From: National Review Online
By John Fund –
Palm Beach, Fla. — Those who doubted that Rand Paul was will running
for president need to change their minds after considering how he
energized the conservative grass roots with his 13-hour Senate
filibuster last week.
Paul took a narrow issue — as he put it, “whether an American can be
killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a
crime” — and captured the attention of political activists. As social
media lit up with praise for his efforts, many of his fellow senators
joined him on the floor, in solidarity with his demand that the Obama
administration answer a question it had legalistically evaded for days.
Representative Keith Rothfus of Pennsylvania was part of a group of
House members who went to the Senate floor to “stand with Rand.” “The
atmosphere was electric, “ he says. “Republicans felt we were
advancing.” MORE
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