Paul Hits New Hampshire Hard

Boston Globe: “Perhaps more than any other potential 2016 presidential candidate,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) “is putting an early emphasis on New Hampshire, a state where his father did well in 2012 and where the ‘Live Free or Die’ motto may provide a template for his ideology. He already has paid staff in the state, talks frequently with local activists, leads in an early poll, and on Thursday night arrived for his third trip of the year.”

“New Hampshire, perhaps better than any other state, neatly illustrates the promise and the peril of any Rand Paul presidential campaign. Paul can capitalize on the passion that his father, Ron Paul, then a US House member from Texas, brought to some segments in the party during presidential bids in 2008 and 2012. But at the same time, Paul must distance himself from his father’s ideology enough to be seen as a viable contender, not just a fringe candidate.”