Paul is... eh... I dunno. Just not high on the guy, despite his good points. He just didn't have CLEAR answers on the major changes he'd do. You want to end certain agencies, you'd damn well better have a huge plan available to tell us what solutions you have to every problem that will emerge. He wants to restructure FBI and end CIA. You just cannot do that. You can't. These groups, although shady, are the reasons we're the only superpower remaining. The CIA gets its hands dirty, sure, but it allows us to bully other nations into favorable deals, bases, etc.
Paul's comments on ending foreign aid to both Isr and Arab states (Arab states get about 3 times as much $ as Isr gets from us) were beyond huge. He mkes a good point - why are we borrowing in the trillions to give it away to BOTH sides over there, you know? Can anyone here tell us why we should borrow $9T and send a big chunk of it to Isr and Saudi states to fight each other? lol
Russert has been brutal on every candidate that has come on his show.
Next week it's Obama and Huck on Meet the Press. I betcha Hilary and Rudy are pretty pissed they didn't get that slot.