GOP - Rand Paul's Presidential Highlight Reel w/ his Libertarian Twist

[Chef Ramsay]

Nevada Stays With Caucus System in Blow to Jeb Bush

Nevada is keeping its caucuses for selecting presidential nominees, a blow to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and other contenders who hoped to shift the early-voting state to a system of primaries.

Caucuses are considered favorable to candidates who have a network of highly motivated activists, such as Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who has met with Bush, backed legislation to change to a primary, but the bill never came up for a vote before the Legislature adjourned Monday night. It was the subject of frantic horse-trading and lobbying in the state capitol in Carson City until the final minutes of the session.

The state's Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison, chairman of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign in Nevada, had pushed for the bill.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/nevada-stays-caucus-system-blow-jeb-bush-31475619

[Chef Ramsay]

Senate passes NSA reform measure - No Amendments under Amash Threat

The Senate approved on Tuesday a bill to reform National Security Agency domestic surveillance programs, ending a drawn-out showdown on Capitol Hill that saw counterterrorism provisions expire.

The vote was 67 to 32.

The bill, which passed the House nearly three weeks ago, now heads to President Barack Obama, who has pledged to sign the bill.

Senate passage on Tuesday came only after members defeated a series of amendments pushed by Senate Republican leaders they said would toughen the House version.

That move drew heavy fire from supporters of the current bill and from GOP House leadership, who warned the proposed changes wouldn't pass muster in the House.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded Thursday before the vote that those efforts were "an uphill battle."

Any changes in the Senate would require the bill go back to the House for another vote, while passage of an identical bill could go straight to President Barack Obama, who has urged the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act.

Paul had also planned to offer up his own set of amendments that would push Freedom Act reforms to the NSA even further. Paul ultimately will not get a vote on his amendments, though, but said he will not press his case.

"I think we're about done," he said when asked if he would hold up final passage.

But any changes out of the Senate would galvanize Paul's allies in the House who have said amendments would prompt them to offer up changes of their own.

"If even one comma changes, we have a lot of people on our side of the Capitol who would like to offer our own amendments," Amash said.

Amash insisted that members across the House Republican conference believe "any changes will be a deal breaker."

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/02/politics/senate-usa-freedom-act-vote-patriot-act-nsa/

[Chef Ramsay]

SEN. RAND PAUL SWEEPS POLLS, FARES BEST WITH INDEPENDENTS AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) swept the competition in recent polls, which also indicates he is the best Republican candidate to go head to head against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

In fact, independent voters — often the votes that swing an election one way or the other — overwhelmingly prefer Paul over Clinton, according to a previous Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. “Unlike the other Republicans, Mr. Paul significantly outpolled Mrs. Clinton among independent voters, by 45%-37%, reported The Wall Street Journal.

Not only are polls indicating independents overwhelmingly support Paul, but so do several national surveys comparing him to fellow GOP candidates in key states.

An ABC/Washington Post Poll has Paul tied for first place in the Republican primary with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is not yet an official candidate but is expected to announce later this summer.

Paul is tied for second with fellow GOP candidate Dr. Ben Carson for the Iowa caucus in a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register Poll.

Paul is faring well in New Hampshire, where the top Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton has spent much of her time campaigning.

Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire Poll has Paul in first place for the New Hampshire primary.

“A recent PPP Poll showed Sen. Paul is in first place in the New Hampshire Republican Primary and performs best against Hillary compared to all other candidates,” touted Paul’s campaign in an email to supporters.

Not only is Paul in first place in New Hampshire, but he is also in first in the state of Washington.

Independent voters also have Paul leading Clinton in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and Pennsylvania.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/02/sen-rand-paul-sweeps-polls-fares-best-with-independents-against-hillary-clinton/

[Chef Ramsay]

BBC: Could Rand Paul inspire the UK government?

Senator Rand Paul has caught the world's attention and infuriated his own party by taking on one of the most powerful forces imaginable - the US security apparatus.

Behind the drama there are deep currents, a tale of sex, drugs, violence and conservatism.

Senator Paul has, almost single-handedly, blocked the extension of the Patriot Act, seen by its opponents as the USA's very own snooper's charter.

It takes some guts to stand in the way of the US spy agencies, if only for a short while.

More...http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32972880

[Chef Ramsay]

Ron Paul speaks his mind on Trans Pacific Partnership, foreign policy, and his son’s chances for winning the Republican nomination. Interviewed by Larry King on RT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=103&v=Cpq5DMB8_-4

[Bit_Happy]

Nevada Stays With Caucus System in Blow to Jeb Bush

Nevada is keeping its caucuses for selecting presidential nominees, a blow to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and other contenders who hoped to shift the early-voting state to a system of primaries.

Caucuses are considered favorable to candidates who have a network of highly motivated activists, such as Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who has met with Bush, backed legislation to change to a primary, but the bill never came up for a vote before the Legislature adjourned Monday night. It was the subject of frantic horse-trading and lobbying in the state capitol in Carson City until the final minutes of the session.

The state's Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison, chairman of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign in Nevada, had pushed for the bill.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/nevada-stays-caucus-system-blow-jeb-bush-31475619

This is great news, Rand Paul has a decent chance of winning Nevada. We need many more caucuses, not less. 

[Chef Ramsay]

Nevada Stays With Caucus System in Blow to Jeb Bush

Nevada is keeping its caucuses for selecting presidential nominees, a blow to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and other contenders who hoped to shift the early-voting state to a system of primaries.

Caucuses are considered favorable to candidates who have a network of highly motivated activists, such as Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who has met with Bush, backed legislation to change to a primary, but the bill never came up for a vote before the Legislature adjourned Monday night. It was the subject of frantic horse-trading and lobbying in the state capitol in Carson City until the final minutes of the session.

The state's Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison, chairman of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign in Nevada, had pushed for the bill.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/nevada-stays-caucus-system-blow-jeb-bush-31475619

This is great news, Rand Paul has a decent chance of winning Nevada. We need many more caucuses, not less. 

So true, caucuses are the way around the establishment's buying of votes in primaries by shelling out their money to spread disinfo and phony election info to the those that watch tv and get caught up in mailers. Caucusing forces people to show up and hang out to draft their vote rather than the primary where they just cast a vote and move on. You want very little low info voters participating and this caucusing should happen in every state.

[Chef Ramsay]

Howard Kurtz kind of defends Rand too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=141&v=QWIT08zo0Ns

Good talk about Rand in a great way. Good show atm.

[funtotry]

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

[funtotry]

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.

[Chef Ramsay]

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.

[Chef Ramsay]

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.

[funtotry]

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.

Yea. If you follow Fox on facebook they sometimes ask whos your favorite candidate, or rand paul is losing in the polls etc. but all the comments are "stand with rand", even though the article is against him. I hope that Fox embraces rand paul and starts actually includes him in the polls. If Fox gets him on board, he will win the election hands down.

[Chef Ramsay]

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?"

...

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.

[Chef Ramsay]

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.

[Chef Ramsay]

Judge Napolitano (Fox News Sr. Judicial Correspondent): Rand Paul succeeded politically, but NSA data collection will continue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzsnceQoxTM

[Chef Ramsay]

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

[Chef Ramsay]

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

[Chef Ramsay]

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

[Chef Ramsay]

New Rand Paul Campaign Promotional Video: "Not Going to Take it Anymore"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgPCZ7uZN8k