Sen. Rand Paul, seen here at a speech in Dallas, Texas on August  29, 2014. Mike Stone, Getty  Images
    Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, isn't waiting until the 2016    election to formally kick off to start tearing into     Hillary Clinton, the most prominent face among Democrats    who might seek the nomination.  
    Referencing a 2008 primary ad in which Clinton suggested    then-candidate Barack Obama will not prepared to handle a major    overnight crisis as president, Paul suggested the former    secretary of state had proven herself incapable of doing so    either.  
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    "I think she had a 3 a.m. moment. She didn't answer the phone,    and I think it absolutely should preclude her from being    [president]," he said at the California Republican convention,    where he was speaking Saturday,     according to the L.A. Times. Paul had just described    Clinton's actions in the lead up to the 2012 attack on the        U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, which Paul    offered as proof of her failure.  
    Paul also lit into President Obama, an unsurprising choice of    target given the president's low approval ratings which        threatens to drag down Democrats during the     midterm elections.  
    The Kentucky Republican pointed to the Affordable Care Act and    Mr. Obama's initial plans to take     unilateral action on immigration (which was ultimately        delayed until after the November elections) to argue that    he was running roughshod over the Constitution.  
    "It is a terrible tragedy, it is a danger to us as a country,    and we need to do everything we can to stop him from abusing    our laws," Paul said. Later, he added, "We have a president who    basically has created a lawless atmosphere in Washington."  
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Rand Paul not waiting for 2016 to take on Hillary Clinton