWTlK5I
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has had a busy couple of months.
In April the junior senator from Kentucky announced that he was officially running for president. In May he released his new book, Taking a Stand, which argues that only a “new kind of Republican” can win a general election against Hillary Clinton, in part by embracing such cross-partisan issues as privacy, as he did most famously in a March 2013 filibuster about drone policy.
And as the clock struck down to June, Paul fulfilled a campaign vow – and pissed off a lot of Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and much of the 2016 presidential field – by blocking reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
Reason Magazine Editor-in-Chief Matt Welch sat down with Rand Paul in his Washington, D.C. campaign office Thursday to discuss his ongoing disputes with GOP hawks like Lindsey Graham, whether Edward Snowden should go to prison, and what will be the future of NSA surveillance.
http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/06/05/rand-paul-on-blocking-the-patriot-act-go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEZroWTlK5I
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has had a busy couple of months.
In April the junior senator from Kentucky announced that he was officially running for president. In May he released his new book, Taking a Stand, which argues that only a “new kind of Republican” can win a general election against Hillary Clinton, in part by embracing such cross-partisan issues as privacy, as he did most famously in a March 2013 filibuster about drone policy.
And as the clock struck down to June, Paul fulfilled a campaign vow – and pissed off a lot of Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and much of the 2016 presidential field – by blocking reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
Reason Magazine Editor-in-Chief Matt Welch sat down with Rand Paul in his Washington, D.C. campaign office Thursday to discuss his ongoing disputes with GOP hawks like Lindsey Graham, whether Edward Snowden should go to prison, and what will be the future of NSA surveillance.
http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/06/05/rand-paul-on-blocking-the-patriot-act-go
June 05, 2015, 08:40:39 PM
Rand Paul TIME op-ed: Don’t Trust a Lying Government
The USA Freedom Act, which the Senate approved Tuesday, still threatens the constitutional rights of Americans
This week President Barack Obama suffered a serious rebuke. Congress sent the president a bill that he signed that tells him his illegal bulk collection of phone records must end.
Apologists for collecting all the phone records of all Americans all of the time now belatedly say they are OK with ending the bulk collection program. They want you to know that your records are not really protected by the Fourth Amendment. They are only doing you a favor by granting you this reform.
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden writes in TIME that the law is clear. According to Hayden, your records—once held by the phone company—have no Fourth Amendment protection. Hayden writes: “The controlling legal authority here is a Supreme Court case decided in 1979, Smith v. Maryland, where the court held that metadata is not, repeat not, constitutionally protected.”
I think the Supreme Court has not yet caught up to an era in which one keeps one’s papers in a cloud, not a castle.
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http://time.com/3906955/sen-rand-paul-lying-government/
The USA Freedom Act, which the Senate approved Tuesday, still threatens the constitutional rights of Americans
This week President Barack Obama suffered a serious rebuke. Congress sent the president a bill that he signed that tells him his illegal bulk collection of phone records must end.
Apologists for collecting all the phone records of all Americans all of the time now belatedly say they are OK with ending the bulk collection program. They want you to know that your records are not really protected by the Fourth Amendment. They are only doing you a favor by granting you this reform.
Former Director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden writes in TIME that the law is clear. According to Hayden, your records—once held by the phone company—have no Fourth Amendment protection. Hayden writes: “The controlling legal authority here is a Supreme Court case decided in 1979, Smith v. Maryland, where the court held that metadata is not, repeat not, constitutionally protected.”
I think the Supreme Court has not yet caught up to an era in which one keeps one’s papers in a cloud, not a castle.
