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You really need to look at the talking points orchestration. Republicans, including Rand Paul, have decided on a fiscal conservative identity. That's what they're selling. That's what you're going to get from them.

If anything, Rand Paul got in brief trouble in his campaign by speaking too plainly about Constitutional principles. ... he’s been about as strong in acting on his principles as any ...

Now that Constitutional rule has collapsed, I guess that statement says it all. It doesn't however show how the writer is off base - just the opposite.

He’s on the Letterman show, and you’re unhappy because he didn’t start lecturing on the Constitution? Aren’t you splitting hairs here? I think you’re making something out of nothing.

We can’t be blowing a gasket every time our Senator / Congressman utters a sentence without the word “Constitution” in it.

Republicans, including Rand Paul, have decided on a fiscal conservative identity. That's what they're selling. That's what you're going to get from them.

And tell us how this is such a bad thing, given the horrific state of federal finances nowadays?

One can be both a fiscal conservative and a social conservative. In that regard, I find common ground with Rand Paul on fiscal issues. I won't bad-mouth him the way you have here - your way is how alliances are trashed instead of nutured - and it takes alliances to overcome the progressive agenda, one group alone cannot muster the numbers to do such.

And as another poster noted, what are you expecting? Him to launch into a detailed discussion of Constitutional policy on LETTERMAN? Jeez, maybe, just maybe, do you think a simplified statement of his positions is a better approach in that venue?

Switch to decaf, dude.