Rand Paul became the second Republican to officially throw his hat into the presidential ring this week. Many complimented his announcement speech, although it’s worth noting that Rand’s famous father Ron Paul was not in attendance (leading to some speculation of “daddy issues”). I’ve been looking forward to Sen. Paul’s entrance into the election cycle for several reasons. One, he’s going to push the debate in interesting ways because of his libertarian bent. Two, Sen. Paul has an awkward history with sketchy staffers and it will be interesting to see that get more attention. Three, I think Paul is going to do a lot better in the primaries than the GOP establishment is willing to predict.

And here’s another reason why we should all look forward to seeing more of the Paul candidacy: it’s not even his first full week of being a presidential prospect and it’s already a hot mess. Paul gave his first big network interview to Savannah Guthrie of Today (broadcast live yesterday). Paul lost his temper within minutes and started shrieking at Guthrie as she attempted to detail his flip-flops on foreign policy.

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If you don’t feel like witnessing Sen. Paul’s hissy fit, Jezebel has the breakdown here. On one side, I guess Sen. Paul believes that slamming a Today anchor will be good for his “brand.” On the other side, HE chose the venue and he likely chose Guthrie because he thought that she would lob softballs and when she actually got into the nitty-gritty of his I’ll-say-anything-about-Iran policy shifts, he went bonkers. This isn’t the first time he’s arrogantly attempted to shut down a female journalist either – a few months ago, he told a CNBC reporter to “calm down” and “Shhhh!!” when she was asking him policy questions too.

Or maybe it’s not a female thing – the Associated Press did an interview with Paul this week about the “evolution” of his opinion on a woman’s right to choose and he was very surly there too. The AP even “editorialized” by noting that when pressed on abortion exceptions, “Paul grew testy” and told them, “I gave you about a five-minute answer. Put in my five-minute answer.” How presidential, to get squirrely and hyper-defensive when asked relatively mundane policy questions.

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