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http://time.com/3906955/sen-rand-paul-lying-government/
June 05, 2015, 08:38:08 PM
Fox News Poll - Rand in 4th with 9% (Ties 1st for 2nd choice)
1st and 2nd choice combined:
Paul - 20%
Bush - 20%
Walker - 19%
Rubio - 18%
Carson - 15%
Cruz - 13%
Huckabee - 13%
Christie - 9%
Perry - 7%
Trump - 6%
Santorum - 6%
Fiorina - 4%
Kasich - 4%
Pataki - 4%
Jindal - 3%
Graham - 3%
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2015/06/04/fox-news-polls-only-36-percent-think-obamas-policies-have-helped-economy-voters/
1st and 2nd choice combined:
Paul - 20%
Bush - 20%
Walker - 19%
Rubio - 18%
Carson - 15%
Cruz - 13%
Huckabee - 13%
Christie - 9%
Perry - 7%
Trump - 6%
Santorum - 6%
Fiorina - 4%
Kasich - 4%
Pataki - 4%
Jindal - 3%
Graham - 3%
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2015/06/04/fox-news-polls-only-36-percent-think-obamas-policies-have-helped-economy-voters/
June 04, 2015, 11:15:58 PM
Big GOP donors shun Rand Paul over foreign policy and Israel
WASHINGTON — Some of the biggest donors and fundraisers in the Republican Party, still uncertain who should get their support in 2016, are sprinkling their money around a presidential field that grows by the day.
The largesse born of their indecision has a notable exception: Rand Paul.
The Kentucky senator has aggressively tried to raise money around his effort to curtail the surveillance powers of the National Security Agency, emailing supporters and posting messages on social media imploring people to “celebrate this victory” with their cash.
In doing so, he’s exacerbated the perception among some of the GOP’s most generous donors that his positions on foreign policy make him an unacceptable choice for the White House. This is especially so to those who consider an aggressive posture abroad and support for Israel paramount.
“I do not know of a single person in Mitt Romney’s donor network who will be with Rand Paul,” said Phil Rosen, a Manhattan attorney and top fundraiser for the 2012 Republican nominee. Rosen said he met with Paul and politely told him he wouldn’t be supporting him “because of his isolationist and libertarian policies.”
Rosen hasn’t settled on his choice in next year’s primary contest but expects to decide soon from a short list. Other prominent donors are doing the same, with some willing to give money to multiple candidates in the early stages of the campaign, but not to Paul.
Among them: Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson, New York hedge fund pioneer Michael Steinhardt and Ken Abramowitz, founder of a venture capital firm in New York. All three have given money to South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who announced his presidential campaign on Monday by saying he wants “to be president to defeat the enemies trying to kill us.”
More...http://nypost.com/2015/06/02/big-gop-donors-shun-rand-paul-over-foreign-policy-and-israel/
WASHINGTON — Some of the biggest donors and fundraisers in the Republican Party, still uncertain who should get their support in 2016, are sprinkling their money around a presidential field that grows by the day.
The largesse born of their indecision has a notable exception: Rand Paul.
The Kentucky senator has aggressively tried to raise money around his effort to curtail the surveillance powers of the National Security Agency, emailing supporters and posting messages on social media imploring people to “celebrate this victory” with their cash.
In doing so, he’s exacerbated the perception among some of the GOP’s most generous donors that his positions on foreign policy make him an unacceptable choice for the White House. This is especially so to those who consider an aggressive posture abroad and support for Israel paramount.
“I do not know of a single person in Mitt Romney’s donor network who will be with Rand Paul,” said Phil Rosen, a Manhattan attorney and top fundraiser for the 2012 Republican nominee. Rosen said he met with Paul and politely told him he wouldn’t be supporting him “because of his isolationist and libertarian policies.”
Rosen hasn’t settled on his choice in next year’s primary contest but expects to decide soon from a short list. Other prominent donors are doing the same, with some willing to give money to multiple candidates in the early stages of the campaign, but not to Paul.
Among them: Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson, New York hedge fund pioneer Michael Steinhardt and Ken Abramowitz, founder of a venture capital firm in New York. All three have given money to South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who announced his presidential campaign on Monday by saying he wants “to be president to defeat the enemies trying to kill us.”
More...http://nypost.com/2015/06/02/big-gop-donors-shun-rand-paul-over-foreign-policy-and-israel/
June 04, 2015, 07:28:38 PM
Congressman Thomas Massie introduces and endorses Rand Paul at StandWithRand Rally in KY - 5/30/15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=BI2yg9mCcv8
Great analogy by Massie, Rand is like a UFC fighter coming into a "Pro Wrestling" match.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=BI2yg9mCcv8
Great analogy by Massie, Rand is like a UFC fighter coming into a "Pro Wrestling" match.
