Big Kentucky U.S. Senate Race Announcement Tonight!

UPDATE Below

Maybe!

Jake caught it.

Rand Paul’s Twitter account says an important announcement is coming tonight on the Rachel Maddow show. Tune in at 9:00 P.M. Eastern on MSNBC.

Yes, Rand is the son of infamous liberatarian republican Ron, and a opthamologist in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

If he enters next year's race to replace Jim Bunning in the republican primary, he could fuck it up enough to throw the nomination to Kentucky Senate President David Williams, who would lose huge to just about any Democratic nominee.

If Paul enters the race as an independent, he would draw enough repug votes away from any repug nominee to hand the general election to just about any Democratic nominee.

Jack Conway, you can start packing for D.C.

UPDATE, 8:59 p.m.: Meh. "I'm forming an exploratory committee." Yeah, so's everybody and their mother. Call me when you sign filing papers.