Cruz: Rand's Entry Raises the 'Bar of Competition

Lots of GOP contenders, but exactly 2 candidates so far: http://t.co/nywFktYQ7m pic.twitter.com/iZ6cd4oWHc

— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2015

ICYMI - Complete @RandPaul Presidential Campaign Announcement https://t.co/l1eLGc0gtT #RandPaul #RandPaul2016 pic.twitter.com/KhPs1y7dqm

— CSPAN (@cspan) April 8, 2015

Video: Sen. Rand Paul Officially Announces 2016 Presidential Bid (Full Speech) http://t.co/QIsc8p6NcQ

— Nice Deb (@NiceDeb) April 7, 2015

Cruz: Rand's Entry Raises the 'Bar of Competition' http://t.co/ezDH6IlbNY

— The Weekly Standard (@weeklystandard) April 7, 2015

Rand Paul makes it official - announces 2016 Presidential bid http://t.co/Y43EK7ig8G pic.twitter.com/LX9GpdJCAm

— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) April 7, 2015

How Rand Paul is positioning himself as the candidate for young people http://t.co/WYeJe16Lq5

— National Journal (@nationaljournal) April 7, 2015

Paul really is putting forward a vision for a much smaller government: http://t.co/NubyjyVIQ4 pic.twitter.com/Kv6TmMcnkz

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 7, 2015

Rand Paul: "Let's read the bills, every page!" http://t.co/kpUxkamWBK

— Carol Costello (@CarolCNN) April 7, 2015

Rand Paul: "The time has come to take away the power from Washington D.C…" pic.twitter.com/NeJCGjVRSk

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) April 7, 2015

power outages in DC - including White House and State Dept…power goes off..seconds later back on

— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) April 7, 2015

Working on getting the power restored here at the White House -> pic.twitter.com/Mwf1SgXhLq

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) April 7, 2015

So far Rand Paul passes my ideological litmus test of not being an elderly career political grifter.

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 7, 2015

PAUL: 'If we nominate a candidate who is simply Democrat-lite, what's the point? Why bother?'

— Joseph Curl (@josephcurl) April 7, 2015

Watch me discuss @RandPaul on @NewsmaxTV with @johnfund! http://t.co/rGb1An6Chf

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) April 7, 2015

Rand Paul is the change candidate in the 2016 race. Does that mean he can win? http://t.co/IU6wdJipms pic.twitter.com/wrVNR2S0Ym

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) April 7, 2015

Just throwing this out there: I’d vote for Cruz/Rand or Rand/Cruz 7 days a week and twice on Sunday.

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) April 7, 2015