Politicians attacking “career politicians” is one of the great clichés of American politics, so maybe it shouldn’t be taken too seriously, but it’s especially rich coming from Rand Paul. His father basically ran for president for a living, with Rand chipping in to do what he could to help, and now he’s following in his father’s line of business. If you have contempt for career politicians, there are surely better ways to express it than running for U.S. Senate and then running for president as soon as possible and changing your state’s electoral system (and helping fund the change), so you can run for both Senate and president at the same time, without having to give up your Senate seat.