While his rivals cultivate wealthy backers who will pump millions of dollars into their candidacies, [Rand] Paul has struggled to find a similar lifeline. It’s led to considerable frustration in his campaign, which, amid rising concerns that it will not be able to compete financially, finds itself leaning heavily on the network of small donors who powered his father’s insurgent White House bids.
I think I see Paul's problem. It's true that he's been seeking alms from Forbes' 5th-ranked oracle of obscene wealth, Larry Ellison, whose worth is said to be $53.7 billion (some of which, alas, will be going to Marco, whom Larry "loves"). But Paul has also been wasting his time on relative paupers: Facebook-Napster's Sean Parker, who's ranked 737th among the real money, with a mere $2.6 billion; and venture capitalist Peter Thiel, who, with a paltry $2.2 billion, barely even ranks as wealthy. He's 960th on Forbes' list.
Senator, if you're going to squander 2/3s of your effort on peasants, what do you expect?