The other day I wrote something about how Paul doesn't want to be questioned about policy or anything of substance. He just wants to talk about how scary Big Government is and how he will shrink it, control spending and rein in the deficit. No specifics, just trust him. If you want to beat him in a political race, make him talk. Keep him jittery. Force the issues and the policy with him. I almost make myself sound way too smart by saying this a full day before the Paul nosedive began:
The big unknown so far with Paul and his campaign is will the general election be about issues and policy or will he be able to keep the narrative about the generic Big Government vs. You. If he does, he wins. If he's forced to explain to the people of his state why he wants to do away with farm subsidies, a state that received $300 million last year, and why he wants to trash the Americans With Disabilities Act, repeal Health Care Reform but keep Medicare payments to doctors (interesting since he's a medical doctor), and do away with federal state aid to a state that received just over $1.5 billion in 2008, then he could be forced to do something unexpected like talk about how government does serve some necessary functions.
One of those necessary functions Big Government provides is the Civil Rights Act. A law Rand Paul does not support. Like I said, he doesn't want to talk about those. And really, neither does the GOP.
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