But those into small government and the Constitution who can't abide Trump, never fear: The Libertarian Party already exists with ballot access in a majority of states.
Progressive group MoveOn wants to nip Hillary Clinton's support among Democratic Party elites in the bud.
A surprisingly consistent libertarian message, his people believe, will prove the polls dead wrong tonight at the Iowa caucuses.
The Kentucky senator disses Ted Cruz, says he's the only fiscal conservative, worries about armed self-defense, and hopes for a youth surge to propel him in Iowa caucuses
The top Donkeys compare the size of their promises.
The obstacles seem quite surmountable given his cash and the relevant deadlines.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee thinks more speech makes elections less competitive.
With help from multiple SuperPACs and college kids as a hoped-for ace in the hole, Paul fights to win in Iowa caucuses.
He is the Manchurian candidate
Decision to skip the undercard debate seems to have delivered more and better earned media than showing up would have.
It's typical for the president not to endorse early, but it's a reminder there's no true 'successor.'
Text of likely forthcoming Iowa Rand Paul TV ads paid for by PurplePAC says Paul is only protection against government "that tells us what we can and can't do. That spies on its own citizens."
The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections.
Rand Paul can balance the budget, he blames the Fed, he'll talk rather than start wars we can't afford, and generally seemed the most thoughtfully radical guy up there.
In calling for a boycott of the popular coffee chain, The Donald Scrooges himself all over again.
She was for the TPP before she was against it
Paul and Cruz sparring over the "liberty" GOP vote heats up; whose votes were more genuine? Foreign policy still a fault line.
More background checks, more assault weapon bans, more suits against gun makers and sellers, and expanding group of people to whom gun ownership bans apply.
Trump biographer Jerome Tuccille on why the real estate tycoon is not a capitalist.
All the news, views, and abuse you can use about the Republican faceoffs at 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 pm. on Fox News
The complicated political dynamics between rich presidential candidates and poorer ones far predate the 20th century.
We read seven 2016 presidential wannabes' books so you don't have to.
Who's up? Who's down? Who cares?
Get up to speed while you wait for his official announcement to begin.
What could better illustrate the bankruptcy of the political system than that race?
The amendment has the elected court electing its own chief justice every two years, rather than a seniority rule.
The political parties have no right to demand our stamp of approval for their elections.
Rand Paul Can't Be Counted Out Because You Can't Imagine Him Counting Huge Piles of Campaign Bucks.
Republicans actually have to sort out some substantive differences on policy. Coronations do not lend themselves to self-examination.
Rand Paul's electoral virtues might be the same as his vices.
Guess what. Voters don't really hate "obstructionism." They hate the other party.
The margin of victory in several high-profile and highly-contested Senate races this election was much smaller than the number of felons ineligible to vote.
Evoking "The Handmaid's Tale" as a supposed GOP policy goal isn't guaranteeing success at the polls.
No matter how angry the voters, incumbents always win
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