“I drive fast,” says David Adams, campaign manager for Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul.
And hours before the polls closed in the Bluegrass State, Adams explained when he first knew that Paul could buck the establishment and win the Republican primary as a Tea Party-backed candidate.
It was March. The race was in flux and the Paul campaign was gaining a toe-hold. This meant Adams was logging lots of miles in his car and as he admits, at speeds above the limit.
With a smile Adams explains, “Twice in March, I was pulled over.”
(Don’t ask where. Don’t ask which police forces were involved. Adams won’t tell.)
In both instances, Adams says a large pile of Rand Paul campaign signs were stuffed and quite visible in the back seat.
Adams says in both cases, the officers caught glimpses of the campaign signs. Then, they asked Adams to be careful…and sent Adams along his way without a speeding ticket.
“(It said to me) ‘you guys are doing something right,’ ” says Adams.
It’s a curious measurement of campaign success. And now that Paul has claimed the Republican nomination, there will be six-months more campaigning ahead.
Meaning, the lead-footed Adams will get to do some more driving through the state and do some more ‘polling’ of Kentucky cops.