Rand Paul Jumps Into Kentucky Senate Race

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Rand Paul, son of Texas Congressman Ron Paul, has made it official this past week.  His is running for Senator of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 

It is an interesting irony involving a state that has sat center stage in the world of online gambling over the past 15 months.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear had attempted to seize 141 Internet gambling domain names in October of 2008 before an Appeals Court ruled against a lower court's decision to allow such a seizure.

Rand Paul's father has been an outspoken advocate for the freedom to gamble online and there is little to suggest the younger Paul's views are any different from his dad's.

For months now there have been murmurs throughout the online gambling sector to begin raising funds for Paul's campaign as a show of support for his dad while slapping the hand of Kentucky's current Governor.  Beshear is a Democrat.  Paul is a Republican.

Such an effort would take place without the support of online gambling's leading trade organization, The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association.

"We cannot get into supporting one politician over another," expressed Joe Brennan, Jr., President of iMEGA.org.

The headaches in Kentucky continue for online gambling as Beshear's attorneys have threatened to name names as part of a further appeals process.  Those names are presumably poker professionals who the commonwealth is seeking to tie into ownership of at least one online poker venture.  Attorneys for the commonwealth are prepared to argue that some of the 141 online gambling sites are not entirely based offshore (as per previous arguments) as some of the principals live within the United States.

As for Rand Paul, his chances look especially good in November 2010. He has reportedly already raised $1.7 million for his run, largely from people who supported his father's failed bid for the GOP presidential nomination last year.

Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher         

Submitted by C Costigan on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 16:51
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Gambling Addiction

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 08:55 — Doc
Actually, in an independant poll released last week Paul is trailing Grayson by 4 points. This was a statewide poll of 2,000 likly registered Republican voters with a 3.4% margin. You're using November's numbers. Paul is in serious damage control mode and denying reality is a part of his (political) Gambling Addiction. Primum no lo nocere. Above all do no harm, the first tenet of medicine. Dr. Paul is willing to be a physician enabler of Gambling Addiction and all its negative consequences for political gain. There's no differencehere thanwith prescription factory doctors. None. Dr. Paul has a professional obligation to society not to promote any addiction disorders. Bill Johnson wwww.kentuckybill.com is coming up on the inside rail at 17% overall, 24% of women (leads). He holds a 5:1 command over Paul and 3:1 command over Grayson in Kentucky's souther counties. No wonder the Paulers are using the last race's tickets just hoping their beloved Paul will turn his damaged campaign around. What's next, endorsements by the Mexican Federation? Ethics, Dr. Paul, ethics. Heep your Oath. Dropping your professional title in politics doesn't release you from your professional standards, standards you seem to be quickly casting aside. How respectable.

Paul is way ahead among all groups, especially pro-life conserva

Fri, 01/08/2010 - 10:15 — Guest
Moreover, Paul is ahead by 19 points over his nearest competitor, the RINO Trey Grayson... And THAT poll came out 10 days ago or so... and was issued by the 2nd most accurate pollster in the country... PPP. Nice try "doc"!

Actually, that "independent"

Fri, 01/08/2010 - 10:12 — Guest
Actually, that "independent" survey you point to was an unverified push-poll commissioned by Grayson from a non-acredited leftist California firm. Heep your oath? What the devil does that even mean? As for doing harm, how is paul doing any harm to anyone by not using the power of the federal government unconstitutionally to force measures down the States' throats? Why vote for a guy with 2% of support, that would give the race to a guy like Grayson. This Kentucky lawyer is in whole hog for Rand Paul!

KY Attorney Impersinator Casts Shadows on Profession

Fri, 01/08/2010 - 23:03 — Guest
You're assumptions and statements are simply wrong. I have the data and name of the firm and it was not at all what you have misrepresented. Treay Grayson wasn't in the equation. "Heep" was a typo for "Keep" but anyone smarter than a poker chip would know that. I call your hand and raise you, "Why is Rand Paul supporting the expansion of gambling in the economically depressed Commonwealth when WE THE PEOPLE have said, "Hell no!" time and time again? No Internet anonymity here "Guest." You are neither a lawyer nor are you from Kentucky. You are a Liberty Tree blogge for Rand Paulr who is doing his best to convince people he's a lawyer from Kentucky. You're a liar from Minnesotta for all I know. Lawyers are too refined to be sputtering drivel on blogs like that. They argue law. You're MO is being applied all over the Net. The Paulers are political mercenaries from outside KY. Learn more about Bill Johnson for Senate 2010 at www.kentuckybill.com .

I wouldn't want you as my

Mon, 01/11/2010 - 22:03 — Guest
I wouldn't want you as my lawyer. Time and again you cannot spell and overall grammar is poor. You'd probably miss a comma between three beneficiaries which changes it from 33%/33%/33% to 50%(for two people)/50% for the remaining individual. What you are is an uneducated Bill Johnson shill. Wait and see how Bill Johnson doesn't even show up as a blip when the votes come in.

Rand Paul

Tue, 01/05/2010 - 20:04 — Guest
he is also 19 points ahead in the polls over his opponet.

A Rand Paul Spring Break

Fri, 01/15/2010 - 10:01 — Guest
http://genuinegopmom.blogspot.com/2010/01/rand-pauls-astroturf.html