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FIRST, DANA BASH HAS MORE ON THE
SENATOR HIMSELF.
>> Reporter: RAND PAUL LIKES TO
DESCRIBE ATTENDING AN EARLY TEA
PARTY MEETING AND DECIDING TO
RUN FOR SENATE.
I GOT STARTED RUNNING AS PART OF
THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT IN 2010
BECAUSE I WAS UNHAPPY WITH
REPUBLICANS.
>> Reporter: THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST
WAS AN OUTSIDER, EXACTLY WHAT
THE TIMES REQUIRED WHEN PAUL
RODE THE TEA PARTY WAVE INTO THE
SENATE IN 2010.
>> WE'VE COME TO TAKE OUR
GOVERNMENT BACK.
>> Reporter: BUT HE WAS NO
STRANGER TO POLITICS.
>> PLEASE WELCOME, MY FATHER,
RON PAUL.
>> Reporter: THE SON OF AN
ORIGINAL OUTSIDER, RON PAUL, WHO
SHOOK THINGS UP ON THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
IN MANY WAYS, RAND PAUL IS THE
IDEOLOGICAL HEIR APPARENT.
HE WAS IN THE SENATE JUST A FEW
MONTHS WHEN HE SOUGHT US OUT TO
RAIL AGAINST HIS OWN PARTY
LEADERS FOR NOT ALL LOUG CHANGES
HE WANTED TO THE PATRIOT ACT.
>> AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS UNUSUAL
AROUND HERE FOR A REPUBLICAN
FRESHMAN SENATOR TO COME ON AND
REALLY LASH OUT AT HIS OWN
LEADERSHIP.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?
>> I'M DISAPPOINTED.
I'M DISAPPOINTED THEY DON'T WANT
TO ALLOW DEBATE.
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR HE WAGED
A SENATE FILIBUSTER AGAINST THE
USE OF DRONES.
>> I WILL SPEAK UNTIL I CAN NO
LONGER SPEAK.
>> Reporter: HE WENT 13 HOURS
SURPRISING LEADERS IN BOTH
PARTIES.
>> DID THEY KNOW YOU WERE GOING
TO DO THIS?
>> NO.
IN FACT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE
GOING TO DO IT THAT DAY.
>> Reporter: A PRECURSOR AGAINST
PRESIDENT OBAMA AGAINST NSA
SPYING.
PAUL DOESN'T TRY TO HIDE HIS
PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION.
THIS IS CLASSIC.
>> I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT AT THE
TIME AND I FOUND THAT YOU DID
NOT READ THE CABLES FROM
BENGHAZI, YOU DID NOT READ THE
CABLES FROM PROFESSOR STEVENS, I
WOULD HAVE RELIEVED YOU FROM
YOUR POST.
I NEVER HAVE INTENTIONALLY
PRESENTED ANYONE'S IDEAS AS MY
OWN OR TRIED TO PASS OFF
ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: STILL, HE HAS THE
ATTENTION OF CONSERVATIVE
ACTIVISTS.
>> HE'S ESTABLISHING A PERSONA
THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN VERY MUCH