Rand Paul still live streaming, still running for president

So it’s no wonder Sen. “Paul will be the first presidential candidate to live-stream an entire day on the campaign trail”.

Otherwise, he would be giving a whole new meaning to “live stream” if he truly was broadcasting his entire day, including bathroom breaks.

Meanwhile, Rand fans were told that if they “liked” the lawmaker’s official Facebook page they’d get a notification once the stream was up and running.

That was the Kentucky senator’s message Tuesday during a moment of candor when he answered whether he was still running for president, one of the top questions on Google about Paul and his campaign. But his somewhat prickly response to a mundane, if grating, question has now gone viral. “Alright”, Paul said with a semi-chuckle before moving on to the next question.

“Context is important, and Senator Paul was reading mean tweets when the comment came up”, said spokesman Sergio Gor.

You can check out the stream for yourself at Rand Paul’s website.

The livestream, assuming it’s back up and running in the not-too-distant future, could demonstrate Rand’s digital bonafides to the world.

Add to that a smattering of recent reports suggesting his Senate seat, which he’s refused to resign to run for president, may be in jeopardy because of his sluggish presidential campaign, and it could be a recipe for a bad mood on a Tuesday morning.

I wish I knew why I was live streaming.

Paul is not the only American trying to bottle up the magic of Norwegian slow TV and bring it stateside today: Novelist Joshua Cohen is in the middle of writing his modern adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Pickwick Papers, Google Docs style, with many people watching him type and delete words in real time – and offering much commentary. But Paul was unlucky enough to broadcast his live.