June 04, 2015, 07:25:57 PM
New Rand Paul Campaign Promotional Video: "Not Going to Take it Anymore"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgPCZ7uZN8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgPCZ7uZN8k
June 04, 2015, 07:21:46 PM
Poll: 3-way tie for GOP nomination, Bush, Huckabee, Paul
The top three are Bush, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Ipsos also said in a note that Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to dominate, but is down to 51 percent of the Democratic vote. It added that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has moved into second with 13 percent of the Democratic vote.
When Republicans were asked who they would vote for today, Bush leads with 10 percent, followed by Huckabee at 9 percent and Paul at 8 percent.
When Republican-leaning independents are pulled out, Bush leads with 15 percent.
In a follow-on question, Ipsos asked who voters would choose if the race was between Bush, Huckabee and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. In that matchup, Bush and Walker are tied at 23 percent, followed by Huckabee at 20 percent. Among only Republicans, Bush is the choice with 33 percent of the vote to Walker's 29 percent.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/poll-3-way-tie-for-gop-nomination-bush-huckabee-paul/article/2565598
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2093376/2015-reuters-tracking-core-political-06-03-2015.pdf
The top three are Bush, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Ipsos also said in a note that Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to dominate, but is down to 51 percent of the Democratic vote. It added that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has moved into second with 13 percent of the Democratic vote.
When Republicans were asked who they would vote for today, Bush leads with 10 percent, followed by Huckabee at 9 percent and Paul at 8 percent.
When Republican-leaning independents are pulled out, Bush leads with 15 percent.
In a follow-on question, Ipsos asked who voters would choose if the race was between Bush, Huckabee and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. In that matchup, Bush and Walker are tied at 23 percent, followed by Huckabee at 20 percent. Among only Republicans, Bush is the choice with 33 percent of the vote to Walker's 29 percent.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/poll-3-way-tie-for-gop-nomination-bush-huckabee-paul/article/2565598
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2093376/2015-reuters-tracking-core-political-06-03-2015.pdf
June 04, 2015, 12:00:03 AM
Mark Levin {sit it guest host that interviewed Mark Levin} (big time conservative talk host, top 5 in US - approximately 8 million listeners per week): Rand Paul is doing nation a great service with fight against NSA data collection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGzjeimfeIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGzjeimfeIE
June 03, 2015, 11:57:59 PM
Rand Paul calls out Jeb Bush for defending NSA
Rand Paul is slamming Jeb Bush over the former Florida governor’s defense of National Security Agency data collection, the latest round in the Kentucky senator’s battles with his own party on the issue.
“Just like he was confused for weeks about his position on the Iraq war, Gov. Bush appears completely unaware of the facts about the government’s illegal and unnecessary spying [on] the American people and made it clear his position is based on politics, not policy and the Constitution,” Paul spokesman Sergio Gor said in a statement on Wednesday, jabbing a likely 2016 rival over Bush’s previous equivocating about whether he would have invaded Iraq given the intelligence available now.
More...http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/rand-paul-criticizes-jeb-bush-nsa-spying-iraq-war-118597.html#ixzz3c3Qow6Vb
Rand Paul is slamming Jeb Bush over the former Florida governor’s defense of National Security Agency data collection, the latest round in the Kentucky senator’s battles with his own party on the issue.
“Just like he was confused for weeks about his position on the Iraq war, Gov. Bush appears completely unaware of the facts about the government’s illegal and unnecessary spying [on] the American people and made it clear his position is based on politics, not policy and the Constitution,” Paul spokesman Sergio Gor said in a statement on Wednesday, jabbing a likely 2016 rival over Bush’s previous equivocating about whether he would have invaded Iraq given the intelligence available now.
More...http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/rand-paul-criticizes-jeb-bush-nsa-spying-iraq-war-118597.html#ixzz3c3Qow6Vb
June 03, 2015, 11:55:02 PM
Judge Napolitano (Fox News Sr. Judicial Correspondent): Rand Paul succeeded politically, but NSA data collection will continue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzsnceQoxTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzsnceQoxTM
June 03, 2015, 11:51:36 PM
Rush Limbaugh caller (earlier yesterday afternoon) not looking forward to having Rand Paul in the debates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fWwe_yOCn4
He was literally about to cry.
Also sounded like Rush wanted to defend Rand a little bit there, he didn't have anything negative to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fWwe_yOCn4
He was literally about to cry.
Also sounded like Rush wanted to defend Rand a little bit there, he didn't have anything negative to say.
