AP BIG story: Rand Paul struggles to get campaign started smoothly

[Omaha Steve]

Republican Presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at a rally at the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Thursday, April 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/0cdff6b5b5884a44a3efe99084adf3e1/rand-paul-struggles-get-campaign-started-smoothly

By PHILIP ELLIOTT and BILL BARROW
Apr. 9, 2015 4:07 PM EDT

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul's first days as a presidential candidate have not gone as planned.

The tea party favorite, first-term senator and son of a three-time presidential candidate, Paul is no stranger to attention. But in opening his campaign, he betrayed a hot temperament that, by his own admission, needs some control.

After defensive and dodging press interviews about abortion, Iran and his shifting views on some issues, he acknowledged, "I will have to get better at holding my tongue and holding my temper."

His first-day drama and his history in the Senate suggest that might be a tough task.

"I think he's still new at this," said Andrew Cash, a 31-year-old lawyer in Charleston, South Carolina, who attended Paul's rally in the state Thursday. "He's been around politics for a long time, but it's his first presidential campaign, and that's a different beast."

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[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. FUCK Rand Paul...

That is all.