Why Does Rand Paul Keep Missing His Moment?
Now that he's officially joined the race for president, the press isn't forgiving Rand Paul for low-key responses to crime and drones.
: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) talks with reporters as Senate Republicans and Democrats head to their weekly policy luncheon on March 19, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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Can two years of hard work be undone with a few seconds of talk radio chatter? Rand Paul's campaign is about to find out.
Its problems started on Tuesday morning, right after what seems to have been the apex of civil unrest in Baltimore. President Obama had spoken out about the angry, occasionally violent reactions to the death of 25-year old Freddie Gray. Paul, asked by Laura Ingraham to critique the president, talked briefly about "the breakdown of the family structure," then tried to land a joke.