'I think the energy is great. I think we're surging,' Rand Paul said. Rand: Ron could win N.H. with indies

Rand Paul, speaking from the campaign trail in New Hampshire, predicted Monday that his father Ron Paul could emerge victorious in Tuesday’s primary if there is a sizable independent showing.

“I think there’s a remote chance we could pull an upset here if there is a large independent turnout — if all of a sudden, in the last two days, independents said, ‘We want to send a message, and we want to get out and vote,’” the Kentucky senator said.


He added, “Gov. Romney does pretty well with independents, too, up here, but I think we can beat him with the independents if we get a big turnout.”

Independents are allowed to take part in Tuesday’s primary.

Speaking to the recent uptick in his father’s poll numbers in the Granite State, Paul said the unprecedented energy he’s witnessed among New Hampshire voters is proof that the Paul campaign is “surging.”

“We got off the plane in Nashua and 1,000 people, mostly young people, [were] at the airport. We were in Meredith yesterday, and they couldn’t fit everybody in the hotel — the manager in the hotel who has had every presidential candidate here in the recent years has never seen a crowd this big,” Paul said.

“So I think the energy is great. I think we’re surging. And I think we have a really good chance.”

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