Rand Paul, in a private interview, acknowledged that his father has laid groundwork for him in Nevada. However, Rand Paul said he must be his own man if he expects to win the Nevada GOP caucus or the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. If I end up doing this (running for president), I really have to be my own person and present my ideas and issues, Rand Paul said. That doesnt mean my father and I are not from the same tradition in the sense that we believe in limited government that is strictly bound by the Constitution, a belief in a reasonable and rational foreign policy that sees some of the unintended consequences of some of the entanglements overseas. I believe, like dad, about the all-consuming problem about (the federal government) spending money we dont have. At the podium in front of the crowd, Paul did not mention Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., but blasted potential Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for the former U.S. secretary of states role in attacks that claimed four lives of U.S. personnel in 2012 at Benghazi, Libya.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:17:35 +0000