Rand Paul Super PAC Goes Dark

Rand Paul super PAC Goes Dark One of the three super PACs supporting the Kentucky senator's presidential bid has stopped raising money. By Alex Isenstadt 09/29/15 01:48 PM EDT One of the three super PACs supporting Rand Paul’s presidential campaign has stopped raising money, dealing a damaging blow to an already cash-starved campaign. In a Tuesday telephone interview, Ed Crane, who oversees the group, PurplePAC, accused Paul of abandoning his libertarian views -- and suggested it was a primary reason the Kentucky senator had plummeted in the polls. Story Continued Below . . “I have stopped raising money for him until I see the campaign correct its problems,” said Crane, who co-founded the Cato Institute think tank and serves as its president emeritus. “I wasn’t going to raise money to spend on a futile crusade.”