In a Thursday night conference call with the roughly 350 members of the Kentucky GOP’s central committee.. [Rand] put his chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination at “one in 10,”
That is a serious drop-off from the optimistic assessment Paul gave in March, weeks before he announced his entry into the race, when he put his odds at “one in five, one in six.”
The admission confirms what opinion polls and pundits have acknowledged for weeks: Paul’s candidacy is running on fumes.
The alarms started to sound earlier this month. Paul, mired in the middle of the crowded GOP field, hoped to use the first Republican presidential debate to reinvigorate his candidacy, mostly by attacking frontrunner Donald Trump, and springboard to the front of the line.
The Kentucky lawmaker went after the real estate mogul early and often during the two-hour event but failed to land a punch
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Fiscal Times: Rand Paul’s White House Run Is on Life Support -- and He Knows It
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Rand needs to drop out and enter a period of reflection. Scott Horton in his debate with Walter Block (who shows very bad judgement) that Rand "Is trying to sell out but no-one is buying". So true!
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