Rand Paul has fictional Senate power:
Kentucky has 6 Congressional districts down from 13 since 1840, while Boxer from California has 53 districts. Kentucky receives $1.45 in federal spending per dollar of federal taxes, while California receive $.79
Rand Paul's power in the Senate is mostly mythical, and he has no concept of how minimal government will change his state. Kentucky is the great horse state only because large states subsidize the place. Mitch McConnell ran into the problem, and is stuck in a fantasy world because his state goes belly up under limited central government. If Kentucky Senators want low taxes and small government, they are going to get huge debt and become rural populists demanding state welfare.
Jerry Brown understands small government, though he may not like it, but he gets how the government channel works. Ultimately, Brown will strongly consider partitioning California into four separate states, swamping Kentucky in the number of senators.
Rand Paul's power comes from big central government, and state mal apportionment; his state citizens will remind him of it often.
If Libertarians want a real hero look at Chris Christie whose state gets $.55 from each dollar of federal tax. He is making ends meet while subsidizing Kentucky by a ratio of 3 to 1. Sarah Palin from Alaska gets $1.87, subsidized by New Jersey by 4/1; she has power only by government welfare. Nevada which has one of the highest unemployment rates loses out with $.73 of each dollar.
The Tea Party is about rural populist welfare.
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