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HOUSTON Rand Paul wants to lead the United States. On Saturday in Texas, his father was speaking at a conference about how to leave it.
A lot of times people think secession, they paint it as an absolute negative, said former representative Ron Paul (R-Tex.). After all, Paul said, the American Revolution was a kind of secession. You mean we should have been obedient to the king forever? So its all in the way you look at it.
This weekend was a crucial one for Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky and undeclared candidate for the presidency. He was in California, trying to line up donors at an opulent retreat organized by the billionaire Koch brothers.
At the same time, his father retired after 12 terms in Congress and three presidential runs was in the ballroom of an airport hotel here, the final speaker at a one-day seminar in breaking away from the central state. He followed a series of speakers who said that the U.S. economy and political establishment were tottering and that the best response might be for states, counties or even individuals to break away.
The America we thought we knew, ladies and gentlemen, is a mirage. Its a memory. Its a foreign country, Jeff Deist, Ron Pauls former press secretary and chief of staff, told the group. And thats precisely why we should take secession seriously.
The contrasting scenes this weekend illuminate the odd situation of the Pauls as the 2016 campaign season begins. They are a father and son tied together but running in opposite directions.
Rand, 52, is contemplating a presidential run at its heart, an act of optimism. He is moderating some hard-line positions and introducing himself to donors and voters. At the same time, Ron, 79, has embraced a role as libertarianisms prophet of doom, telling his supporters that the United States is headed for catastrophes and might actually need catastrophes to get on the right track
Which puts Rand Paul in the unusual position of trying to win over the country while his father says it is going down the tubes.
Asked by a reporter whether he was worried about making trouble for his sons presidential campaign by talking about secession here, Ron Paul deflected the blame to the press: If we had decent reporters, there would never be any problems. You think you could ever meet one? Have a heart, buddy.
A spokesman for Rand Paul said he was not available to comment for this story. Both Pauls have said that if Rand Paul runs for president, his father will not campaign with him.
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WASHINGTON (AP) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is sending clear signs about an expected run for the presidency in 2016.
The first-term Republican lawmaker planned to join several other potential candidates at a gathering Sunday in Palm Springs, California, organized by the conservative billionaire Koch brothers, who have a keen interest in the party's contenders.
More than 450 allies and donors to the Koch network were to attend, with the closing event a panel discussion with Rubio and fellow Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas on domestic policy.
The organizer, Freedom Partners, is the central hub for the political machine backed by wealthy industrialists Charles and David Koch. The traditionally private Koch group planned to let reporters watch an Internet broadcast of the event.
Over the past two days, Rubio met with his main group of 300 supporters on Miami's South Beach, and he intended to skip the Senate's schedule for the upcoming week for fundraisers on the West Coast, Texas and Illinois. Future visits are expected to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, states that play a critical early role in the nominating process.
At the same time, he is trying to keep longtime donors and establishment-minded supporters from shifting loyalties toward another Floridian, former Gov. Jeb Bush, or the party's 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, who is also moving toward a third White House bid.
"Jeb Bush is going to be a very credible candidate. I think he's going to raise a lot of money," Rubio said this past week. "He's got an extraordinary network of donor around the country and I know he'll be a strong candidate if he runs."
Rubio, no slouch in fundraising, would be playing catch up to Bush and Romney. To help, Rubio has recruited Anna Rogers, the top fundraiser for American Crossroads, a conservative group backed by Karl Rove, George W. Bush's former strategist.
A campaign will be costly, and any Republican who wants the nomination must consider the preferences of the deep-pocketed Kochs.
Their sprawling network of organizations forms the backbone of the modern conservative movement. With names such as Americans for Prosperity, Generation Opportunity and the Libre Initiative, the brothers have the ability to help frame the terms of the political debate.
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