"Could Republican Senator Rand Paul Win the White House?" [View all]

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Could Republican Senator Rand Paul Win the White House?

by Jason Horowitz at Vogue

http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/republican-senator-rand-paul-for-president/#1

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Paul tells me he wants to remake the GOP into an electorally viable party that looks more like America and less like an Elks Lodge meeting. That means luring Democrats and winning over skeptical minorities and young voters. He’ll do this by championing issues like privacy rights and civil liberties—such as his opposition to Guantanamo-style indefinite detainment—that he believes will form a new center of political gravity, and perhaps a winning coalition in 2016.

“I want the Republican Party to grow and to be strong and for our ideas to win in Washington,” he says. “And the way they win, I think, is adding a little bit of a libertarian infusion, a little bit of a constitutional Bill of Rights type of approach to issues and instill that into the Republican Party.”

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“I could see Rand’s sincerity and thoughtfulness in our first conversation about this crisis,” Gillibrand says. “And I knew we could work together.”

As with all political success stories, the senator has benefited from his share of serendipity, too. The CIA drone attacks, the revelation of the National Security Agency’s spying programs, the furor over the IRS’s apparently targeting Tea Party groups—all have provided openings for him to speak out on privacy, reduced government, and a less aggressive foreign policy.




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