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updated 7:44 AM EST, Mon November 3, 2014

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(CNN) -- In the latest round of Rand Paul vs. Chris Christie, the Kentucky senator tweaked his potential 2016 rival Sunday for his recent outburst in which the New Jersey governor told a heckler to "sit down and shut up."

After watching a clip of the confrontation on CBS' "Face the Nation," Paul smirked and suggested "this sort of bully demeanor" might work well in some places -- but not in all.

"I can't imagine that -- I grew up in the South. And we're 'yes, ma'am' and 'no, sir' and a little bit more polite," the Kentucky Republican said.

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"I think people want someone to be bold. And there was a time when I thought, you know what? When he stands up and he says things boldly, that's kind of good. He's not taking any flak," he continued. "But there can be too much of that, too."

The first-term senator and Christie have butted heads through the media for more than a year over their ideological differences.

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updated 1:15 PM EST, Sun November 2, 2014

Washington (CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday stood by his comment that the GOP brand "sucks," but said he sees "a lot of avenues for Republicans to break through" with young and minority voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

The Kentucky Republican said on CNN's "State of the Union" that the members of his party "have a chance" when they discuss issues like privacy rights, criminal justice reform, poverty and long-term unemployment with traditionally Democratic constituencies.

"But our brand is so broken, we can't even break through, you know, the wall that's out there," Paul said. "And this is the same with Hispanic voters, it's the same with young people in general."

Paul drew attention Thursday when he first said the GOP's brand "sucks" and compared it to Domino's crust, pointing to the pizza maker's advertising campaign admitting it had put out a poor product in the past. His comments were a hot topic among Washington's political class on Sunday.

James Baker, the former secretary of state and chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan, disagreed with Paul, saying he wants Republicans to "stop the fratricide that has occurred from time to time in the past."

"I don't think the GOP brand sucks at all. I have never felt that," he said on CNN's "State of the Union."

But Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told ABC's "This Week," that he's "very close" to Paul, and agrees with the sentiment that the GOP should engage with a diverse set of voters.

"Rand Paul is saying what I've been saying, which is we have spent way too long as a national party showing up at the end, and we've got to do better," he said, noting that Paul's comments came at an African-American engagement office in Detroit.

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Washington Is Rand Paul OK with voter ID laws, or not?

That question comes up because Senator Paul (R) of Kentucky kind of straddled the issue when he talked about it on Sundays talk shows.

On CBSs Face the Nation, for example, Bob Schieffer asked Paul whether he supported Republican-backed efforts to require voters to show picture identification in many states.

In reply, Paul said, I have mixed feelings.

On the one hand, said Paul, he has to show his drivers license if he wants to go into the Justice Department and see Attorney General Eric Holder. (Does he do this a lot? That would be an entertaining meeting to watch.)

On the other hand, African-Americans claim voter ID laws are mainly an effort to suppress their vote, which is largely Democratic. And Paul thinks the GOP needs to reach out to minorities if it is to win back the White House. He urges combining voter ID with moves to expand voting rights, such as legislation to restore voting rights to felons.

So Im not really opposed to [voter ID]. I am opposed to it as a campaign theme, said Kentuckys junior senator.

In other words, he supports voter ID, but doesnt want to talk about it. Thats the way Democrats saw it anyway, and many of them claimed Pauls response showed he is willing to remake himself to appeal to core Republican voters in advance of the 2016 presidential race.

If rhetoric mattered more than policy, Rand Pauls posture would represent real progress. But for those trying to overcome indefensible voting restrictions, created by Republicans for the most brazen and undemocratic of reasons, the senators interest in a tonal shift is literally meaningless, writes Steve Benen on the left-leaning blog of NBCs Rachel Maddow Show.

Many on the right arent any happier about Pauls way of handling the issue. They point out that voter ID laws are generally popular with the public, as shown by poll results, and that theyre necessary to combat what they see as the widespread problem of voter fraud. This has proved a popular GOP talking point but Democrats and many independent analysts argue that studies have shown negligible levels of voter fraud.

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