Folks - we have to stop the meme that Rand Paul is a crazy guy out of step with the GOP. The meme we all should be pushing is that Rand Paul is the GOP. Lets face it, even with Paul it is an up hill climb in Kentucky. He is going to have nearly infinite resources and the DSCC is going to need to focus on likelier races this time, so beating up on him is fun, but may not get us a seat.
Making him the new face of the mainstream republican party, could give us the whole shooting match.
Strategies -
- Perhaps Senator Warner should challenge him to a Great Debate of republican vs democratic ideas for the country on 60 minutes? Rand would definitely say yes. What would Steele do then?
- Obama should start attacking Paul directly as a peer. Usually this is a bad move at it raises the profile and respect of an opponent for the President to single them out. That is exactly what we want to do with Paul.
What can we as the net roots do to make Rand Paul replace Limbaugh as the face and voice of the GOP?