Rand Paul qualified for the main debate in the most recent polls, but not in the polls used by Fox Business and the RNC to determine eligibility, and is boycotting the early debate.
I’m very sorry to see him go. The “leave us alone” philosophy is a powerful one. Even though I disagree on drugs and porn. And of course one wonders about what would happen if Israel were in trouble. If only he had clearly defined that philosophy as it applied or didn’t apply to various policy points.