June 03, 2015, 11:47:13 PM
Civil War Breaks Out Over Rand Paul On Fox's 'The Five' (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrF50q08PoU
Whatever else he accomplishes in his run for President, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) can walk away knowing he spurred actual debate on the Fox News Channel.
The gallery of pundits on "The Five" ended up snapping at each other on Tuesday while discussing the expiration of key provisions of the Patriot Act, for which Paul has been credited and blamed.
“The worst thing about Rand Paul, what makes him despicable, is saying that Republicans want a terrorist attack so they can blame him," Greg Gutfeld said of Paul's remarks during the Senate debate on Sunday.
"He walked that back," Eric Bolling cut in.
"So what?" Gutfeld shot back, before calling Paul "sad and disgusting."
"What's wrong with getting a warrant?" Geraldo Rivera said to Gutfeld, referencing the expiration of the NSA's bulk metadata collection program. "You believe in the Second Amendment, why not the Fourth Amendment?"
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-news-the-five-rand-paul-nsa-gutfeld
Gutfeld is likely trying to impress his boss as he's always been a backbencher host that finally got a Sunday night gig on Fox last week. You don't go full retard like that esp when he considers himself having libertarian leanings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrF50q08PoU
Whatever else he accomplishes in his run for President, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) can walk away knowing he spurred actual debate on the Fox News Channel.
The gallery of pundits on "The Five" ended up snapping at each other on Tuesday while discussing the expiration of key provisions of the Patriot Act, for which Paul has been credited and blamed.
“The worst thing about Rand Paul, what makes him despicable, is saying that Republicans want a terrorist attack so they can blame him," Greg Gutfeld said of Paul's remarks during the Senate debate on Sunday.
"He walked that back," Eric Bolling cut in.
"So what?" Gutfeld shot back, before calling Paul "sad and disgusting."
"What's wrong with getting a warrant?" Geraldo Rivera said to Gutfeld, referencing the expiration of the NSA's bulk metadata collection program. "You believe in the Second Amendment, why not the Fourth Amendment?"
...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-news-the-five-rand-paul-nsa-gutfeld
Gutfeld is likely trying to impress his boss as he's always been a backbencher host that finally got a Sunday night gig on Fox last week. You don't go full retard like that esp when he considers himself having libertarian leanings.
June 03, 2015, 05:17:55 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/02/rand-paul-with-overheated-rhetoric-pummeled-by-conservative-media-over-nsa/
Wow,
I normally like fox for their anti-liberal news, but I really disagree with this. They think its the "end of rand" because he is against the NSA and most of the moderate GOP is for the NSA. The media is trying to blow it out of proportion citing other media articles which are actually not conservative (like the daily dot) that fox calls the "conservative media", and then quotes from them saying its the end of rand, and hes dead to politics now.
Well looks like hes doing much better in polls now, so clearly thats not the case Fox
They're trying to create a meme that he's screwed now and hopefully get the majority or more of their viewers to buy into it. There's lots of good comments under that article that shows this may be backfiring. The problem w/ upside down attempts to make someone look bad is that they become over the top and thus ruins their own credibility in the process. However, this type of reporting does work on the aging retirees in the 70s and 80s who always vote and have always been used to getting their info from tv. Wow,
I normally like fox for their anti-liberal news, but I really disagree with this. They think its the "end of rand" because he is against the NSA and most of the moderate GOP is for the NSA. The media is trying to blow it out of proportion citing other media articles which are actually not conservative (like the daily dot) that fox calls the "conservative media", and then quotes from them saying its the end of rand, and hes dead to politics now.
Well looks like hes doing much better in polls now, so clearly thats not the case Fox
June 03, 2015, 12:03:19 PM
You also may have noticed that my profile picture just changed, I now have Rand Paul as my number 1 favorable candidate for 2016. The thing that set me off was this whole PATRIOT act thing. Ted Cruz voted for it, so that puts Rand Paul in the lead in my opinion for 2016 for me.
Way to go w/ the change. I like Ted but I expected him to embrace a more libertarian tone when dealing w/ privacy and foreign policy but he seems reticent to doing so. As it is, Rand has been polling the best against Hillary and he's gonna be staking out more territory going forward making his numbers that much better for independent support. Jump to: