Really? That's the best attack line you have?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/...
Sen. Rand Paul’s latest knock on Hillary Clinton — his potential rival in the next presidential race — came in a Politico article, published on Monday, in which he appeared to take a shot at her age and health. Clinton just turned 67.
In the interview, Paul questioned whether Clinton would be able to physically handle running for president. “It’s a very taxing undertaking to go through,” he said. “It’s a rigorous physical ordeal, I think, to be able to campaign for the presidency.”
Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky, is 51 years old.
Asked if he wanted to clarify the remark, a spokesman for Paul said, “Nothing to add here.” A Clinton spokesman did not respond to an email about the comment.
Adrienne Elrod, the communications director for Correct the Record, a research group backing Clinton, said, “It’s pretty funny that Rand Paul is lecturing on the ‘rigors’ of a presidential campaign, given that last I checked, he’s never been a presidential candidate, or even a candidate for re-election to any office.”
The “excitement and enthusiasm” for Clinton on the campaign trail, Elrod said, “will be far more than Rand Paul can handle.” - BuzzFeed, 11/10/14
I guess Paul forgot that Reagan was 70 when he ran for President. Paul's in a real dilemma here because he has to choose losing the GOP Presidential primary or stay in the U.S. Senate:
http://www.npr.org/...
Everyone knows Sen. Mitch McConnell had a great election night in Kentucky last week. As for the state's other Republican senator, Rand Paul, that's a different matter.
That's because while McConnell was cruising to a big re-election win on his way to becoming Senate majority leader, things did not go so well for Paul. He was hoping Republicans, who already control the Kentucky Senate, would also take over the state House — a result that would grease the path for a state law allowing him to run for both re-election and the presidency at the same time.
But that failed to happen. And the Democrats who are still in charge of the state House are disinclined to pass a law to help Paul.
Kentucky's Democratic House speaker Greg Stumbo refused to take up the two-ballot-spots-at-once bill earlier this year because it was designed for a single person, in violation of Kentucky's constitution. "There's only one guy who's talking about holding onto his Senate seat and also running for United States president," he told NPR.
With Stumbo still in control, Paul may eventually have to choose between running for the White House and holding onto his Senate seat.
Officially, keeping the Senate seat remains Paul's only goal at this moment. "Sen. Paul is 100 percent focused on his re-election," says spokesman Dan Bayens — even as Paul openly discusses his interest in running for president. - NPR, 11/11/14
Stay tuned.