huh? so soon??? say it ain´t so. Quick! call a doctor! oh. he´s one (he needs to look long and hard in the mirror); so´s his dad (who could examine the voting lady parts out there).

I tuned him out when he endorsed his father for President.
NOT really a conservative after all..surprise surprise.

They´re illegal aliens, not immigrants, Politico.

Big support from the college doper crowd.

One more idiot movement a la Nader.

Paul´s not conservative, but libertarian, and in many ways is having the sins of his father visited upon him. Neither the Dems nor Pubbies will do a thing to the illegals except shower them with goodies and a path to citizenship in hopes they can buy their votes. So, who´s kidding who? Bush, Dole, Bush, Bush, McCain, Romney...does anyone claiming to be a conservative detect a pattern here? They were all Republicans; none were conservatives.

He´s a fiscal conservative, and I don´t see many of them around.

Our local Paulians refused to consider supporting the party nominee and may well have given us 4 more years of 0bama.

Is this the best we can do? Buckle?

Amnesty will not get the GOP the Hispanic Vote.

I´m libertarian leaning and I definitely don´t trust the Pauls.

Don´t take non-prescription illegal drugs and don´t like the idea of these drugs being available to everyone. The thought that our police, judges and politicians are stoned as they detain people and make decisions about their lives and their welfare is frightening. However there are people in prison who were caught with small amounts of pot. With vicious rapists, burglars and killers being released early due to prison overcrowding, it is wrong that those found to be convicted because of minor drug possession are remaining locked up. I don´t have all the answers, but somewhere here common sense needs to prevail.

The Pauls are out for the Pauls. Daddy and his family made a lot of money off of the Libertarians. Too bad they do not have the guts to run on the Libertarian Party. Nope, too much money to be made staying Republican.

I´ll take Rand Paul and a bunch more like him.

Libertarians have a lot to recommend them as well as, IMHO, some serious flaws.

Libertarian in Republican clothing.

It was reported a year or two that, in considering legislation to criminalize the act of shining a laser beam into the cockpit of an aircraft in the air, only one senator voted against it. Senator Rand Paul.

He also would end all foreign aid for Israel. If Richard Nixon hadn´t rushed massive military aid to Israel in its 1973 war with Egypt, there wouldn´t be an Israel. Every man, woman and child would have been destroyed.

#2 must have missed it (hint - he endorsed Mitt):
washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/rand-paul-endorses-mitt-romney/2012/06/07/gJQAKywTMV_blog.html

My friends, the game is Politics, not Dogmatics; we must try to make friends and influence people, not preach to them.

I think this is the path to follow. Gov Gary Johnson of New Mexico was elected twice with 10% margins, while Obama took New Mexico will a 10% margin this year. Gov Johnson ran as a fiscal conservative (he vetoed spending bill more than 700 times) but also supported legalizing pot and gay marriage. Paul will win the independent vote as well as the pure fiscal conservatives.

At some point, Republicans need to decide -- it is better to live in socialism than to have the two guys down the street get married to each other?

Agreed. Paul pere and fils are Libertarians, not conservatives in any way. And somewhat like at least certain Leftists, being a litmussed Libertarian [or a Leftist] is more important than rationality.

For each, there is but one value sale, the value scale of the ideology.

That produces crazy policies and locks out rationality. That´s not good. Not good.

#18: "False dichotomy" describes it. "Two guys" versus socialism isn´t the choice.

Hey Tea Party! You put this guy up there. What do you have to say now? A chip of the old block?

He´s more Libertarian than Conservative. That´s no surprise. But that seems to be a more likely path to the White House. The Tea Party is full of Libertarians who want to legalize drugs, de-regulate just about everything, and overhaul the tax system. No socialist medical program. Social issues are off the table.

I have to decide between that & a RINO GOP that keeps handing us Moderate nominees who can´t win. God help us.

Rand Paul, amnesty will be the final straw that breaks the camels back. It´s official, I have zero confidence in the GOP. Politics is a fool´s endeavor.

What a disappointment he turned out to be.

If Obama´s reelection was not because of fraud, then I believe the Ron Paul fanatics stayed home. Remember how angry and bitter they were. If Allen West turns out to be the winner in Florida after all the votes are recounted, then widespread fraud tipped the election I firmly believe. Too bad Mia Love in Utah didn´t try to have a recount in Utah since she was 10% ahead before election. Anyone from Utah want to comment on that contest?