Rand Paul to Speak at Republican National Convention, Says Reuters

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) isn’t
currently scheduled to speak at the Republican National
Convention, but
according to Reuters*, his son Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)–the one
with the future with the GOP–will be.

This is a sign that Rand Paul’s clear attempts to be the
libertarian-leaning Republican who actually cares if he’s pissing
off the rest of his party are working, so far. As I suggested in
front of the senator during our joint presentation back in May
about my book
Ron Paul’s Revolution: The Man and the Movement He
Inspired, his future as a potential presidential candidate
might be rich whether or not Romney wins this year

The idea was that Romney will likely be so terrible in terms of
reining in government to affordable Constitutional limits that a
primary challenge from the likes of a Rand Paul from the
libertarian wing could help limn the divide in the GOP in a very
vivid, and possibly even successful, way. The same logic applies
whether Rand Paul in 2016 is running against an incumbent Romney
(not that such a move on Paul’s part is at all certain) or against
whoever else steps up for the GOP crown in 2016.

As much as it annoys many of the Paul hardcore, it will be
easier to help define the future of the Republican Party from a
believable position of being Loyal Opposition rather than rebel
outsider. So don’t expect Rand Paul to attack Romney explicitly in
Tampa. But I do hold out hope he may speak of serious spending
cuts, serious curbing of government’s civil liberties violations,
and seriously sensible foreign policy in a way that implicitly does
so.

Previous blogging on Rand
Paul’s Romney endoresement, his critique
of Romney’s foreign policy, and the early rumors back in June
of a Rand
Paul speaking slot (which seem to have been true).

My May speaking appearance with Sen. Paul:

*An earlier version of this post credited Politico for the
news in both post and headline; Politico was quoting
Reuters.

You can read the rest of this article at: http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/07/rand-paul-to-speak-at-republican-nationa

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