MSNBC: Did Rand Paul enter the witness-protection program?

It's getting brutal for Rand out there. Mainstream media is beginning to notice Rand's ineffective camapign.

From MSNBC:

Did Rand Paul enter the witness-protection program?

Paul’s support has... faded recently in national Republican polling – he’ll have no trouble qualifying for GOP debates, but at least for now, few see him as a top-tier contender. As the bulk of the political world’s attention turns to other candidates, I’ve heard jokes about Rand Paul maintaining such a low profile that he’s presumably entered the witness protection program.

And Sam Youngman at the Lexington Herald-Leader connects the dots:

The long and short of all of this is that Paul is stuck, afraid of alienating core GOP voters while trying to woo independents he might never get the chance to face.

Or put another way: When he tries to lure the independents who are disgusted by the comments of Bundy or Trump, he risks losing Republican primary voters who see truth in both.

The result is milquetoast responses to the issues of the day that leave "the most interesting man in politics" not really all that interesting.

There is value in being different. It's how Paul's father, former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, built a national base that his son has benefitted from, and that should be enough to get Rand Paul into the Republican debates.

But there is also a risk in being different, and more often than not it seems Paul is unsure of when to take that risk and on what issues.

  -RW