A petition that demands a joint town hall between Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders has gained the approval of Rand Paul.

“Anytime, anywhere,” Paul told Truth In Media when asked about the prospect.

The petition, started by Truth In Media, has gained “thousands of signatures,” according to the website.

Paul and Sanders have a certain amount of overlap with each other--both being critical of the mainstream of their respective parties--as well as similar concerns about domestic surveillance, civil liberties, and criminal-justice reform.

They fit well with the “political horseshoe” theory that those outside the political mainstream can overlap more than would be expected from a left-right political dichotomy.

No word from Sanders has emerged on whether he would support such a town hall.

The more attention Paul can get for his campaign, the better. One of three super PACs that supported his campaign has stopped supporting him, though the Paul campaign denies its importance.

Sanders, however, already has strong support, averaging 26.8 percent support from Democrats in recent polls. It might not be in his best interest to join in a bipartisan town hall with a Republican candidate.

If it happens, the Paul-Sanders debate will be one of the most interesting political events of the election season thus far.