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Sen. Rand Paul made his 2016 White House bid official on Tuesday, telling an audience in his adopted home state of Kentucky that he will be a different kind of Republican -- one who will "clutch the Constitution in one hand and the Bill of Rights in the other."
"Today I announce with God's help, with the help of liberty lovers everywhere, that I am putting myself forward as a candidate for the United States of America," Paul said to the cheers of an estimated 1,000 supporter packed into a ballroom at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville.
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The audience greeted the Kentucky Republican with cheers of "President Paul, President Paul!" and many sported the same "Stand with Rand" shirts that made an awkward debut at Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential announcement last month.
Paul laid out a vision of limiting the federal government, cutting taxes, and ending the practice of government surveillance.
"The phone records of US citizens none of their dam business," Paul said. "As president, on day one, I will end this unconstitutional surveillance. I believe we can have liberty and security and I will not compromise your liberty for a false sense of security."
He vowed to take on "the Washington machine by not giving into special interests, which he said seek to fill their personal piggybanks to the disadvantage of the American public.
"Too often when Republicans have won, weve squandered our victory by becoming part of the Washington machine," Paul said. "Thats not who I am."
"We must not dilute our message or give up on our principles. If we nominate a candidate who is simply Democrat-lite, what is the point?" Paul later asked the audience rhetorically, in presenting himself as a principled leader.
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Well, that escalated quickly.
No sooner has Sen. Rand Paul announced the launch of his presidential campaign Tuesday in Louisville, Ky., than a conservative group unleashed the first salvo in the 2016 political ad wars: a $1 million, 30-second TV ad calling the Republican presidential hopeful "dangerous."
Attack ads typically appear weeks after a candidate has announced. This time, it appears, a hawkish foreign policy group is determined to tieSenator Paul to Obama's Iran policy on Paul's announcement day.
The Senate is considering tough new sanctions on Iran, a male narrator says in the 30-second spot. President Obama says hell veto them. And Rand Paul is standing with him.
Paul supports Mr. Obamas negotiations with Iran, the ad suggests, and he doesnt understand the threat.
Rand Paul is wrong and dangerous, the narrator intones. Tell him to stop siding with Obama.
Because even one Iranian bomb would be a disaster, it concludes. Just like the infamous 1964 "Daisy" ad that attacked Republican presidential hopeful Barry Goldwater, thefinal shot is of a mushroom cloud.
The ad comes from the 501(c)4 nonprofit, the Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America. According to Politico, the ad will run Wednesday through Sunday on broadcast TV in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada the four states with early presidential primaries and caucuses as well as nationally on Fox News.
The group is led by Rick Reed, who helped produce ads forthe "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" campaign, which in 2004 sought to undermine then-presidential candidate John Kerry's national security credentials.
This time, Mr. Reed's target is Paul.
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Rand Paul, Kelly Ashby and Rupert Murdoch attend the TIME 100 Gala in New York City in April 2014.
It's become something of a quadrennial tradition for Murdoch, the billionaire mogul whose observations on GOP politics are watched very closely within the party, to weigh in on the race for the White House. Two parts of his vast media empire -- Fox News Channel and the Wall Street Journal -- carry considerable influence in Republican circles. And Murdoch himself donated more than $32,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2014.
Earlier this year, Murdoch splashed cold water on another possible Mitt Romney presidential run, calling the 2012 Republican nominee a "terrible candidate" who had squandered his chance. Murdoch has spoken more positively about other potential candidates.
He likes former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush "very much," and he cautioned against writing off New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose administration is still facing a federal probe into traffic lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in 2013.
And Murdoch is definitely flirting with Paul.
"I personally like Rand Paul very much, and I am very impressed by his brain," Murdoch said earlier this year at the Manhattan Institute.
Late last month, on the same day that Ted Cruz announced his White House bid and appeared on Sean Hannity's Fox News show, Paul was interviewed by Megyn Kelly.
The programming schedule did not escape the notice of Murdoch.
"Just saw Rand Paul on Megan (sic) Kelly show," he said on Twitter. "Smart move ahead of Ted Cruz on Hannity...Contest warming up early, danger folks get tired."
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, made his presidential bid official Tuesday afternoon, laying out his vision to restore liberty and freedom to Americans. He's building his candidacy on a strong national defense, a flat tax, school choice, an end to government surveillance, and the "defeat" of the "Washington machine," and over the next few months he'll have the opportunity to see how receptive voters are to his plans for the country.
Paul's fight against big government has been a central theme ever since he ran a successful campaign for the Senate here five years ago. And although many dismissed Paul as a long shot candidate, his message proved to be well-suited to the moment.
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"It was a time when people were somewhat beginning to feel that the Obama administration was overreaching," recalled Dr. Dewey Clayton, a professor of political science at the University of Louisville who has watched Paul's career rise. "They were seeing government taking a larger role in their lives."
In fact, voter sentiment against the Obama administration was felt nationwide: 2010 was a year which saw Republicans gain six seats in the Senate, winning four open seats and beating two Democratic incumbents. Although Democrats held onto control of the Senate, Republicans won more senate races than they had at any time since 1994. But 2010 was also a year that saw the rise of the Tea Party movement.
It was clear that a Republican would take over the Kentucky seat vacated by Sen. Jim Bunning, who retired when he saw support for his reelection wane among those in his party's leadership. The party liked Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson for the job - GOP Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Grayson two weeks before the primary. But Paul beat his opponent by more than 20 points. He won the general election as an outsider with just shy of 56 percent of the vote.
Dr. Brian Strow, who served as one of Paul's economic advisors during his Senate bid, sees a similar opening now for a non-establishment candidate on the national stage.
"If people are tired of a dynasty, this guy is the polar opposite," he said. "He's not the career politician."
Much of Paul's adult life revolved around politics, although not his own career. Paul, still a practicing opthamologist, owes years of his political experience to his father, former Texas congressman and two-time presidential hopeful Ron Paul. The younger Paul appeared alongside the elder Paul at campaign stops in 2007 and 2008, and at times went solo as his surrogate, giving the impression that Paul has always been comfortable on the national stage.
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