From Eric Dondero:

The Washington Post quoted Libertarian Party of Kentucky Vice-Chairman Joshua Koch yesterday in an article titled - "Libertarians may run Senate candidate in Ky." by reporter Roger Alford. The story was picked up by the AP. From WaPo:

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Libertarian Party is considering running a candidate in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race, saying GOP nominee Rand Paul - the son of a former Libertarian presidential candidate - has betrayed the party's values.

Party Vice Chairman Joshua Koch said Wednesday that Paul has been a black eye for Libertarians because of stands he's taken on issues, including his criticism of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Koch said Paul is not a Libertarian. He called Paul and his Democratic opponent, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, "faces of the same bad coin."

The article continued:

Koch had strong criticism for Paul, who won the Republican Senate nomination last week by trouncing the GOP establishment candidate, Secretary of State Trey Grayson.

"He had gone from being an outsider candidate to a tea party candidate to an establishment candidate in the past nine months," Koch said. "It's a complete identity crisis. I've never seen anything like it."

Koch did not say who the Libertarian Party might put up to run in the race.

Reached for a comment by Libertarian Republican Koch wanted to be clear that his views were his and represented only the Libertarian Party of Kentucky:

"These are my comments and do not speak for the entire libertarian movement... my remarks and those released were from the LPKY. I do not speak for Libertarian Republicans."

The Washington Post did not make the distinction between Libertarian Party and the small 'l' libertarian movement in the piece.

Tea Party Libertarians, Libertarian Republicans and numerous independent libertarians are enthusiastically supportive of Paul. Paul was one of the first candidates endorsed in the 2010 electon cycle by the Republican Liberty Caucus, which represents the libertarian win of the GOP. Dave Nalle, National Chairman of the RLC was not contacted by the Post for the interview, nor were any RLC members in Kentucky.