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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, is considering a presidential bid in 2016.

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(CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul appears to be warning former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and other potential 2016 candidates that support for Common Core would be a losing position in the GOP presidential contest.

"If there's a Republican candidate out there -- let's just say there's a hypothetical one that's for Common Core. I'm saying that that hypothetical candidate that's for Common Core probably doesn't have much chance of winning in a Republican primary," the Kentucky Republican told Breitbart.com.

His comments, published Monday, come from an interview last week while Paul was in North Carolina campaigning for Senate hopeful Thom Tillis and Rep. Walter Jones.

Paul didn't mention Bush or any other potential 2016 candidate by name, but the former Florida governor has been a vocal backer of Common Core, a set of national education standards for English and math.

"The danger of having one central governmental authority deciding curriculum is, what if we get some people who decide we really need to treat Karl Marx fairly, we need to make sure he gets a good writeup in the history, and Adam Smith, oh gosh, he was terrible," Paul said. "You can see how once it's nationalized, one person can insert a bias into the curriculum, and it goes everywhere, and then you have to fight it."

While conservatives accuse the program of interfering with local government control, the standards were developed by the bipartisan National Governors Association, state governments and nonprofit groups.

But if states want a share of President Barack Obama's Race to the Top education grants, one of the ways to get it is by adopting Common Core. In that sense, the government created incentives for states to embrace the standards.

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But Maher told Salon there's stark daylight between him and Rand Paul on the environment.

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(CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul has spent quite a bit of time reaching out to liberals over the past year, and that list apparently now includes Bill Maher.

Paul, a libertarian-leaning Republican from Kentucky, and Maher, a comedian who shares some of Paul's libertarian views, had drinks two weeks ago, Maher told the liberal news outlet Salon.

The two met not long after Maher said on his HBO show that Paul is "interesting" and could "possibly" get his vote. If the 2016 presidential race came down to Paul and Hillary Clinton, Maher said he might consider backing Paul.

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Maher said he was most attracted to Paul because of the senator's general views on foreign policy, though he's not a fan of his recent support for bombing ISIS.

"He's great on ending the empire, not getting into any more foreign entanglements -- I'm even to the left of him on the bombing (of ISIS); he wants to keep bombing ISIS, I want us to stop bombing altogether," he said.

While Maher donated $1 million to a super PAC backing President Barack Obama in 2012, he has been less than enthusiastic about a potential Clinton presidency, especially when it comes to her foreign policy.

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., makes comments during a meet and greet along with North Carolina Republican Senatorial candidate Thom Tillis at Big Eds City Market in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Paul is helping North Carolina Republican Senate candidate ... more >

Sen. Rand Paul is not confident the GOP will win enough seats to take control of the Senate next month, saying that while Republicans will win three seats being left open by Democratic retirements, others are tougher to predict.

Theres at least three states that were going to pick up, West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana. Theres five or six states that hang in the balance beyond that, Mr. Paul said Tuesday during an interview with Fox News Sean Hannity.

Mr. Paul said Senate races in Iowa, Alaska, Arkansas and Louisiana that seem to favor Republican candidates may be too close to call.

This will be one of those elections were you have to count the votes and stay up late, Mr. Paul said.

The libertarian-leaning Republican, who is considering a 2016 presidential bid, said President Obamas decline in popularity would help Republicans at the polls and blasted Mr. Obamas foreign policy leadership.

Mr. Paul campaigned in North Carolina last week with GOP Senate candidate Thom Tillis and said he plans to travel to Kansas later in the month to stump with Sen. Pat Roberts who is facing a tough re-election race.

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JEFFERSON CITY U.S. Sen. Rand Paul will be speaking at a fundraiser Thursday put on by a think tank co-founded by St. Louis billionaire Rex Sinquefield.

The Show-Me Institute's fundraiser, Freedom Celebration, will be in St. Louis. Individuals can have a private round table discussion with the Republican senator from Kentucky for a $5,000 donation. A reception will be held for donors of at least $250.

In a video on its website, Director of Development David Stokes said Paul, who is contemplating a presidential bid in 2016, "should be an outstanding speaker."

The institute has advocated, for example, the elimination of teacher tenure and school choice. It reported individual donations of $1.66 million last year.

Alex Stuckey covers Missouri politics and state government for the Post-Dispatch. Follow her on Twitterat@alexdstuckey.

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