Senator Rand Paul is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president on Tuesday, April 7. Paul will be the second declared candidate after fellow Senator Ted Cruz announced two weeks ago. Paul is seeking nothing less than to transform the Republican party. He wants the GOP to be more libertarian, more inclusive, and less wedded to big business and the establishment. At the same time, Paul is looking to straddle some issues so as not to offend the Republican base of conservatives. The Washington Post thinks that this muddies his message: When the presidential buzz began building around Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) a couple of years ago, the expectation was that his libertarian ideas could make him the most unusual and intriguing voice among the major contenders in the 2016 field. But now, as he prepares to make his formal announcement Tuesday, Paul is a candidate who has turned fuzzy, having trimmed his positions and rhetoric so much that...(Read Full Post)