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Rand Paul faces emerging doubts at home
Paul has been furiously lobbying Kentucky Republican leaders ahead of an Aug. 22 decision to rewrite party rules so he can run for president and reelection to his Senate seat simultaneously.
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Sen. Rand Paul’s presidential campaign limped into August under the weight of poor fundraising and sapped staff morale.
Then the indictments last week of two longtime Paul advisers sent shock waves through the Kentucky Republican’s orbit.
And, last Thursday, Paul was widely seen as falling short in the first GOP presidential debate before a huge television audience.
Now the bad news: Paul’s woeful month could get even worse.
Paul has been furiously lobbying Kentucky Republican leaders ahead of an Aug. 22 decision to rewrite party rules so he can run for president and reelection to his Senate seat simultaneously, a hedge to hold onto power should his Oval Office aspirations falter. Running for the two offices at once creates tricky legal hurdles that are surmountable only with the assent of the Kentucky Republican Party’s leadership and central committee.
Though that approval once seemed assured, several members of the party executive committee told POLITICO they’re seeing increasing trepidation, in part because of Paul’s perceived fade from contention but also because he hasn’t yet fulfilled promises to cover the cost of any changes.
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Sen. Rand Paul’s presidential campaign limped into August under the weight of poor fundraising and sapped staff morale.
Then the indictments last week of two longtime Paul advisers sent shock waves through the Kentucky Republican’s orbit.
And, last Thursday, Paul was widely seen as falling short in the first GOP presidential debate before a huge television audience.
Now the bad news: Paul’s woeful month could get even worse.
Paul has been furiously lobbying Kentucky Republican leaders ahead of an Aug. 22 decision to rewrite party rules so he can run for president and reelection to his Senate seat simultaneously, a hedge to hold onto power should his Oval Office aspirations falter. Running for the two offices at once creates tricky legal hurdles that are surmountable only with the assent of the Kentucky Republican Party’s leadership and central committee.
Though that approval once seemed assured, several members of the party executive committee told POLITICO they’re seeing increasing trepidation, in part because of Paul’s perceived fade from contention but also because he hasn’t yet fulfilled promises to cover the cost of any changes.
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Oh, you mean in his state. Sorry. 
