During the campaign, Rand Paul did not hesitate to attack Republican opponents over issues like government spending and surveillance programs. Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Florida Sen.
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Paul will now not be part of the caucus, but party leaders say they have no regrets.
“Across the country thousands upon thousands of young people flocked to our message of limited government, privacy, criminal justice reform and a reasonable foreign policy”, he said.
Though he is a senator, and son of former House member Ron Paul, Rand is not a Washington insider.
While Santorum, who had made religious freedom and social conservatism the pillars of his campaign, won several more states in 2012, he could not sustain the momentum and ultimately lost the nomination to Romney.
The Texas Tribune reported, for instance, that Cruz also picked up support on Wednesday from Rep. Jonathan Stickland, a Bedford Republican who had shown support for Paul.
Lasley, a political science professor at Western Kentucky University, admits some Kentucky Republicans may be less likely to attend next month’s caucus because Paul dropped out of the race.
Presidential hopeful Rand Paul announced two days after the Iowa Caucus that he will be ending his campaign.
Still, the presidential adventure will continue for him, as according to the same source, Mr. Santorum will endorse Marco Rubio, one of the candidates who still has chances of winning the Republican nomination.
The Senate primary will be held with the other primaries on May 17.
But soon after announcing his candidacy, Paul began a series of stumbles that turned into displays of his thin-skinned personality – and raised questions about his medical credibility. That assertion has no basis in medical research.
In case his lackluster showing in Iowa wasn’t enough to convince him to call it quits, Paul appeared unlikely to make it on stage at the next GOP debate, set for this Saturday. Health authorities worldwide have said that Ebola is only transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids. “I wouldn’t be doing this dumbass live streaming if I weren’t”.
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Paul also lacked the robust ground organization that his father had, which helped the elder Paul perform well in states with caucuses instead of primaries.
