article_snippet.sent: Paul's uber-libertarian father, former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (left), earned an image party-wide as a cantankerous and prickly contrarian with little chance of winning over centrist Republicans .
article_snippet.sent: Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has made a name for Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul meeting with minority groups – and speaking to all-black audiences – in an attempt to win minority groups over with a message of criminal justice reform . '
article_snippet.sent: Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul is as much a part of the Washington machine as Joe Biden or Harry Reid.' '
article_snippet.sent: An Iowa Republican Party official who said Hillary Clinton hasn't chosen a horse in the 2016 primary told Daily Mail Online that 'Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul is going to have problems if Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul thinks Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul can position Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul as an outsider.' 'That can work for a governor,' Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul explained, 'and maybe for Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul father, who was outside the mainstream in just about every way.
article_snippet.sent: But it won't sell in Iowa, especially since Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul's walking Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul views back toward the center.'
article_snippet.sent: Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has taken heat in recent days from libertarians for softening some of the principled stands thad have defined Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul brand since Kentuckians sent Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul to Washington.
article_snippet.sent: Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul described Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul as 'a judicial activist' in January, for instance, telling a conservative audience that federal judged shouldn't hesitate to toss out majority-rule decisions by Congress if majority-rule decisions by Congress infringe on constituional rights.
article_snippet.sent: The Federalist, however, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Americans 'should leave more power in the hands of the states and local governments.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Paul was for 'containing' ISIS, and now says Paul supports military action; Paul was 'a judicial activist' in constitutional cases but now complains judges are 'out of touch'
  Iowa Republican Party official says the senator's claims to Washington-outsider status 'won't sell in Iowa' although the senator's claims to Washington-outsider status ' might work for a governor .