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Let's recap the last eight hours for Rand Paul:

1) Appears on "The Today Show,"talks to host Savannah Guthriein a way he probably shouldn't(again).

2) Admits to the New York Times that he probably shouldn't let reporters get under his skin. "It may gear em up even more if they see it annoys me," he said, adding: "We do get covered. Its better to get covered than not covered."

3) Speaks with the Associated Press about abortion, declines (for some reason) to saywhere he draws the line on exceptionslike rape, incest and life of the mother.

Of course, as a presidential candidate constantly followed by the media, Paul wasn't going to be able to keep avoiding the abortion question. But he had a plan. So at a media availability in which he was asked the abortion question again, he....

4) Challenged the Democratic National Committee to say where itcomes down on abortion and declared he would answer the question after that.

Here's the video from Dave Weigel:

Well, Paul got what he wished for. Here's the response from Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.):

Heres an answer. I support letting women and their doctors make this decision without government getting involved. Period. End of story. Now your turn, Senator Paul. ... And Id appreciate it if you could respond without shushing me.

Points to Wasserman Schultz here for the "shushing" reference (Paul drew heat for shushing a female CNBC anchor in the clip linked above). But otherwise, this might not be the best strategy.

See the rest here:
The Fix: Rand Paul had a bad day. And he ended it in a very Rand Paul way.