Rand Paul, son of frequent presidential candidate Ron Paul and now the GOP's nominee for the
US Senate seat in Kentucky, has run up against some difficult questions and interviews in the week since
his primary victory. A self-proclaimed Tea Partier and a die-hard libertarian, Paul has gained much of his political traction in recent months because he espouses the view that the federal government should stay out of nearly all private affairs, greatly reduce all taxes, and drastically cut spending. These are the issues he ran on, and no doubt why he trounced Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson in the primary.
