3 signs Rand Paul may not be ready for primetime

The junior senator from Kentucky recommends dead economists to chair the Fed. Liberal columnists are not amused.

Rand Paul
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At this early stage of the 2016 presidential race, when no politician has yet declared his or her candidacy, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is benefiting from an awful lot of buzz. And in a recent poll of New Hampshire, he trailed only New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

As a potential candidate, every interview Paul gives from now on will be parsed with an eye toward 2016. And yesterday, he talked with Bloomberg's Joshua Green to discuss Washington and the policies behind his "libertarian populism."

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.