Rand Paul For Hipsters, Really?

Hip Hop No Way

The likely GOP presidential candidate has anti-surveillance state libertarianism in common with Millennials. But that's about all.

Special Correspondent

Published Mar. 24 2014 5:45AM EDT

articles/2014/03/24/rand-paul-for-hipsters/140323-tomasky-rand-tease_rsnxod — Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

I don’t know how many Berkeleyites Rand Paul really and truly impressed last week with his visit there. If he’s the GOP nominee in 2016 and ends up with more than 23 percent of the vote in Alameda County (Mitt Romney notched 18 percent), I’ll eat my copy of The...

Michael Tomasky

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Rand Paul For Hipsters, Really?

The likely GOP presidential candidate has anti-surveillance state libertarianism in common with Millennials. But that's about all.

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Michael Tomasky