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Rand Paul Money Bombs Kentucky

By W. James Antle, III on 8.21.09 @ 1:46PM

Yesterday Rand Paul's online "money bomb" raised more than $430,000 in honor of his father Ron Paul's birthday and, more importantly, to fund his campaign for the Republican senatorial nomination in Kentucky. The campaign has now raised more than $680,000 in total, mostly from small donors. Paul supporters hope to raise $2 million to wrest the nomination away from party favorite Trey Grayson.

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John| 8.21.09 @ 3:31PM

The senate needs people like Rand Paul. Too many of the Republicans are big government types and career politicians.

Eric Dondero| 8.21.09 @ 8:24PM

Latest rumor making its way around libertarian circles: libertarian Republican Mass. State Sen. Bob Hedlund may seek the open Kennedy seat for the special election.

Imagine in 2011, Senators:

Rand Paul of Kentucky
Irwin Schiff of Connecticut
Bob Hedlund of Massachusetts

An unbeatable libertarian trifecta.

Solo| 8.21.09 @ 9:08PM

A "Libertarian trifecta" would be if they got 1%, 2% and 3% of the vote, respectively.

Meanwhile...the democrats continue to rule unopposed!

Great plan!

MattSwartz| 8.21.09 @ 9:57PM

Peter Schiff, not his father Irwin, is the candidate in Connecticut. All of these candidates are longshots, because they aren't plugged into the power structure, but all of them would be an improvement on what we have now, with the possible exception of Hedlund, who might be anything at all, so pliable and useless is Dondero's definition of libertarianism.