Watching Republicans duke it out is so much fun.
Paultards are not Republicans.
Some are, some aren't.
I would note that when "moderates" attract supporters outside of registered Republicans that it is described as "broadening the base," yet Paul is being attacked for doing precisely that.
Paul's supporters include so-called "libertarians," and the followers of the cult author Alice Rosenbaum. [Paul named his son after her pen name.] While the followers of so-called "libertarianism" might be beyond the pale, the Rosenbaum cultists reject the morally defective people so-called "libertarians" seem to attract. [I would refer readers to the sordid tale of Jim Purden, his embrace by the "libertarian" party in New Zealand, and the outrageous level of truth denial his "libertarian" defenders resorted to evade his past.] In fact, another of her cultists won a Congressional seat in Indiana in 1980, and, others served in the Reagan administration.
I agree with alot of that, but Rand Paul actually is not named after Ayn Rand. They call him Randy, his wife gave him the Rand nickname.