KURTZ: Rand Paul, the ACLU, and the media's fascination with an unorthodox Republican

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Rand Paul, the ACLU and the Medias Fascination with an Unorthodox Republican

Heres a head-spinning moment.

Rand Paul wrote the following in yesterdays New York Times: I agree with the ACLU.

And thats just the latest evidence that he is planning a different kind of Republican presidential campaign.

The Kentucky senator is quite consciously reaching out beyond the usual, staunchly conservative GOP base. That may reflect his analysis of what a Republican needs to do to win the White House in 2016. It may reflect the latitude he has as the son of perennial candidate Ron Paul. Or it may just be who he is.

My sense is that Paul is winning grudging respect in the media for going outside the usual Republican comfort zoneor at least gratitude for livening things up.

He is zigging while others are zagging, as we see in an interview the senator gave the Times the other day:

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky broke Friday with fellow Republicans who have pushed for stricter voting laws as a way to crack down on fraud at the polls, saying that the focus on such measures alienates and insults African-Americans and hurts the party.

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KURTZ: Rand Paul, the ACLU, and the media's fascination with an unorthodox Republican