Rand Paul: "The GOP Of Old Has Grown Stale And Moss-Covered"
Kentucky Senator and marathon filibusterer Rand Paul brought his invigorated libertarian stump speech to an enraptured audience (and Metallica) at CPAC on Thursday, inveighing that the GOP needs to change by returning to the classical principles spelled out in the country's constitution. "The Republican Party has to change," he told the largely conservative crowd, a statement which deviated significantly from one given minutes earlier by Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who argued that the party doesn't need to change anything. Paul went even further with his Tea Party messaging, by casting aspersions of the Republican Party's leadership, who, Paul suggested, were responsible for letting the party fall into disrepair. "The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered," he said. "I don't think we need to name any names."...