Liberty Maven

Back in December of 2009 I authored an article titled, “Why Rand Paul Will Win“. Today if everything goes the way the polls suggest Rand Paul will clear the first major hurdle toward winning the Kentucky U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jim Bunning. The Kentucky primary is today and the most recent poll shows Rand Paul with an 18% lead over his opponent, Trey Grayson.

One area of potential concern that I wrote about last October is that Trey Grayson is in charge of the election results since he is the Secretary of State. Paul later suggested that he step down from that role, but unsurprisingly, Grayson refused. The margin matters here. If Paul wins by as much as the polls indicate then there should be no worries, but if the results are much closer then the polls it would not surprise me to see some accusations fly around.

Rand Paul has been endorsed by Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint, Dick Armey, James Dobson, and a slew of other prevalent names in GOP circles. Grayson has received endorsements from just about every typical establishment Republican neo-conservative including Dick Cheney, Mitch McConnell, and Rudy Giuliani. Rand also has the backing of the Tea Party so a win for Rand Paul today will be a big win for the Tea Party.

Let’s hope the polls are accurate and Paul wins by a landslide today. After that happens things will get interesting as the effort shifts gears toward campaigning and winning a general election. Should Paul’s near flawless primary campaign extend to the general election I think my prediction back in December of 2009 will come true.

We may be addressing him as Senator Paul before long.

Check back later tonight for the results.