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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) cast himself as a regular Joe during an interview with The Hill conducted at 23,000 feet in two coach seats on an American Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Dallas.

Flying coach is nothing new for Paul, the Tea Party favorite said. Hes logged tens of thousands of miles in coach in recent months as hes flown around the country touting himself as a possible White House contender in 2016.

A flight attendant scolded one of his staffers for standing in the aisle while monitoring the senators interview.

Fellow travelers sitting in the same row or behind him viewed the commotion with a mix of bemused curiosity and irritation.

Paul and other Republicans eyeing the White House are working hard to make clear that they are not Mitt Romney, the wealthy businessman who was easily depicted as out of touch in his 2012 campaign.

I walk to Wal-Mart and shop when Im at Kentucky and home in Bowling Green. We go to Target, Wal-Mart, T.J. Maxx like other people. We look for bargains. We drive our own cars. We really dont put on any special airs, Paul said.

When youre part of your community, he said, you kind of know what your community is upset about.

Pauls regular-guy push comes as other Republican contenders seek to identify themselves with the middle class. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) recently bragged at the Iowa Freedom Summit about discount shopping at Kohls.

Republicans, who have been seen as the party of high rollers, have decided to put on good, plain gabardine, said Ross K. Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University.

Paul says his ability to relate to everyday Americans is a key difference between him and Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic front-runner who took more than 200 privately chartered flights during her eight-year Senate career, according to Bloomberg.

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In a contentious interview today, Sen. Rand Paul said he's heard of cases where vaccines lead to mental disorders and argued that parents should be the ones to choose whether they vaccinate their children, not the government. Paul is a former ophthalmologist.

Ive heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines, Paul, R-Ky., said in an interview with CNBC anchor Kelly Evans.

Im not arguing vaccines are a bad idea. I think theyre a good thing, but I think the parents should have some input," he added. "The state doesnt own your children. Parents own the children and it is an issue of freedom.

Earlier in the day, Paul told Laura Ingraham that most vaccines ought to be voluntary.

Vaccinations have emerged as a political topic this week after President Obama urged Americans to vaccinate their children amid a measles outbreak.

"You should get your kids vaccinated, the president said in an interview with NBC on Sunday.

In London today, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered an opposing view to the president's, saying that families should have a measure of choice in whether they should vaccinate their children.

"There has to be a balance and it depends on what the vaccine is, what the disease type is, and all the rest," Christie said, according to the Washington Post. "Not every vaccine is created equal and not every disease type is as great a public health threat as others."

However, the American Academy of Pediatrics affirmed today the importance of vaccines along with their relatively low risk of harm. In a statement, the group stressed that the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella is one of the safest and most effective vaccines given, and strongly urged parents to stick to the vaccine schedule recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Story highlights Jeb Bush's post-Romney New Hampshire calculations Rand Paul's weekend travel plans & surprising strategies GOP immigration showdown: figuring out how "to cave"

1. MITT BOWS OUT, AND JEB MOVES IN

With Mitt Romney now officially out of the 2016 GOP nomination chase, New Hampshire becomes a more wide-open race, and the Jeb Bush camp is hoping to make fast inroads.

Jonathan Martin of The New York Times notes with a crowded field, Iowa's vote likely will be splintered and the state is known for its strong evangelical base. South Carolina, stop three on the calendar, could be influenced by the possible candidacy of home state senator Lindsey Graham.

Romney would have been the early New Hampshire favorite. But now?

"I'm told that immediately after Mitt made his move on Friday, the Jeb folks started to figure out how they can get two key operatives in that state, Jim Merrill and Tom Rath, both old New Hampshire pros, both of whom were Mitt guys who had stayed loyal to Mitt but are now free agency," said Martin.

2. COMING SOON: A PARADE OF LONGER THAN LONG SHOTS

Watch New Hampshire over the next couple weeks and you might come to the conclusion it is easier to count the Republicans NOT considering a 2016 presidential run.

On tap to visit soon: former GOP Govs. George Pataki of New York, Jim Gilmore of Virginia and Bob Ehrlich of Maryland. Also, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and former high tech CEO Carly Fiorina have New Hampshire travel plans.

All of them are longer than long shots, should they run. But former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is due back, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, too.

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