While the Left is busy readying its coronation of Queen Hillary who currently looks to have no solid primary opponent—they’re the party of “choice,” doncha know—the GOP field is adding its second candidate to what is shaping up to be a large, diverse pool of interesting prospects. Rand Paul, on the heels of Ted Cruz’s announcement two weeks ago, is set to declare today that he, too, is officially throwing his GOP hat into the ring, and will seek the office of the presidency. He is slated to declare at an event at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, at 11:30 ET. You can watch the announcement live on C-SPAN here. Over the weekend, Senator Paul, preparing for his Tuesday statement and the kickoff of a reported 50-state campaign, released this video, titled A Different Kind of Republican Leader:

It’s pretty compelling stuff, even if the chants at the conclusion are a wee bit creepy. I recall watching his near 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor, holding up a CIA nomination, following receipt of Eric Holder’s legal justification that would potentially allow unilateral drone strikes on American citizens, not only overseas, but inside the United States. And unlike one soon-to-be-retired Senator who filibustered by reading passages from his own book (hint: it’s the same guy who defiled our Senate by slandering, on the Senate floor, a former presidential candidate), Senator Paul talked…and talked…and talked…about our federal government’s increasing overreach, while demanding a clarification from Eric Holder. He’s also a loud critic of the exponential growth of privacy violations at the hands of the NSA, an issue that has become one of his primary championed causes. Paul’s other concerns range from fiscal irresponsibility to the unease that Iran is staring, with lustful eyes, at an eventual nuclear weapon. And he’s reached out to university and minority communities in his quest to grow support. That said, Senator Paul has received criticism as of late for allegedly going “fuzzy” on his core principles. From the Washington Post:

There are at least two areas where Paul has moved more in line with the conservative Republican base, somewhat to the consternation of the purists in the libertarian movement: adopting a more muscular posture on defense and foreign policy, and courting the religious right.

Where he once pledged to sharply cut the Pentagon’s budget, for instance, Paul late last month proposed a $190 billion increase over the next two years — albeit one that would be paid for by cutting foreign aid and other government programs. His tour following the announcement of his candidacy will include an event at Patriots Point in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor, with the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Yorktown as a backdrop.

The haziness over Paul’s positions increased last week with his conspicuous silence on controversies in the realms of both national security and the cultural fronts.

Nearly all of his potential rivals for the 2016 GOP nomination have been vocal in their support for Indiana’s new religious liberties law, which critics say would allow discrimination against gays. And the Republican response to President Obama’s nuclear negotiations with Iran has been widespread skepticism.