Rand Paul runs for president, has to settle for a caucus

Warren County Republican Party Chairman Scott Lasley reacts to Rand Paul’s decision to end his presidential campaign. I’ve been there. With his departure from the presidential race, there is no voice remaining to challenge failed military interventions, mass surveillance of Americans by their government, or real cuts in the size and cost of government.

“I have great respect for Senator Paul”, he said at a presidential endorsement event in Concord.

Rand Paul speaks at the NHGOP First in The Nation Town Hall on January 23, 2016, in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Reason Magazine was trying to explain why the millennials didn’t flock to Paul and also suggesting that he’ll be around for some time pushing his libertarian ideas.

Paul said in a statement that he will turn his full attention to his Senate re-election campaign in Kentucky.

Paul faced a “brand new environment, for most involved in presidential politics we’ve never seen anything like it”, said Stafford, admitting it was “very hard to have what you believe is a stronger message and a stronger candidate but you can’t break through because celebrity became the largest thing”, reported Reason.

In 2010, Rand Paul was elected to the Senate as part of the GOP’s tea party wave.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Rand Paul ran for president, and all he got was a caucus. Many state Republicans, including some of Paul’s own supporters, have been publicly encouraging him for months to drop to his flagging presidential bid to focus maintaining Republican control of the Senate next year.

“We think we had a unique perspective, but once they counted up the votes in Iowa, we didn’t think there was enough really to position us or propel us forward to victory in New Hampshire”, said Paul. Ted Cruz with eight delegates, Donald Trump with seven, Florida Sen.

In a statement, Jim Gray blasted Paul, saying Kentucky deserves to be more than just a “fall-back plan”. He will return to his work in the chamber and to his Senate reelection campaign, where he remains a top target for Democrats as they try to retake the majority this year.

The Iowa caucuses marked the beginning of the end for a few Republican candidates.