U.S. News & World Report is the latest national media outlet to pick up on the "like father like son" entry of Rand Paul in the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky. On his chances versus the favorite Trey Grayson, Paul tells the mag, "We're hoping that they will be quite overconfident and not think that we're a threat and we'll sneak up on them." But if an August 20th "moneybomb" is succesful enough, the Paul campaign will be as stealthy as the blimp that advertised his Dad's run for president.
Meanwhile, The American Spectator offers even more proof today that the entry of Ron Paul's son in Kentucky's GOP Senate primary will generate national attention. W. James Antle III writes that the Bowling Green ophthamologist is finessing his approach to appeal to Republicans and not just Libertarians.
But in a CNN feature on the success of political families, the Brookings Institution's Stephen Hess doubts the strength of the "Paul" brand name in the Senate race.
"I can't imagine that Ron Paul, a sort of maverick congressman from Texas, should make a lot of difference in his son's race," Hess is quoted by CNN.
