Friday, 2 July 2010

Maybe Paul's Team Have Learned Their Lesson

I was heartened to read the following from the Courier Journal about Rand Paul's speech.

Following the 14-minute speech, he brushed past a gaggle of television and print reporters and climbed into a sport-utility vehicle without answering questions -- except to acknowledge that despite his call for term limits, he would not voluntarily impose one on himself.

Maybe his team has finally learned that the media in this election is the enemy. The media are waiting for any chance to smear Paul and his campaign. Notice how snarky they are about the one comment he did make to reporters. The best strategy for Paul is to limit contact with the media and they apparently are starting to do just that.

If the Paul team limits interaction with the main stream media, they won't provide the media any opportunities to make the race about everything but the issues. Secondly, he needs to stay on message. He doesn't need an answer any off beat questions from reporters because their goal is to make the race about anything but the issues. If the Paul team is disciplined enough to follow these two rules they will win easily in November because all of the issues of the day favor them. Hopefully they are committed to doing just that.