Rand Paul has the future of the Patriot Act in the palm of his hand.
The Senate is scheduled to hold a rare Sunday evening vote on three Patriot Act provisions mere hours before they expire at midnight. The late hour — and lack of a clean path forward — means any single senator has an undue amount of leverage to gum up the works.
After staking his reputation on fighting the National Security Agency (NSA) to the bitter end, the Kentucky Republican and White House contender now finds himself with the best chance yet to hobble it.
"Tomorrow, I will force the expiration of the NSA illegal spy program," he said in a statement distributed by his presidential campaign.
"I do not do this to obstruct," he added. "I do it to build something better, more effective, more lasting, and more cognizant of who we are as Americans."
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Rand had demonstrated to me that he has the most desirable qualities of any presidential quality. The guy is like an alligator; her's a fighter. He'll snap Hillary when the time comes.
ReplyDeleteIf they nominate Bush, no sense in even voting.
DeleteI agree completely. They must nominate a conservative or I'm out. No Bush, no Cristie, no Huntsman. There's several good conservatives but I like Rand on foreign policy,
DeleteHe's not his father's son, but then he might well be, but is fudging from his conscious positions in order to possbly win the P
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