Rand Paul: "Seriously Considering" White House Run
Lisa Barron reports at Newsmax:
"Our party needs something new, fresh, and different,” Paul, R-Ky., told Politico. "What we’ve been running -- nothing against the candidates necessarily -- but we have a good, solid niche in all the solidly red states throughout the middle of the country.”
Paul, a self-described libertarian who ran for the Senate in 2010 with backing from the tea party, suggested in the interview with Politico that the GOP should do more to broaden its support base.
In the Politico interview, Paul also attempted to distinguish himself from his staunchly libertarian father, former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who ran for the GOP nomination last year.
"The younger Paul said he thinks there is a middle ground between 'pure libertarianism' and more traditional conservatism, and there is a role for someone with that position who 'can somehow bring about an expansion of the party'," Newsmax reports.
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