It’s no secret that many future conservatives call themselves Libertarian in college. Maybe it’s the socialist doctrine of their professors that push them away — however briefly — from the tenets of the Republican Party. Or maybe it’s the pull of college’s guilt-free experimentation. Who knows? But whatever the motivation for Kentucky Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul was, a new cache of writings from his undergrad years at Baylor University show that Paul is a conservative Republican who once was unafraid to openly let his libertarian flag fly.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=119890