rand paul brings is to an ideological era. to me, it is feeding into parano paranoia. rand paul is not capable of having that debate. ken vogel says that rand paul has gone out of his way not to offend the old school party, but isn t it more accurate to say that rand paul has not set them aside? i think paul is mounting an interesting strategy. because he knows that the hawks still control the republican donor class. they re still the majority there and the hawks are still the majority when it comes to congressional leadership, however when he goes after these states that are having these primaries, especially in house races and senate races, he senses a bush fatigue, especially when it comes to george w. bush s foreign policy, he is tapping into that. isn t this a sign that that bush presidency really damaged