https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/20/rand-pauls-interesting-advantage/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 14:27:47 -0400<![CDATA[But I digress. Back to Rand Paul. He’s obviously moderating his image — successfully. He seems reasonable, calm and thoughtful. But he leaves room for the suspicion that there’s a more aggressive agenda behind the facade. But that agenda is less scary. Whereas the typical Republican often talks in a way that fuels (unwarranted) fears of theocracy and the Handmaid’s Tale, there’s something about the way Rand Paul talks that fuels the suspicion he’d actually be much more libertarian than he lets on. Of course, that suspicion is one reason why conservative hawks distrust him so much and leftwing doves give him so much of a pass. But when it comes to domestic policy, he gives the impression that if he actually got his hands on the levers of power he’d just leave us alone.]]>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:20:08 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/20/rand-pauls-interesting-advantage-n100306