“It’s the perfect storm, it’s the perfect time to be the representative of the Tea Party,” says Paul. “And it’s the time, it’s absolutely the time to be a small government, limited government Republican.”

By Alex Pappas — The Daily Caller

You’d think if your dad has been in Congress for more 10 years and ran for president a couple times — even raising millions of dollars during the 2008 presidential election — that you would rely on his advice daily to run an effective campaign the first time your name is on a ballot.

That’s not the case for Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, whose father is Texas Rep. Ron Paul and who is expected to strike a major blow against the GOP establishment candidate in Kentucky’s Senate primary on Tuesday.

“You know, I haven’t talked to him in a little while,” Paul, a Kentucky eye doctor, said of his father during an interview Wednesday with The Daily Caller. “We usually do talk every couple of weeks — more about issues or family business, policy but not really the specifics of the campaign.”

Paul — a political newcomer, if you discount his involvement in his father’s campaign and anti-tax groups — is running in a primary against Trey Grayson, the hand-picked candidate of his state’s senior senator and Republican leader in the Senate. Grayson is establishment to the point of being endorsed by Dick Cheney.

And to Paul, that’s the perfect recipe for the candidacy of someone with libertarian-leanings who hates bailouts, opposes the Iraq war and is endeared by conservative grassroots activists across the country looking to score a win against the establishment.

“It’s the perfect storm, it’s the perfect time to be the representative of the Tea Party,” says Paul. “And it’s the time, it’s absolutely the time to be a small government, limited government Republican.”

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