New leader of the GOP: Rand Paul

Though foes of drones on the right and left cheered Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster this week, with the tea partier delaying confirmation of CIA director John Brennan for a day, Paul's rant targeted a nonexistent dispute: whether or

He represents a growing strain in American politics: libertarianism. His variety has been softened from the nativist/racist strains that infected the candidacy of George Wallace and Lyndon LaRouche (although one could argue that Paul's initial comment

Senator Rand Paul spent what seemed like all of Wednesday speaking on the Senate floor in order to filibuster the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director. Paul spoke for so long that the website

Rand Paul had started asking his question—Does Obama believe he can order the killing of an American citizen, on American soil?—more than twelve hours earlier, in a filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan for the

The 2016 presidential race may be a long way off – but, as NBC's First Read notes, there was a striking amount of maneuvering among potential candidates this past week. While Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky probably "won" the week with his now-famous