Rand Paul teases 2016 campaign themes in video

WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is pitching himself as a "different kind of Republican" in a new video released ahead of his expected presidential campaign announcement on Tuesday.

The libertarian-minded conservative is set to formally enter the GOP presidential race during a rally in Louisville, Ky. Paul will join Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a rival for the support of hard-line conservatives, as official candidates in the 2016 race.

"To fix Washington, we can't have business as usual," says Paul, in a clip taken from his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February.

The nearly three-minute video was posted Sunday on Paul's website and YouTube channel.

The video highlights themes that Paul, first elected in the 2010 Tea Party wave, will incorporate in his campaign. His remarks from CPAC, where he won the presidential straw poll for a third straight year, are woven with positive comments from notable figures such as Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker who ran for president in 2012, ex-national GOP chairman Michael Steele and even Jon Stewart of The Daily Show.

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There is reference to Paul's outreach to minority voters and his devotion to constitutional principles, as well as the senator's more than 12-hour filibuster in 2013 of John Brennan's nomination as CIA director. The Brennan filibuster helped spark the Stand with Rand movement and hashtag that are expected to play prominent roles during the senator's presidential bid.

"It's time for a new way. A new set of ideas. A new leader, one you can trust. One who works for you and, above all, it's time for a new president," Paul says in the clip from his CPAC speech at the end of the video.

Paul is scheduled to travel to New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa and Nevada — the four states that kick off the presidential nominating contests — following his rally Tuesday at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. Early presidential polls compiled by RealClearPolitics show Paul tied with Cruz for GOP support, behind former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

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