Rand Paul Civil Rights

Rand Paul Softening Rhetoric On Some Of His Most Extreme Positions

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A tea party success story in search of a statewide triumph, Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul volunteers that...

Rand Paul 'Not Thinking About Afghanistan,' Says Foreign Policy Is 'A Complete Non-Issue'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul says he's "not thinking about Afghanistan" much and that "foreign policy is really a complete non-issue." Paul di...

Rand Paul Complains Of 'Intolerance' On The Left: Liberals 'Call Me Names' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul continued his media tour Monday, talking to Fox News' Neil Cavuto about the fracas created by his recen...

Rand Paul Op-Ed Defends Civil Rights Stance, Compares Himself To Martin Luther King Jr.

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul emerged from his relative media dormancy over the weekend, writing an op-ed for the Bowling Green Daily News t...

Rand Paul Keeping A Low Profile

AP | ROGER ALFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Where in the world is Rand Paul? His campaign says he isn't hiding, but the Republican U.S. Senate nominee has barely been see...

Rand Paul Remarks Lead Kentucky Legislature To Pass Civil Rights Legislation

Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) - The Kentucky Senate, reacting to a divisive comment by Republican Rand Paul, has adopted a resolution declaring any form of discrimination to b...

Kentucky Governor Hits Rand Paul For His 'Radical Philosophy'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky's Democratic governor criticized Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul on Monday for comments he made last week der...

Sam Stein

Rand Paul: Maddow Was Fair To Me But Media At Large Was Not (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Prior to canceling an appearance on "Meet the Press" Friday, Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul did sit down for an interview with a local television...

Laughing off Rand, Like Pa Ron, Is a Mistake

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The instant Rand Paul's quip about the Civil Rights Act hit the airwaves, virtually every GOP mainstream politico back pedaled fast from his view of civil rights and him. This is not a negative.

Race Trips up Rand Paul Too

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

If Rand and company have to reach back nearly half a century and dredge up a monumental piece of legislation that totally remade the racial map in America to fire up the faithful, then so be it.

Rand Paul Is 'Kentucky Fried Candidate' Over Civil Rights Comments

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tea party conservative on a national stage, Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky labored Thursday to explain remarks...

Sam Stein

Rand Paul Gently Rebuked By GOP Senators Over Civil Rights Act Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Republicans are cautiously distancing themselves from the controversial comments about civil rights legislation made by the GOP candidate who w...

Sam Stein

Rand Paul On Civil Rights Controversy: I Shouldn't Have Talked To Rachel Maddow [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

See new updates below. The morning after he declined to endorse the totality of the Civil Rights Act in his much-discussed appearance on the Rachel M...

Rand Paul On 'Maddow' Defends Criticism Of Civil Rights Act, Says He Would Have Worked To Change Bill (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

MAJOR UPDATES: Rand Paul has responded to the controversy over his appearance on Maddow's show. Click here for the latest. Kentucky Senate candidat...