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WASHINGTON Is Rand Paul going to officially announce his presidential bid on April 7? Thats what The New York Times is reporting. On that early spring day, Senator Paul is likely to declare his candidacy in his home state of Kentucky, then jet off on a round of campaigning in the usual suspect states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, according to the Times. At this point, only objections from family members could halt the process.

Mr. Paul ... will take the next month to continue talking with members of his family about whether they are comfortable moving forward with the exhausting and, at times, agonizing rigors of a modern presidential campaign, writes the Timess Jeremy W. Peters.

Should we believe this story? After all, its based on anonymous associates of the senator, which seems a bit vague.

But wed judge it true, at least for the moment. Paul himself often talks about how agonizing a presidential run can be, so that idea could have come straight from his own mouth. The news leak, with its brave pronouncement of an actual date, seems semi-official. Its as if the Paul campaign said, get the Times to run this trial balloon up the flagpole and see if Jeb Bush salutes.

Plus, April 7 makes sense. As the story notes, its the beginning of a Federal Election Commission reporting period, so the bookkeeping is easier and theres a full quarter of a year for fundraising before first results are made public.

But why announce the announcement? Why such a drawn-out process? Its as if Paul is performing the Dance of the Seven Filibusters, as he coyly reveals his plans.

All the other likely candidates are doing the same thing, so were not picking on him here.

First, the announcement announcements (Hillary to make up mind in seven months! Jeb will set a date to set another date in the spring!) get news coverage. Its no accident Rand Pauls April 7 plan became public Wednesday, as Mr. Bush is planning a big foreign policy speech in Chicago.

Do you think Paul was trying to step on Bushs news coverage here? Duh. Its kind of a virtual photobomb.

Second, they convey progress without any legal or financial obligation. Once you really, truly declare that as of now youre running for president, certain FEC obligations kick in. You have to stop playing so closely with your super political action committee.

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In his effort to mock Hillary Clinton, Sen.Rand Paul(R., Ky.) got taken down by the rules of social media parody.

On Saturday, Mr. Pauls various social media accounts shared a link to a Pinterest profile, sayingif Hillary Clinton set up a Pinterest for Valentines Day, we can only imagine it might look like this. The profileincluded several references to moments that Mrs. Clinton likely doesnt want to highlight with voters. One section called shoulda, woulda, coulda had images from her unsuccessful 2008 White House bid. Another pin posted to the photo-sharing site referenced the attacks on Benghazi in 2012.

Pinterest doesnt take kindly to impersonation and by Tuesday, the account was gone.

A Pinterest spokesperson said the account was removed because our acceptable use policy prohibits activity to impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.

The account was set up as if it was Mrs. Clinton, using username hillaryrclinton. There was no indication on the page that the account came from Mr. Paul and not Mrs. Clinton and that was the problem.

Parody accounts are allowed on Pinterest if they are clearly marked as such. There are other profiles dedicated to politicians. A fan account dedicated to President Barack Obama has 3,110 followers and the bio reads What if the 44th President of the United States tried his hand at the newest social media craze? There is even a profile for Mr. Paul set up by a fan allowed because it clearly states that it is a fan news page. The profile is small, with two boards and 46 followers.

In January, Mr. Pauls political action committee, Rand PAC, postedan audio link of a fake phone callbetween Jeb Bush and Mrs. Clinton, in which actors portraying them argued over whos turn it was to move into the White House. Mr. Pauls PAC is also asking his followers to sign a petition to say no to Mrs. Clinton running for president.

A Rand Paul spokesman didnt return a request for comment.

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