List of who Rand has picked fights with in 2016 race already:

[Matt Collins]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/01/13/rand-paul-pit-bull/

 

[Matt2525]

Is WashPo the liberal one, or would that be the Wahington Times?

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Another candidate Rand Paul has not tussled with -- despite plenty of prodding -- is Rick Santorum. The former Pennsylvania senator has tried repeatedly to engage Paul. He called him a "bomb-thrower" this weekend, hit him on isolationism in a September op-ed, and suggested in May that the GOP won't nominate Paul because he's too libertarian.


Hitting back at Santorum would be what political folks like to call "punching down," and Paul is probably wise not to get mixed up.

 

[William Tell]

Rand did not "pick" most of these fights, the WaPo headline is more accurate.

 

[RJB]

Is WashPo the liberal one, or would that be the Wahington Times?

The New York Times is "liberal." In Washington the Washington Times is "conservative."

However all three are statist.

 

[thoughtomator]

The big problem the mushy middle candidates (Romney, Bush, Christie, Rubio) are going to have in 2016 is that the party really has no reason to compromise when its fortunes are on the upswing as much as they are.

 

[fisharmor]

The New York Times is "liberal." In Washington the Washington Times is "conservative."

However all three are statist.

True, but the Times prints Walter Williams, and 15-20 years ago, he was definitely a signpost on the way to where I am now.