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BERKELEY -- Nobody should be
surprised that Rand Paul got so warm a welcome Wednesday, even in a city whose
name is often preceded in conversation by "The People's Republic
of..."
After all, the junior U.S. Senator
from Kentucky and likely contender for 2016's Republican presidential
nomination is following in his father's footsteps by drawing crowds of
enthusiastic young followers, particularly on college campuses, wherever he
goes.
And
his policies -- particularly criticizing government surveillance programs,
avoiding military actions that aren't vital to national security, and
rethinking the war on drugs -- draw voters from across the spectrum, including
some of Berkeley's famed lefties.
"He's
a serious contender," said Bruce Cain, a political expert who directs
Stanford University's Bill Lane Center for the American West. "He can come
to the Bay Area and plausibly look for money, which is not the case with Sarah
Palin or some of the other people on the right."
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