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Lindsey Graham’s strategy: Take down Rand Paul

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham may still be weighing whether to run for president, but he already has a strategy — distancing himself from fellow senator Rand Paul.

In TV appearances, on the campaign trail, and even in private fundraisers, Graham, an Air Force reservist and one of his party’s most prominent defense hawks, has gone after Paul repeatedly and by name, casting him as weak-kneed and unwilling to protect the country from aggressors.

Rand Paul’s kinder, gentler libertarianism

Rand Paul used to be libertarian. Now he describes himself as “libertarian-ish.”

It’s a slight distinction, but an important one.

Watch out Hillary Clinton, Rand Paul is gaining on you.

According to a new Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll, former secretary of state and likely 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has seen her lead in three swing states slowly slip away to potential Republican nominees.

Sen. Rand Paul raised a lot of eyebrows Tuesday when, in his speech announcing his presidential candidacy, he declared: “I see an America where criminal justice is applied equally and any law that disproportionately incarcerates people of color is repealed.”

Tea Party Support Divided in 2016 Nomination Contest?

The Washington Times reports on how the Tea Party vote may wind up being split between three different candidates (at least) in 2016, citing Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz as the main contenders for the key Republican constituency of limited-government activists.

2016 hopefuls Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio hope there’s enough tea to go around

Sen. Rand Paul officially announced his bid Tuesday for the Republican presidential nomination, vowing to bring the tea party’s anti-Washington message to the 2016 ... Read More >>

NRA snubs Chris Christie, Rand Paul

The National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee, will feature about a dozen potential Republican presidential candidates, but two prominent names will be absent in the Music City.

Neither Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky nor New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was invited to address the NRA’s Leadership Forum, NRA officials confirmed to The Tennessean.

New Hampshire itching for a fight between Jeb and anti-Bush candidate. Will it be Rand?

Republicans in this state are virtually of one mind about their first-in-the-nation presidential preference primary Feb. 9, but only when pushed, and in most cases only when the questioner is sworn to secrecy.

For the record, nearly everyone in this state says the Republican primary election is wide open.