When Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced that he was ending his presidential run, that didn’t mean he was going to be able to take a break from campaigning altogether – he still has a Senate seat to defend.
Without skipping a beat, Paul went from campaigning nationally to campaigning in his home state. Thankfully, the transition was made easier with leftover b-roll, a logo, a slogan and some campaign donations from his defunct presidential campaign.
And as we see a black and white montage of those four, the narrator charges, “They are takers. They are users. They want your money. They want your rights. They want your freedom.”
Then the narrator introduces Paul with a familiar description: “There is one in Washington who stands in their way – one fighting the ‘Washington Machine.’” Sound familiar?
The rest of the ad includes b-roll from Paul’s presidential announcement and campaign, interspersed with clips of him talking about his campaign platforms on news talk shows.
The ad ends with another familiar line, “Stand for freedom. Stand for Kentucky. Stand with Rand.”
Kentucky Democrats suffered losses in both the 2014 midterms and the state’s 2015 gubernatorial election but Jim Gray, who is Paul’s chief Democratic opponent, is expected to animate the party’s liberal base in this year’s election.
As the first openly gay mayor of Lexington, with an impressive business record, Kentucky Democrats are hoping he is just the right mix of conservative and liberal to water down Paul’s Libertarian bona fides.
Without skipping a beat, Paul went from campaigning nationally to campaigning in his home state. Thankfully, the transition was made easier with leftover b-roll, a logo, a slogan and some campaign donations from his defunct presidential campaign.
Rand Paul 2016, Version 2.0
If you missed the news that Paul dropped his presidential bid, you might think he was still vying for the White House after watching his latest political ad. While Paul has at least one heavy-hitting challenger in the Kentucky Senate race, his media team chose to attack Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.And as we see a black and white montage of those four, the narrator charges, “They are takers. They are users. They want your money. They want your rights. They want your freedom.”
Then the narrator introduces Paul with a familiar description: “There is one in Washington who stands in their way – one fighting the ‘Washington Machine.’” Sound familiar?
The rest of the ad includes b-roll from Paul’s presidential announcement and campaign, interspersed with clips of him talking about his campaign platforms on news talk shows.
The ad ends with another familiar line, “Stand for freedom. Stand for Kentucky. Stand with Rand.”
Rand Paul’s Kentucky Seat Isn’t Inevitable
Even though his presidential run kept him in the national spotlight for a while, Paul’s senate reelection is not guaranteed (although likely).Kentucky Democrats suffered losses in both the 2014 midterms and the state’s 2015 gubernatorial election but Jim Gray, who is Paul’s chief Democratic opponent, is expected to animate the party’s liberal base in this year’s election.
As the first openly gay mayor of Lexington, with an impressive business record, Kentucky Democrats are hoping he is just the right mix of conservative and liberal to water down Paul’s Libertarian bona fides.