Notice that the quote unearthed by "the great blogger Sultan Knish" (lol) didn't see the light of day until after the Palin endorsement.
Beyond my criticism of the "blogger", I would also add that the Rand Paul quote is a red flag.
That said, at this point I've only seen conservative positions stated by Rand Paul.
He IS a constitutional conservative but he has to present his message in a sensible way to win over mainstream Republicans because like Palin said she doesn’t agree with EVERYTHING but probably 90%. Rand’s job is to emphasise that 90% which is smart politics in a primary