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Is Rand Paul’s moment already over?

By Philip Klein

Published August 29, 2014 6:25pm ET

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Is Rand Paul’s moment already over? — The inclusion of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., among the top tier of possible 2016 presidential candidates has been premised in part on the perception that the Republican electorate has been moving closer to his noninterventionist views on foreign policy. (AP Photo) | Tom Uhlman

The inclusion of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., among the top tier of possible 2016 presidential candidates has been premised in part on the perception that the Republican electorate has been moving closer to his noninterventionist views on foreign policy. This has corresponded with discussion of whether the U.S. is entering a libertarian moment.

But it may be time to start re-thinking this perception.

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