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Independent Poll Shows Rand Paul with a Big Lead in the Republican Senatorial Primary in Kentucky

Raleigh, N.C. –Rand Paul holds a large lead over Secretary of State Trey Grayson in Public Policy Polling’s first look at the race. Paul is up 44-25 on Grayson. 39% of likely primary voters have a favorable opinion of him to 13% unfavorable while 22% view Grayson positively to 15% unfavorable. Paul is winning the votes of conservatives by a 47-20 margin, while Grayson holds a 36-34 lead with moderates.

For more information on these data: Download PPP_Release_KY_1222

Joe Arnold of WHAS-TV Reports that Senate Republican Candidate Rand Paul is Polling Very Well in KY

Rand Paul supporters stuffed the ballot box in an online poll to persuade Public Policy to select the Kentucky U.S. Senate race as their final poll of 2009.  And it appears Paul got a stocking stuffer in return, according to the PPP. ".... the Kentucky general election numbers we'll release Wednesday show Rand Paul doing only one point worse than Trey Grayson against Jack Conway and three points worse against Dan Mongiardo."

For more on these data click Joe Arnold

The Dr. Rand Paul Campaign(R) for U.S. Senate in KY Has Been Raising a Bunch of Money

The Rand Paul for U.S. Senate campaign has amassed $500,000 in campaign contributions for the 4th quarter.

According to the campaign's website, it has raised nearly $1.7 million over the last eight or so months.

 

KY Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Dr. Rand Paul Opposes the Re-Appointment of Bernanke

For Immediate Release
December 3, 2009

“Today, the United States Senate will begin considering the renomination of Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Chairman. If I were there to cast a vote, I would vote no, would vigorously oppose Bernanke’s confirmation, and would have a few questions for the Fed Chairman as the Senate considered him.

I agree with Senator Jim Bunning, who was the only U.S. Senator with the foresight and courage to oppose Ben Bernanke at his first confirmation four years ago. Just recently Senator Bunning said:

‘His job rating would be zero minus F,’ Bunning said in an interview yesterday. ‘He has catered to the big banks, to the Wall Street elitists, to every major money concern in the country and in the world.’

Senator Bunning has always stood up for real Americans – taxpayers, workers, ordinary citizens – over the Wall Street elite and special interests.

While I’m sure our senators will have many good questions for Chairman Bernanke during his nomination hearings and floor debate, I have a few of my own today:

1. Did Goldman Sachs receive preferential treatment in buying their credit default swaps?

2. Who received the trillions of dollars in loan guarantees from the Fed over the past year? Why?

3. Why does the Fed Chairman believe he can refuse to answer the U.S. Congress when asked to account for these trillions of dollars?

4. Which foreign banks and governments have been the recipient of special treatment from the Fed and why?
These are just a few of the questions that are an absolute minimum for the Fed Chairman to address before anyone should even consider giving him a second term.

The fact is, the Federal Reserve was asleep at the wheel for the housing and subprime mortgage crises. In fact, by keeping interest rates below the market rate, the Fed fueled the housing bubble. Now the Fed has hired a million dollar lobbyist to stonewall Congress and deflect attempts to create transparency.

Chairman Bernanke must be held responsible for these and other failures and excesses of the Federal Reserve.

Thanksgiving Wishes from the Major Republican Candidates in the 2010 Kentucky U.S. Senate Race

Here are snippets from Joe Arnold's (WHAS-TV) piece on this topic.

 

Trey Grayson
 Thanksgiving began as a simple celebration of life and an appreciation of the blessings of freedom. Our forefathers celebrated their arrival to this land of open possibilities, and each subsequent generation of proud Americans has built upon that example of strength and sacrifice.

 

Rand Paul

We are especially grateful to all those who sacrificed their lives to defend our Constitution and make this possible. We are grateful to all the patriots still working for freedom, thousands of whom we've had the privilege of meeting in recent months

 

Read More: Click Thanksgiving Wishes

The New York Times Profiles Dr. Rand Paul(R): An Unexpected Contender in the 2010 Senate Race in KY

· FRANKFORT, Ky. — Representative Ron Paul proved to be a surprising presence in the presidential race in 2008. Now his son, Dr. Rand Paul, has become an unexpected contender in the 2010 Senate race in Kentucky.

Capitalizing on a hearty distrust of government and an anti-Republican-establishment fervor among conservatives, he has used the Internet to raise more than $1.3 million since he began his campaign in August.

To read this proflile click here

Republican vs. Republican in a Testy Exchange at a U.S. Senate Candidates Forum in Louisville, KY

NKY.com blog on Kentucky Politics

Rand Paul’s official campaign site shows an entry was posted on his campaign blog…that says he believes Guantanamo Bay should be shut down – a viewpoint in direct conflict with his views today..

Within hours, the (Trey) Grayson camp issued a statement saying “Rand Paul proved today … that he is practiced in the Washington art of flip-flopping.”

Paul campaign manager David Adams denied the charge,,, it(closing down of Gitmo) ”was posted on his Web site six months ago unbeknownst to..

To read more about this data click Grayson vs.Paul

Watch WHAS-TV'S Coverage of U.S. Senate Candidates Forum (11/19/2009)in Louisville, KY

Republican Senate Candidate Rand Paul Met with Senator Mitch McConnell

From the BluegrassBulletin.com

Rand Paul met with Mitch McConnell around 5:30 this evening(November 12^th) at the airport in Louisville. The meeting is significant in large part because McConnell, the senior senator from Kentucky has been close with the candidacy of Trey Grayson, Kentucky's current Secretary of State and Paul's main primary opponent.   The press reports which followed portrayed Grayson as the choice of party insiders

Republican Primary for U.S. is Heating Up: Trey Grayson Questions Rand Paul's Loyalty to Kentucky Voters

From the Courier-Journal

In an interview with WHAS-TV earlier this week, …Rand Paul declined to say if he would support McConnell for another term as Senate GOP leader if he is challenged by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina

“I like both of them…(Rand Paul said in the interview), but I think obviously Kentucky having a leader is good for Kentucky. “

 In a statement Wednesday, Grayson said Paul's remarks are a sign that he is more beholden to his “Libertarian donor base” than to his constituents in Kentucky...