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Sen. Rand Paul is a Different Kind of Republican. He will drag the party, kicking and screaming, toward a new kind of conservatism that appeals more to today's youth, who embrace liberty and are skeptical of foreign intervention.

Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.

Rand Paul comes off like an academic stiff who wants to give us a lecture on American civics.

The 'Libertarian' thing was a mistake on my part for saying it, but I am.

I think there are plenty of Libertarians that are socially conservative.

You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.

I'm a big fan of Rand Paul; he and I are good friends. I don't agree with him on foreign policy.