Perhaps no Republican has had a better 2013 than Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator who drew attention and praise for his talking filibuster against the C.I.A. director nominee John Brennan, then last week won the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. … Is Mr. Paul, in […] Read more »
Rand Paul Is Not the Answer to Republicans’ Youth Problem
… Despite all the talk about courting Latinos, the Republican Party has a bigger, generational challenge. … Republicans will probably underperform among millennial voters in perpetuity for historical reasons: 18-29 year old voters came of age during the prosperous Clinton and disastrous Bush years. But the GOP certainly isn’t helping […] Read more »
Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential chances are better than most people realize
Rand Paul rocked Washington last week with his filibuster protesting President Obama’s use of military drones. Not surprisingly, speculation about a Rand Paul 2016 bid began in earnest. Paul, himself, stoked the flames by saying he was interested. So just what are Paul’s chances of winning the nomination and then […] Read more »