He will, though, endorse the eventual GOP nominee. Which may be symbolic of why he didn't seem to catch all the Ron Paul fire. Trump, Bernie, ISIS also might bear some of the blame.
The Iowa caucus winner recently backtracked on justice reform, Snowden.
Paul promises to continue working on signature issues.
Divided government means constant conflict over budgets and debt. Unity? Not so much.
The libertarian-ish senator says his failed bid ignited "brushfires of liberty."
He has more appeal to the young, to independents, and to those who worry most about government spending. But not enough appeal in any category.
Ron Paul counties in 2012 went for 9 for Cruz, 7 for Trump; big college counties for Rubio
A surprisingly consistent libertarian message, his people believe, will prove the polls dead wrong tonight at the Iowa caucuses.
The Texas senator, once a leading Republican advocate of sentencing reform, seems to have abandoned the cause.
By trying to straddle the federalism divide on abortion, his stance seems confusing and unconvincing to all sides.
It's not more libertarian, but it is lot more substantive.
Rand Paul gives Black Lives Matter policy agenda a substantive voice on the debate stage
Paul bashes Cruz on criminal justice reform, says the liberty vote will "stay in the family."
We have always been at war with terror, or Libya, or ISIS, or whoever
Cruz and Paul stand on principle against the federal ethanol mandate while all the other candidates pander.
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
A Democrat is running as a businessman, pension reformer (also: openly gay).
Credit Trump with bringing a common state and local flashpoint issue into the primaries.
Candidates mostly ignore survey asking about limits on executive authority.
The candidate on ISIS, pot, Bernie, Trump, hair, debt, .gifs, and duck-sized horses
With help from multiple SuperPACs and college kids as a hoped-for ace in the hole, Paul fights to win in Iowa caucuses.
Not really, but the folks at Breitbart and Independent Journal are hyping it that way.
Not so fast, say Thomas Massie, Justin Amash, and Matt Kibbe
Points out Hillary Clinton's past on criminal justice reform in a way Democrats don't want to.
These days, would-be presidents are only interested in increasing spending, especially on defense.
The Kentucky senator says "there's no real reason to have a federal rule on that."
A Rand-less GOP is a terrifyingly authoritarian spectacle.
GOP presidential candidate had once praised Snowden for making surveillance abuses by government public.
Decision to skip the undercard debate seems to have delivered more and better earned media than showing up would have.
The "libertarianish" senator lays out vision of limited government while sipping bourbon with Trevor Noah.
Late-breaking poll shows libertarianish senator in fifth place in Iowa.
Sanders and Paul on same side on oversight issue.
Prideful Paul won't participate in the undercard debate on Fox Business News.
The senator talks about his Audit the Fed vote tomorrow, why he belongs on the main debate stage, and how the GOP 'needs to become more diverse, not only ideologically but ethnically as well'
Call 877-974-7487 to heckle the host and Matt Kibbe about Rand Paul, David Bowie, and the 'Libertarian Moment'
When it comes to foreign policy, there's less difference among the leading contenders than you might think.
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."
Probably not, but he's going to have to if he wants to win in New Hampshire - and in November.
We don't need more surveillance of Americans, says Paul. "We need...more targeted surveillance."
The fall of Rand Paul and the rise of Donald Trump means the Libertarian Moment is dead. Also, I've a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
"Lake Jackson, Texas, sprang from the shotgun wedding of industry and big government"
The senator begins his annual Airing of Grievances by dropping #sickburns on his rivals.
Democrats blithely marching toward fifth Bush term.
Unkind words for Donald Trump, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Vladimir Putin and more, at 3 a.m. ET on Fox News
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