Paul wins republican primary for the Senate in Kentucky

Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul is greeted by Briarwood Elementary Principal Debbie Richey as he enters a polling place in Bowling Green, Ky.

The May 19th MSNBC entitled "Paul wins Republican Senate nod in Kentucky" discusses Rand Paul, Ron Paul's son, recent GOP Senate primary win in Kentucky. Paul is fresh off a tea party-driven win. Rand Paul said he plans to stick with his anti-federal government message even as Democrats suggested he is a controversial candidate who will make an easy target in November.
Paul easily defeated Republican established Trey Grayson with about 59 percent of the vote Tuesday night in a race closely watched across the country. This election was a test of the tea party movement's strength.

This article is very important to government because it deals with the legislative branch, political parties, and more importantly elections. We see here how decentralized elections have become. Now it is not a prerequisite to be as much of a party insider, as we can see here with the Republican-established candidate losing the primary. Rand Paul is a very controversial, and I disagree with much of what he has to say. I think he has some good ideas, but at times I feel like he is just trying to shock people.

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Tea Party pick causes uproar on civil rights

In the article, Tea Party pick causes uproar on civil rights, the Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul raises a civil rights controversy. In doing so, he provided Democrats an opportunity to portray him as extreme and renewed concern among Republicans that his views made him vulnerable in a general election. He suggested that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was too broad and should not apply to private businesses, such as luncheonettes. But he issued a statement declareing that he would not repeal the 1964 case, and blamed his opponents for trying to distort his views by saying he favored repeal. He that he supported the sections of the Civil Rights Act that applied to public accommodations but had concerns when it came to its applicability to private business; he raised similar concerns earlier about the Americans with Disabilities Act. He says that he does not support discrimination, but the federal government cannot tell a private business owner who they can and cant serve. I do agree witht this statement, the federal government has no place telling private businesses how to work. However, theis is a dangerous subject to debate while running for office. The Democrats are just trying to distort his views to make him look bad so he cant win.

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