Not my first choice, but a helluva lot better than Christie, and *maybe* “clean” enough to run the media gauntlet without blowing up.
Rand Paul has all the right enemies - the Federal Reserve, the public unions, and the Federal Bureaucracy.
they haven’t created a coordinated media and social attack on Paul yet, but if they feel his chances are rising, you will see it happen.
That is the problem. I am by no means a fan of Christie, but when Rahm Emmanuel and Harry Reid engage in the same behavior the Legacy media calls it being "outspoken" or "assertive". When a 'pub does it - they call it being a "bully".
What to do about it? Part of the solution would be to go around the Legacies. Talk to The Blaze. Interview with other web giants. The internet isn't big enough to have a louder voice than the Legacy media, but it is getting there slowly.