Ron Paul's Son Borrows Tactics for Senate Bid Bluegrass Roots Campaign All in the Family?

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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Former presidential candidate Ron Paul's son is borrowing a page from his father's playbook for his U.S. Senate bid, leaning heavily on Internet fundraising and tapping the enthusiasm of young Republicans on college campuses.

The difference this time is that it could actually work. Eye surgeon Rand Paul, once ignored as a longshot, raised more than his main 2010 GOP primary opponent in the most recent fundraising period, and experts say he has a legitimate shot at winning the Senate seat being vacated by colorful Republican Jim Bunning.

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Ron Paul's Son Borrows Tactics for Senate Bid Bluegrass Roots Campaign All in the Family?

"On some levels, it's more than a grass-roots campaign," said Western Kentucky University political scientist Scott Lasley. "It's a guerrilla campaign. It's no...

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