LEADER 01597oam 2200229z- 450 001 9910149759903321 005 20230913112557.0 010 $a1-62681-997-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000935017 035 $a(BIP)053454609 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000935017 100 $a20210505c2015uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 14$aThe 2016 Contenders: Rand Paul 210 $cDiversion Books 330 8 $aPresidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories.Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually over the long haul of a presidential campaign.Rand Paul's ability to sell himself as the most libertarian of the presidential candidates--defending civil liberties at home and opposing military adventurism and nation-building abroad--is what can set him apart. But those unconventional ideas could also box him in. Libertarians don't win national elections, unless you count Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and 1804.In this series of eBooks, The Washington Post is exploring in-depth all these key characteristics of the leading presidential contenders, the very characteristics that could help make one of them the country's next commander in chief--or forever sink their presidential ambitions. 517 $a2016 Contenders 700 $aAchenbach$b Joel$01435664 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149759903321 996 $aThe 2016 Contenders: Rand Paul$93595245 997 $aUNINA