Rand Paul Is Running For Every Elected Office

[DonViejo]

Rand Paul's flirtation with running for president is getting serious: he's asking Kentucky's senate to file a bill that would allow him to run for both the U.S. Senate and president in 2016.

Kentucky's current law says a candidate's name cannot appear on a ballot more than once, which would seemingly force him to choose which office he wants to pursue rather than hedging his bets by running for both.

State Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer told the Washington Times: "Yes, I am working on clarifying an ambiguous state law that Rand Paul believes is unconstitutional if it is interpreted to bar running for re-election to the Senate and for president at the same time."

According to WFPL, Paul brought the issue up to the state Senate's Republican caucus last month.

"He is running for the U.S. Senate in 2016, but that he is strongly considering seeking the Republican nomination for President," Thayer told WFPL. "I hope he does."

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http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/03/rand-paul-running-every-elected-office/358770/

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. So he can be like his dad?

And have very enthusiastic supporters who are actually few in number, and he'll just linger around until convention time?

[Aristus]

2. For a guy who supposedly hates government, he's sure chasing after government paychecks

with a rather feverish, unseemly eagerness...

[L0oniX]

3. Well ...its' a RanDumb pursuit.

[Drale]

4. There needs to be a federal law

that says if your currently an elected official and you want to run for another office, you have to immediately resign from your current job. We would not have to deal with Old Man McCain or Ryan anymore because both would have had to resign.

[NV Whino]

5. Boy, I second this!

If you are committed to run for president, you shouldn't be campaigning for a lesser office. That would help weed out the idiots.

[nyquil_man]

6. What's ambiguous about the law?

You can't run for two offices at once. It seems pretty clear-cut.

I can't think of the last time a presidential nominee was running for another office simultaneously. VP nominees (Ryan, Biden, Lieberman, LBJ, for example) yes, but not presidential nominees, and I'm not too crazy about VP noms doing it either.

On the one hand, it sends a message that you have no confidence in your ability to win the higher office. On the other hand, it creates the impression that the lower office is nothing more than a fallback.

Be bold. Pick an office and commit.