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Rand Paul in Tie with Democrat Jack Conway in Kentucky Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNow that Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul is facing general election voters, he is finding the momentum days of his primary race behind him with a new poll putting him in a tie with Democrat Jack Conway, the state's attorney general. Paul and Conway each get 43 percent support from voters with 14 percent undecided, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted June 28-30. Part of the reason appears to be that Paul's past statements, rooted in his Tea Party and libertarian beliefs, are costing him. Thirty-eight percent say that national media coverage of Paul's views has made ...
Palin Says Rand Paul Was Victim of 'Gotcha' Moment
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySarah Palin said Sunday that Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul, who stirred controversy last week over his views on federal enforcement of civil rights, was the victim of the same kind of "gotcha" moment from a hostile press that she encountered during the 2008 presidential campaign. Paul, a libertarian and Tea Party favorite who won the GOP nomination in Kentucky on Tuesday, had prompted a political ruckus when he appeared to question whether private businesses should have to abide by federal civil rights law provisions prohibiting discrimination when it came to who they did or did not ...
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