Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, declaring "we have come to take our country back," formally announced his candidacy Tuesday for the Republican nomination for president. “Today I am announcing, with God’s help and with liberty lovers everywhere, that I am putting myself forward as a candidate for president of the United States,” the 52-year-old Paul said at his “Stand for Rand” rally in Louisville, a few hours after making the announcement on RandPaul.com. Paul was introduced by wife Kelley Ashby Paul, who said of her husband: “You are brave. You inspire others.” In a fiery speech tapping into America's frustration with Beltway politics, the senator said he worries "opportunity and hope are slipping away for our sons and daughters," and said: "It seems to me that both parties and the entire political system are to blame." “I have a message that is loud and clear and doesn’t mince words,” Paul said in his roughly 25-minute speech, below a stage banner that read, “Defeat the Washington Machine. Unleash the American Dream.” “We have come to take our country back. ... This message of liberty is for all Americans.” Read more http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/07/sen-rand-paul-set-to-join-2016-presidential-field/
