Rand Paul Shakes Up Campaign Staff

Talking Points Memo reports that Rand Paul's campaign staff is being shaken up in order to deal with the damage from his recent comments about the Civil Rights Act:

Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul said Tuesday he's planning a campaign staff shake-up a week after a round of interviews in which he dismayed fellow Republicans by discussing his views on racial segregation.

Campaign manager David Adams, who had been a Republican blogger in Nicholasville before joining up, will remain, but perhaps in a different role, Paul said.

Paul, who declined to give more details, won the GOP nomination last week with a campaign staff made up largely of political novices and volunteers.

Adams would only say, "I don't have any comment about that yet."

A former aide to Paul's father, Texas congressman and former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, has become increasingly visible in the Senate campaign. Jesse Benton, who was communications director for Ron Paul's last presidential bid, has been by the younger Paul's side at most of his recent campaign events.

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