Rand Paul's First Campaign Gaffe

Paging Dr. Paul. Dr. Paul to surgery please.

Every four years, the faces may change (well, sometimes), but the plotline hardly does. There is a trajectory to a presidential candidate’s story, whether it ends in a concession call or a family-ringed victory speech at campaign HQ. Along the path from announcement to denouement, campaign coverage hits its tried-and-true tropes as well.

With Rand Paul’s declaration today, we got a two-fer: the campaign announcement and the campaign’s first gaffe, known in general terms as the “well that didn’t take long.”

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